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Super Junior (Music)

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 Initially formed by SM Entertainment in 2005 as a rotational twelve member Boy Band named Super Junior '05, Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어); also known as SJ or SUJUnote pronounced shuju) is a popular Korean boy band whose number of members ranges between seven and fifteen depending on who you ask.They're notable for being the first large South Korean idol group, with thirteen members at its peak. This large number allows the group to have a wide range of activities, such as creating sub-units, making forays into acting and hosting on television programs, concerts, and radio shows, all of which are have since become common practices in the South Korean popular music industry. They're also well-known for the ridiculous amount of fanservice they provide their fans with (but that's nothing new), and the... enthusiasm and possessiveness of said fans. While they still play up the Ho Yay, their fans have relatively calmed down in later years.Super Junior debuted with twelve members in November 2005 with the song Twins, and later promoted the song Miracle, which was part of the same album. As promotions for the latter song ended, new members for the second generation of the group, Super Junior 06, were being selected, but the rotational concept was tossed after adding a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, in 2006.Without doubt, their most popular track is their best-selling single Sorry, Sorry, which became South Korea's best-selling album of 2009, and the best-selling Korean pop album in Taiwan, Thailand, and China. In addition, it was the first Korean pop album to reach number one in Philippine music charts. The song collected ten number-one awards for ten consecutive weeks in Korea, and stayed as number one for 37 weeks in Taiwanese music charts.However, even before Sorry, Sorry, the group was already considered a success in Korea. Their first title song as a thirteen-member group, U, was up for free download on their official website in 2006, and exceeded 400,000 downloads within five hours of release and ultimately surpassed 1.7 million downloads, becoming one of Korea's most popular songs of the year. Their first concert in 2008 was an Asian tour (South Korea, China, Thailand). Sub-unit Super Junior-K.R.Y. became popular for singing in original soundtracks for Korean Drama series. In 2008, Super Junior-T's Rokkugo!!! instantly became a domestic hit, while Super Junior-M's popularity in China instantly rose up after appearing in variety shows.In 2010, the track BONAMANA was released, and despite not being as popular as Sorry, Sorry, it outsold said album and was at the top of Taiwan's Korean-Japanese music charts for 61 consecutive weeks. Mr. Simple, released in 2012, peaked at number three on the Billboard World Albums Chart and outsold BONAMANA. The group was crowned "Album King" in Taiwan, after both albums ranked 1st and 2nd on both album and music sections of the Korean Music Chart 2012.Special Japanese versions of U and Sorry, Sorry were released in Japan. In 2011, singles BONAMANA and Mr. Simple and in 2012, Opera and Sexy, Free, and Single were all released in Japan, but the group's official Japanese debut was in 2013, with the release of the album Hero. The album contained Japanese versions of previously released Super Junior songs Wonder Boy, Our Love, A-Cha and Japanese versions of the sub-units' notable songs. This is also the only album in which the group promoted without its leader Leeteuk, who was in the middle of his mandatory military service.The group went into a two-year hiatus starting in 2015 after the release of their special albums Devil and Magic, as five (Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon) out of eleven active members were to be enlisted in the military, with two (Ryeowook, Kyuhyun) following them in 2016 and 2017. After the five returned from military service, the group came back to the Korean music scene with Black Suit, only featuring seven members due to Kangin's drunk-driving incident and Sungmin's decision to not participate. Siwon was later removed from promotions as the co-CEO of Hanilkwan died due to contracting sepsis after getting bitten by his family dog, but returned for the repackage album promotions. Siwon then returned to promotions for the group's Japanese single On and On, a song which he also co-composed.In 2018, Super Junior debuted on the Latin Billboard Charts with American singer Leslie Grace & American record-production duo Play-N-Skillz with the trilingual song Lo Siento. This milestone is a first for K-pop acts and marked new territory for the Korean-music scene, leading SM Entertainment to announce that they will expand its market to Latin America. Later on, the song One More Time (Otra Vez) was released as the group's first official Latin title song, this time collaborating with Reik. In the same year, the group was also given the honor of being the last performers at the Asian Games 2018 Closing Ceremony held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2019, SM Entertainment announces its joint venture with Indonesia's CT Group, with a Super Junior and Rossa collaboration as its first project.On July 14, 2023, Eunhyuk, Donghae and Kyuhyun left S.M. Entertainment after deciding not to renew their contracts. However, they're still part of Super Junior.The group has undergone several member losses for a variety of reasons. In October 2009, member Kangin was charged with a DUI and hit-and-run; in December of the same year, member Hankyung filed for contract termination due to unlawful contract provisions. Hankyung left the group permanently, while Kangin returned to the group after his military service, went on hiatus once again in 2016 after another DUI, and later left the group in 2019. Member Kibum was also inactive in the group's promotions due to his acting activities since 2009, and officially left in 2015. Sungmin decided not to participate in the group's comeback activities in 2017 after the announcement of his marriage in 2014 was met with violent reactions. Heechul, whose leg was fractured in an accident in 2006, was not able to promote on music shows for the repackaged album REPLAY in 2018 due to the increasing severity of his leg pain, and will also not participate in music shows for the 2018 mini album. Zhoumi and Henry were added to the sub-unit Super Junior-M in 2008, but due to the mostly negative reactions from Korean fans, the two were not added to the official Super Junior lineup. Henry decided not to renew his contract with SM Entertainment in 2018 and has announced plans of establishing his own agency, leaving the fate of Super Junior-M unknown.
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