SM The Performance

SM The Performance
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Electro house Dubstep
Years active	2012–2013
Labels	SM
Spinoffs	SM Town
Members	U-Know Eunhyuk Donghae Taemin Minho Kai Lay

SM The Performance is a special dance project group formed by SM Entertainment in 2012. The group made their first appearance on SBS Gayo Daejeon in December 2012. ^[1] The group consists of members of other groups of SM, the first formation being composed of U-Know (TVXQ), Eunhyuk (Super Junior), Donghae (Super Junior), Taemin (SHINee), Minho (SHINee), Kai (EXO) and Lay (EXO). ^[2]

History

The group made their first appearance on SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 29, 2012, featuring a dance number with the song "Spectrum" in collaboration with Zedd and performed by U-Know (TVXQ), Eunhyuk and Donghae (Super Junior), Taemin and Minho (SHINee), and Kai and Lay (EXO). ^[3] The choreography was created by Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo, who have collaborated with Christina Aguilera, BoA in "Only One" and TVXQ in "Humanoids". ^[4] The song was released as digital single the next day, debuting at #43 on the Gaon Digital Chart. ^[5] The group performed at the SM Town Live World Tour III in Tokyo Special Edition between October 26 and 27, 2013. ^[6]

Discography

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
		KOR Gaon [7]	US World [8]
"Spectrum" (with Zedd)	2012	43	—	KOR (DL): 58,298 [9]	Non-album releases
"Dream In A Dream" (夢中夢 / 몽중몽)	2017	—	5	US: 1,000 [10]

References

1. "[NEWS] DANCE UNIT SM ENTERTAINMENT 'SM THE PERFORMANCE' MERILIS "SPECTRUM"". Wordpress. 2012-12-30. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
2. "S.M. The Performance on Jpopasia" . Retrieved 2017-02-07.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "SM Entertainment's dance unit 'SM The Performance' releases "Spectrum"". Allkpop. 2012-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
4. D. Kim (2012-12-31). "SM Dance Unit "SM The Performance" Releases Digital Single "Spectrum"". Soompi. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
5. "Spectrum by S.M. The Performance on iTunes". iTunes. 30 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
6. "An audience of 100,000 joins the frenzy at the SM Town Live concert in Japan". Star News. 2013-10-28. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
7. Gaon Digital Chart
   • "Spectrum - 2013년 02주차 Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
8. Billboard World Digital
   • "Dream In A Dream - Billboard World Digital (April 29, 2017)". Billboard chart. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
9. "2013년 02주차 Download Chart (see #32)". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
10. "World Digital Songs Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2017-04-20.