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Super Junior-M (an initialism for Super Junior-Mandarin, also known as SJ-M), is the third sub-unit of the South Korean boy band Super Junior focusing on Chinese market, currently composed of six Super Junior members Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun and special member Zhou Mi. The sub-unit is known as the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent. [2] The sub-unit has released two studio albums and three EP’s since their debut.
Formed in 2008, Super Junior-M became the third and most successful subgroup branched off from the Korean band Super Junior. The group was originally composed of seven members: leader Han Geng, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun and two additional members appearing exclusively to the subgroup, Zhou Mi and Henry. [2] In December 2009, Han Geng filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment and decided to leave the main group and sub-group, resulting in the sub-group's temporary disbandment. [1]
After a year-long hiatus, the group returned with additional Super Junior members Eunhyuk and Sungmin, following with the released of their second EP Perfection in February 2011. Following Han Geng's departure, the group considers Sungmin as the new "leader", [3] as he is the oldest member of the team. [4]
Following the Korean members military service enlistment in 2015, the sub-unit promotions and activity were halted. Special member Henry left the sub-unit following his contract expiration with SM in April 2018.
Before the official name of the subgroup was released, they were known by "Super Junior China". On April 3, 2008, SM Entertainment announced their official name to be Super Junior-M, with "M" representing the word "Mandarin". [5] The "M" can also represent a list of other aspects, such as the first letter of their debut album Me , and also "mí" (Chinese : 迷 ), the pinyin for "charismatic" and "fan", the latter meaning referring to their desire to connect closer with fans. [5]
In October 2007, SM Entertainment announced that a new Super Junior subgroup would debut in China in 2008. Super Junior's original member Han Geng, and a new member Henry Lau, who performed the violin solo of Super Junior's "Don't Don", were announced to be the first two of seven members representing the subgroup. [6] Some of Super Junior's official fanclub, E.L.F, signed online petitions and held protests to express their dissatisfaction and opposition of adding a fourteenth member to the group, fearing that a new member would mean one of the original lineup would get 'replaced'. [7] Many fans boycotted Super Junior's products and held silent protests in front of SM Entertainment's main building in Seoul, holding signs of the "Only 13" slogan. [8] [9]
Over one thousand fans appeared in front of the SM Entertainment building on E.L.F's third protest on November 3, 2007. [10] Instead of a silent protest, the fans sang various Super Junior songs and shouted "thirteen." [11] Fans purchased 58,206 stocks of SM Entertainment, holding 0.3% of the company's entire stock. [12] They released a statement through the media, stating that they would obtain all chances to prevent SM Entertainment from adding new members and to keep Super Junior as only thirteen. [12] SM Entertainment later announced that they would not add the new subgroup members to the main group.
From April 4 to April 7, 2008, the seven members of Super Junior-M were individually announced to the Chinese media in a chain of short trailer clips. The first member, Han Geng, was announced to be the subgroup leader on April 4. [13] On April 5, Siwon and Donghae were revealed to be the second and third members. [14] On April 6, Kyuhyun was announced to be the fourth Super Junior-M member, following the new member, Henry, as the fifth. [15] Ryeowook and another new member, Zhou Mi, were announced to be the final two members on April 7. [16] A trailer of all seven members was released on the group's debut day, April 8. Super Junior-M's trailer clips exceeded 1.4 million views in less than four days. [17]
Super Junior-M debuted in Beijing on April 8, 2008, at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards, simultaneously with the release of their first music video, "U" on Sohu.com. [17] "U" is a translated Chinese cover of the 2006 song "U", originally by Super Junior. They released their debut album Me in selected provinces of China starting April 23, 2008. A Korean version of the album with three bonus Korean-language tracks was released in South Korea on April 30, 2008. A modified version of the album was released in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan on May 2, 2008. [18] Though a majority of the tracks in the album were Mandarin remakes of Super Junior's previous Korean hits, reviews were generally positive. Hong Kong Cantopop singer, Hins Cheung, critiqued the album favorably, saying that the album contains "international-level music" and that the group is "vocally-talented". [19]
A month after their debut, Super Junior-M won their first award, Asia's Most Popular New Group, at the 5th annual Music King Awards in Macau on May 25. [20] They took home another three awards that year. On December 27 and 28, Super Junior-M held their first concert, the Super Junior-M Show, in Hong Kong. [21]
Following their debut performance in April 2008, the group made a few successful guest appearances in many chains of entertainment variety shows to promote their album. They appeared in an episode of the second season of TVB and HunanTV's collaboration show, Strictly Come Dancing, which made the show's ratings increase to 5.01%, ranking it the third most watched show ever in all of China. [22] Super Junior-M's appearance in the talk show Behind Story (Chinese :背後的故事) also increased ratings. The show had the highest ratings during their time slot, with a strong 4.05%. [23] Separated into several weekly episodes, the group's appearance in their first episode on the challenging game show Bravely Going Forward (Chinese :勇往直前) in early August gave the show the highest ratings during that time slot as well. [24] In August 2008, Han was cast in the idol television drama Stage of Youth , a mini-drama dedicated to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Han portrayed Xia Lei, a youth who aspires to be a famous dancer. Other members of Super Junior-M gave cameo appearances in the final episode. [25]
In September 2009, Super Junior-M released their mini album, the EP Super Girl . The album garnered them a nomination for Best Vocal Group at the 21st Golden Melody Awards. [26] The EP's title single "Super Girl" is Super Junior-M's most critically successful song to date, winning numerous accolades for its composition and performances.
In December 2009, Hangeng filed for contract termination from SM Entertainment, claiming that the provisions of his contract were unlawful, harsh, and against his rights. [27] Super Junior-M immediately canceled all of their future activities and performances in China and Taiwan. They returned to Korea to begin preparing for Super Junior's fourth studio album. Han, however, stayed in China and signed under a new management, releasing his debut solo album Geng Xin in July 2010. [28] Although Super Junior-M remained largely inactive for most of 2010, they won several accolades for their song "Super Girl" at China's 2010 MusicRadio TOP Awards, including Most Popular Group, Golden Melody Award (Top 15), and Best Composition.
In December 2010, the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Han. However, SM Entertainment announced that they will file an immediate appeal to reverse the decision. In September 2011, Han and SM Entertainment officially came to a mutual agreement regarding Han's contract, closing the case.
In February 2011, Super Junior-M resumed their activities with two new members from the main group, Eunhyuk and Sungmin, with the release of EP Perfection . It debuted at number 2 on Taiwan's G-music chart, [29] and stayed on the chart for four weeks. [30] The repackaged version of the album was released on April 29, debuted at number 2, and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks. [30]
In 2012 the group resumed their activities in China when they performed on 2 October, along with Kim Jang-hoon and EXO-M in a special concert to mark the 20th anniversary of South Korea and China's diplomatic ties hosted by Shanghai Media Group. [31] This was followed by official from SM Entertainment confirming that the group are in the planning stages of their comeback with a new album. [32] On January 7, 2013, Super Junior-M released their second album, Break Down , along with the music video for the lead single of the same name. A press conference took place in Beijing on January 7 and promoted the album in China. [33] They promoted the album in South Korean mutizens for a week as well different Fan Meetings in Asia. The song debuted No.1 on the Billboard charts. [34]
After one year and three months since their second album 'Break Down', Super Junior-M released their third EP album, Swing in China on March 21. [35] Previously on March 18, 2014, Super Junior-M had unveiled the teaser image for the EP. A press conference was held on March 22 in Beijing, which was broadcast live online and viewed by over a million people. The album was later released on Korean music sites, such as MelOn, genie, Naver music and more, on March 31. They held their first comeback stage on China's CCTV's 'Global Chinese Music List' and continued in Korea, performing on music programs for 2 weeks. [36] The title song, Swing, is a pop dance song that mixes in both R&B and electro sounds. The album contains six Chinese songs, produced by hit makers Yoo Han Jin, hitchhiker and Henry's team of composers, NoizeBank, as well as the Korean version of Swing. [36] The music video for Swing debuted on Chinese video sites Youku, Weibo, and iQIYI on March 23, before being released on YouTube on March 24. In 2015, Sungmin began a military service. The rest of members recorded a song titled "每天" (Forever with You) in Super Junior's album Devil . Then, the group began a hiatus.
On March 31, 2018, Super Junior-M's parent group Super Junior held its seventh world tour Super Show 7 in Taipei. Member Donghae mentioned that Super Junior-M plans to release new album after all members return to the team in 2019, but never came to fruition following the fandom's boycott on Sungmin.
On April 30, 2018, Henry decided not to renew his contract with SM Entertainment, and left Super Junior-M. [37]
In December 2009, Hangeng departed from the group after filing a lawsuit against their agency S.M. Entertainment. [38] Hangeng subsequently won the lawsuit in December 2010. [39]
In April 2018, Henry parted ways with the group after a decade. SM Entertainment revealed, “Henry’s exclusive contract recently expired, and we have ended on good terms.” Henry has completed his contract with SM Entertainment and he has decided to leave the agency. [40] [37]
Between March 2015 to August 2017, four members completed their mandatory military service: Sungmin enlisted for his service on 31 March 2015, and completed his service on 30 December 2016. [41] Eunhyuk enlisted for his service on 13 October 2015 and was discharged on 12 July 2017. Donghae enlisted for his service on 15 October 2015 and was discharged on 14 July 2017. Siwon enlisted for his service on 19 November 2015 and was discharged on 18 August 2017. [42]
From August 2017 to present, two members enlisted for mandatory military service. Ryeowook enlisted for his service on 11 October 2016 [43] and was discharged 10 July 2018. Kyuhyun enlisted on 25 May 2017 and was discharged on 7 May 2019. [44]
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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KOR [46] | KOR RIAK [47] | |||
Me (迷) |
| 35 | 12 |
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Break Down |
| 2 | — |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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JPN [50] | KOR [46] | |||
Super Girl |
| 36 | 32 | |
Perfection (太完美) |
| 5 | 2 | |
Swing |
| — | 1 |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US World [54] | |||
"U" | 2008 | — | Me |
"Me" (迷) | — | ||
"Super Girl" | 2009 | — | Super Girl |
"Blue Tomorrow" (到了明天) | — | ||
"Perfection" (太完美) | 2011 | — | Perfection |
"Break Down" | 2013 | 5 | Break Down |
"Swing" | 2014 | — | Swing |
Title | Year | Album |
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"S.O.L.O" (華麗的獨秀) | 2011 | Skip Beat! OST |
"Stand Up" (我挺你) | 2013 | Saving General Yang OST |
"Goodbye My Love" | 2013 | A Wedding Invitation OST |
Year | Track | Album | Released |
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2008 | "U" | Me | April 8 |
"Me" (Chinese Version) | September 13 | ||
"Me" (Korean Version) | September 15 | ||
2009 | "Super Girl" (Chinese Version) | Super Girl | September 14 [55] |
"Super Girl" (Korean Version) | September 28 | ||
"Blue Tomorrow" | November 6 [56] | ||
2011 | "Perfection" (Chinese Version) | Perfection | February 21 |
"Perfection" (Korean Version) | February 28 | ||
2013 | "Break Down" | Break Down | 31 December 2012 (Teaser) [57] 7 January [58] |
2014 | "Swing" (Chinese Version) | Swing | March 18 (Teaser 1) March 19 (Teaser 2) March 22 |
"Swing" (Korean Version) | March 30 |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | 5th Music King Awards | Asia's Most Popular New Group | Super Junior-M | Won | [59] [60] |
6th Southeast Music Chart Awards | Top Ten Golden Melody Award | Me | Won | [61] | |
Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | [62] | ||
9th CCTV-MTV Music Awards | Mainland's Best Group | Super Junior-M | Won | [62] | |
3rd Tencent Starlight Festival | Mainland's Best Group | Super Junior-M | Won | [63] | |
BQ2008 Popularity List | Asian Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | [64] | |
CCTV 2008 Chinese Entertainment Awards | Mainland's Best Album | Me | Won | ||
Mainland's Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | |||
2009 | China Digital Music Awards | Most Downloaded Overseas Singer | Super Girl | Won | |
2010 | 21st Golden Melody Awards | Best Vocal Group | Super Junior-M | Nominated | [65] |
China Music Festival | Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
Golden Melody Award (Album Award) | Super Girl | Won | |||
Composer Award | Super Girl (Yoo Young Jin) | Won | |||
China Music Radio Top Awards | Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
2011 | Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards | Most Popular Group of The Year | Super Junior-M | Won | |
Best Male Group | Super Junior-M | Won | |||
Singapore Hit Awards | Best Male Group | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
2012 | Singapore's e-Awards | Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | |
Taiwan HITO Music Awards | Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards | Taiwan's Top Searched Artist | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
2013 | Singapore's e-Awards | UFM 100.3 Most Popular Song | "S.O.L.O" | Won | |
Taiwan HITO Music Awards | Best Drama OST | "S.O.L.O" | Won | ||
Baidu Music Awards | Best Group Award | Super Junior-M | Won | [66] | |
IFPI (Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award) | Best Sales Releases (Japanese and Korean) | Break Down | Won | [67] | |
2014 | Singapore's e-Awards | Most Popular Group | Super Junior-M | Won | |
14th Top Chinese Award | Favorite Musical Band and Group | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
Best Music Video | "Break Down" | Won | |||
2nd YinYuenTai V-Chart Award | Album of The Year | Break Down | Won | [68] | |
Kugou Music Awards | Most Influential Group of the Year | Super Junior-M | Won | ||
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