
Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어), often referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주), is a boy band from Seoul, South Korea, produced and managed by Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment. The group initially debuted with twelve members in November 2005, but after Kyuhyun's addition in May 2006, they have since become to consist of thirteen members,[1] becoming the largest boy band in the world.[2] The members are Leeteuk (the leader), Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kang-in, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum, and Kyuhyun. The Chinese member, Han Geng, was chosen among three thousand applicants through auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001.[3]
Super Junior has released and contributed in over 15 different kinds of records since 2005 with varying degrees of success. According to the Music Industry Association of Korea, their most successful album, Don't Don, was the second best-selling album of 2007.[4] Over the years, the group has also been divided into several smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences (specifically the trot industry for Super Junior-T and the Mandarin Chinese industry for Super Junior-M). In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned four music awards from the M.NET/KM Music Festival, another four from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the MTV Asia Awards after jtL in 2003.[5]