SM Entertainment is a talent agency, producer, and publisher of Korean pop music, founded by Lee Soo Man. Initially, "SM" was an abbreviation of the agency founder's name, but now stands for "Star Museum." Once the home to top-selling groups such as H.O.T., S.E.S., and Shinhwa, its current roster includes BoA, TVXQ, The Grace, Zhang Li Yin, Super Junior, Girls Generation, SHINee, and f(x). SM Entertainment also co-publishes Avex Trax releases for...
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SM Entertainment is a talent agency, producer, and publisher of Korean pop music, founded by Lee Soo Man. Initially, "SM" was an abbreviation of the agency founder's name, but now stands for "Star Museum." Once the home to top-selling groups such as H.O.T., S.E.S., and Shinhwa, its current roster includes BoA, TVXQ, The Grace, Zhang Li Yin, Super Junior, Girls Generation, SHINee, and f(x). SM Entertainment also co-publishes Avex Trax releases for Japanese artists such as Namie Amuro, and Kumi Koda. The company celebrated its ten-year anniversary with a party on February 15, 2005. Its current CEO is Kim Young-min.
After graduating from Seoul National University and pursuing his own career as a singer, Lee Soo-man surveyed teenage girls on what they wanted to see in music groups and started the boy band H.O.T. and girl group S.E.S.. Both groups became successful during the late 1990s. Soon thereafter, Lee created Shinhwa, and once again, the band attained the same popularity and success...
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