1. Introduction
Super Junior is a 9-member South Korean music group under SM Entertainment. Also known as Suju or SJ. Debuted on November 6, 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, they were regarded by the media as a music group that contributed to the spread of the Korean Wave. At its peak, 13 people were active.
Super Junior originally consisted of 12 members (Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Hankyung, Kangin, Kibum, Sungmin) at the time of their debut, and Kyuhyun joined in 2006. In 2009, he achieved international fame with the release of the best-selling single Sorry, Sorry. Over the years, they have also formed subgroups aimed simultaneously at different music industries and audiences. Their success and popularity as all-around entertainers led other Korean entertainment officials to begin training their music groups in other aspects of the entertainment industry as well.
In 2009, Hankyung filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment after he left the group in 2011 in protest of unfavorable contract terms. In 2015, Kibum left after his contract with SM Entertainment expired, and in 2019, Kangin voluntarily left. As of 2021, there are 9 active members (Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun). Sungmin has been suspended from Super Junior activities since 2015.
Super Junior has been the best-selling K-pop artist for four consecutive years. The group has won 13 music awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and 19 music awards at the Golden Disc Awards, and is the second singer group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards, following jtL in 2003. . In 2012, she was nominated for Best Asian Artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards, and in 2015 she won "International Artist" and "Best Fandom" awards at the Teen Choice Awards. Super Junior's 8th album 《PLAY》 in March 2020, 8th album repackage 《REPLAY》 in 2018, 9th album 《Time Slip》 in 2019, and 9th album repackage 《Timeless》 in 2019, 122 weeks in a row since 2017. 1 on Taiwan's KKBOX Korean album chart. Their fandom name is E.L.F (Elf), which stands for Ever Lasting Friends.
2. Genre
At the beginning of their debut, Twins (Knock Out), Don Don! (Don't Don), but the public's response was not good, so he tried to change his musical style. In 2009, when hook songs were popular, he made his name known to the public with the song Sorry, Sorry and succeeded in informing the public of SUPER JUNIOR's own musical style. After Sorry, Sorry became a hit, from the early 2010s, the title song was mainly an addictive hook song of the SJ Funky genre that SM continuously pursued. Since there are many members, it is to enhance the popularity of the group through teamwork and synchronized choreography rather than showing each individual's individuality.
On the other hand, if you listen to the b-side songs, there are surprisingly many calm songs such as authentic ballads and medium tempo songs, and there are many members who have unique voices, so rather, they put their strengths on those songs. There are many songs of various genres such as rock, pop , etc, and they digest well.
However, since it is not common for non-fans to listen to songs other than the title song, mechanical sounds and auto-tune from the 3rd album Sorry, Sorry to the 6th album Sexy, Free Single, the heyday of SUPER JUNIOR. The heavily emphasized title songs played a big role in gaining recognition, but they were underestimated musically. Member Heechul also showed reactions in SUPER JUNIOR's own entertainment show, "It's such a waste to have a regular album."
Still, since the mid-2010s, when the heyday passed, the special album DEVIL mainly contains songs with acoustic sounds, and the 8th album PLAY contains the title song Black Suit, a ballad track and member Donghae's self-composed song 'Don't go like rain ( One More Chance)' as the sub-title song, and they are continuing their efforts to highlight their musicality. In addition, REPLAY and One More Time tried Latin pop and became the first K-pop to enter the Billboard Latin chart. They are showing a new side of SUPER JUNIOR that has not been seen before by trying various genres of music, including
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