SM Station

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SM Station
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Type of projectMusic
Owner SM Entertainment
CountrySouth Korea
EstablishedFebruary 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Website smtown.com/production/sm-station

SM Station is a digital music project by South Korean record label SM Entertainment. It undertook to release one digital single every Friday starting from February 3, 2016. [1] The project's first season ended on February 3, 2017, with 52 songs. Its second season began on March 31, 2017, and concluded on April 6, 2018, with a total of 57 songs. In 2022, it introduced NCT Lab, a sub-project dedicated to individual projects for NCT members.

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History

SM Station's purpose was to showcase SM Entertainment's artists and producers, while also including collaborations with artists outside of the label. [2] The project began on February 3, 2016, with the release of its first single "Rain" by Taeyeon. [3] The song proved successful, topping the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart and winning first place on the weekly music show Inkigayo . [4] [5] Subsequent singles that entered top 10 on the Gaon Digital Chart include "Spring Love" by Wendy and Eric Nam, "The Day" by Baekhyun and K.Will, "No Matter What" by BoA and Beenzino, "Dancing King" by Exo and Yoo Jae-suk, "Always in My Heart" by Joy and Seulong, and "Sweet Dream" by Kim Hee-chul and Min Kyung-hoon. "Rain" and "Spring Love" received various nominations at year-end music awards, among which "Rain" won a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards and "Sweet Dream" won a Best Rock Song at the MelOn Music Awards. The first season ended on February 3, 2017, with the 52nd single "Curtain" by Suho.

Station's second season was to feature collaborations with foreign musicians, besides past projects. [6] It began on March 31, 2017, with the first single "Would U" by Red Velvet. On April 6, 2017, SM Entertainment released a compilation album titled SM Station Season 1 which contains the first season's 52 singles and five bonus tracks. [7] The second season concluded on April 6, 2018, with "New Heroes" by NCT member Ten. [8]

In August 2018, SM Entertainment announced a special season titled Station X 0 (Station Young), in collaboration with SK Telecom's "0 (Young)" mobile brand. [lower-alpha 1] According to the label, Station X 0 is a cultural project for the young generation. [10] The season ended on October 19, 2018, with "Written in the Stars" by Wendy and John Legend. A project girl group, Station Young, consisting of Red Velvet's Seulgi, (G)I-dle's Soyeon, GFriend's SinB and soloist Chungha was formed for the single "Wow Thing" for the album.

A third season was announced in November 2018. [11] The first single would be released by Lucas and Jonah Nilsson of Swedish band Dirty Loops. [12] The season ended with "Long Flight" by Taeyong, released on July 18, 2019.

On November 15, 2019, SM Entertainment uploaded a trailer featuring Jaehyun, announcing the fourth season titled Station X. [13] The season began on November 20 with a collaboration single with UNICEF "This is Your Day (for every child, UNICEF)", by BoA, Siwon, J-Min, Sunny, Taemin, Suho, Wendy, and Doyoung. [14]

On July 27, 2020, SM Entertainment announced a special project titled Our Beloved BoA featuring covers of BoA's top hits to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her debut. It began on July 31, with the first single "Garden in the Air" by Baekhyun, from BoA's fifth Korean studio album Girls on Top . [15]

NCT Lab

On January 28, 2022, SM Entertainment announced a special project titled NCT Lab, which will feature solo or unit songs made by NCT members. It began on February 4, with the release of Mark's first single, "Child". [16] The second single, "Conextion (Age of Light)", sung by Doyoung, Mark and Haechan, [17] was released on March 20 as a collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency, who used it as the theme song for their "Gwanghwa Era" project. It features modern instruments and traditional Korean instruments including the gayageum, janggu, taepyeongso and gong. The performance video features Shotaro as a dancer. [18] [19] As of July 2023, there have been a total of six singles released under NCT Lab, including "Forever Only" by Jaehyun, [20] "Birthday" by Ten, [21] "Rain Day" by Kun, Taeil, and Yangyang, [22] and "Golden Hour" by Mark. [23]

In August 2023, it was announced that NCT Lab would continue as a separate project from SM Station. [24] It began with a solo single by Jaehyun titled "Horizon", released on August 8. [25] [26]

Discography

Seasons

Awards and nominations

The name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s), artist(s), and the result of the award
Award ceremonyYearCategoryNominee / workArtistResultRef.
Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards 2017Song of the Year - February"Rain" Taeyeon Nominated[ citation needed ]
Song of the Year - September"Dancing King" Yoo Jae-suk and EXO Nominated
Song of the Year - November"Sweet Dream" Kim Hee-chul and Min Kyung-hoon Nominated
Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Award"Rain"TaeyeonWon
Korean Music Awards Best Dance and Electronic Song Award"$10"HitchhikerWon
MelOn Music Awards 2016Best Ballad Song"Rain"TaeyeonNominated
Song of the YearNominated
2017Best Rock Song"Sweet Dream"Kim Hee-chul and Min Kyung-hoonWon [27]
Mnet Asian Music Awards 2016Best Vocal Performance Female Solo"Rain"TaeyeonNominated[ citation needed ]
HotelsCombined Song of the YearNominated
"Spring Love" Eric Nam and Wendy Nominated
Best CollaborationNominated
"No Matter What" BoA and Beenzino Nominated

Concert shows

Notes

  1. ↑ SK Telecom is the parent company of Iriver, the official distributor of SM Entertainment's releases since 2018. Station X 0 was also a part of youth-aimed campaigns for the official launching of the "0 (Young)" brand in the same year. [9]

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