Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어), often referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주), is a popular boy band from South Korea formed by SM Entertainment in 2005. With a total of 13 members, they are one of the largest boy bands in the world. The group consists of Leeteuk (leader), Heechul, Hankyung, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum,and Kyuhyun.
The only Chinese member, Han Geng, was chosen from three thousand applicants via auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001. As of 2010, only 10 members are active, due to Han Geng's ongoing lawsuit against SM Entertainment, the personal activities of Kibum in acting, and Kang-in's leave of absence for mandatory military service. However, the remaining members have insisted that they are still part of the group.
Super Junior has released and contributed in 20 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting. In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned seven music awards from the M.net Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards after JTL in 2003.
The umbrella group has mainstream pop music. The subgroups focus on different genres of music and cater to a variety of audiences.
Super Junior-K.R.Y consists of Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung. They focus mostly on ballads and cater to the 20 somethings of Korea (and anywhere else).
Super Junior has released and contributed in 20 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting. In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned seven music awards from the M.net Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards after JTL in 2003.
The umbrella group has mainstream pop music. The subgroups focus on different genres of music and cater to a variety of audiences.
Super Junior-K.R.Y consists of Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung. They focus mostly on ballads and cater to the 20 somethings of Korea (and anywhere else).
Super Junior-T(rot) consists of Leeteuk, Heechul, Kang-in, Shindong, Sungmin, and Eunhyuk. They sing older folk-type songs. That particular genre is hard to describe, because it's unique to Korea. Their music is enjoyed by mostly the older crowd (30+) who like to keep up with the younger stars.
Super Junior-M consists of Han Geng, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, Henry and Zhou Mi. This group has two members (Henry and Zhou Mi) who aren't part of the main Super Junior group. Their purpose was to combine two cultures (Korean and Chinese) into one music group. Their audience is both Korean and Chinese.
Super Junior-Happy consists of Leeteuk, Yesung, Kang-in, Shindong, Sungmin, and Eunhyuk. Their style of music is "bubblegum pop." Basically, their music is fun and happy (hence the name). Their songs don't deal with the heaviness of real life, and their audience is mostly younger teens.
They split Super Junior into subgroups when the people of SM Entertainment realized that it would be difficult to have all 13 members (who also act and model) at the same place & time. By splitting the group in sectors, there would be a little glimpse of Super Junior more frequently than if the company had to wait until all the member's schedules cleared up.
Albums
2005: SuperJunior05 (TWINS)
2007: Don't Don
2009: Sorry, Sorry
2010: Bonamana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Junior
2005: SuperJunior05 (TWINS)
2007: Don't Don
2009: Sorry, Sorry
2010: Bonamana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Junior
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