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List of SM Entertainment artists

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All artists under SM Entertainment are collectively known as the SM Town.[1] All names listed are adapted from SM Entertainment official website.

Current artists

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Groups

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Name Debut year Debut album Members Ref
TVXQ 2004 Tri-Angle
Former:
[c]
[6]
Super Junior 2005 Twins
Former:
[10]
Girls' Generation 2007 Girls' Generation
Former:
[15]
Shinee 2008 Replay
Former:
[19]
Exo 2012 Mama
Former:
[26]
Red Velvet 2014 Ice Cream Cake [27]
NCT 2016 NCT 2018 Empathy

Former:
[31]
Aespa 2020 Savage [32]
Riize 2023 Get a Guitar
  • Shotaro
  • Eunseok
  • Sungchan
  • Wonbin
  • Sohee
  • Anton

Former:
[34]
Mytro[A] 2024 TBA
  • Han Tey
  • Jung Yoon-jae
  • Shohei
  • Lim Chae-pyeong
  • Seo Woo-hyeok
[35]
Dear Alice[B] TBA TBA
  • James
  • Dexter
  • Olly
  • Reese
  • Blaise
[37]

Sub-units

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Name Spinoff of Debut year Debut album Members Ref
NCT 127 NCT 2016 NCT#127
Former:
[38]
NCT Dream The First
[39]
Oh!GG Girls' Generation 2018 Lil' Touch
Former:
[40]
WayV NCT 2019 The Vision
  • Kun
  • Ten
  • Winwin
  • Xiaojun
  • Hendery
  • Yangyang

Former:
[41]
Exo-SC Exo 2019 What a Life [42]
Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi Red Velvet 2020 Monster [43]
NCT DoJaeJung NCT 2023 Perfume
  • Doyoung
  • Jaehyun
  • Jungwoo
[44]
Super Junior-L.S.S. Super Junior Let's Standing Show [45]
NCT Wish NCT 2024 Wish
  • Sion
  • Riku
  • Yushi
  • Jaehee
  • Ryo
  • Sakuya
[46]

Former artists

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Groups

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Name Years active Debut album Members Ref
The Blue 1992–1995; 2009 1st The Blue – New Release [93]
Tin Tin Five 1993–2010 Tin-Tin-Five
  • Pyo In-bong
  • Lee Woong-ho
  • Hong Rok-gi
  • Lee Dong-woo
  • Kim Kyung-sik
  • Jung Sung-hwa
  • Kim Hak-joon
[94]
Major 1994 Easy Rock Single 1
  • Lim Bum-jun
  • Seo Yeon-su
  • Yu Han-ji
[95][96]
J&J 1994 Guitar And Dance Single 1
  • Jay Kim
  • Jay Kang
[97]
H.O.T. 1996–2001; 2018–2019 We Hate All Kinds of Violence [98]
S.E.S 1997–2002; 2016–2017 I'm Your Girl [99]
Shinhwa 1998–present[D] Haegyeolsa [101]
Fly to the Sky 1999–2009; 2014–2019[E] Day by Day [103]
Milk[F] 2001–2003 With Freshness
[105]
Black Beat 2002–2007 The First Performance #001
[106]
Shinvi 2002–2003 15 to 30
  • Yoo Soo-jin
  • Oh Sang-eun
  • Yoo-na
[107]
Isak N Jiyeon 2002–2004 Tell Me Baby [108]
Trax 2004–2012; 2015–2019; 2024 Paradox
[109]
The Grace 2005–2010 One More Time, OK? [110]
f(x) 2009–2016; 2019 Nu ABO [111]

Sub-units

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Name Spinoff of Years active Debut album Members Ref
Super Junior-T Super Junior 2007–2008; 2015 Rokkugo [112]
Super Junior-M 2008–2009; 2011–2014 Me [113]
Super Junior-H 2008 Cooking? Cooking! [114]
Super Junior-D&E 2011–2015; 2017–present[G] Oppa, Oppa [116]
Girls' Generation-TTS Girls' Generation 2012–2017 Twinkle [117]
Exo-CBX Exo 2016–present[H] Hey Mama! [119]

Project groups

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SM Entertainment has established multiple project groups, which are groups that are usually formed on a temporary basis and for a specific purpose. Project groups typically disband after a short promotional period.[120]

Name Years active Debut album Members Ref
S 2003; 2014 Fr. in. Cl [121]
SM the Ballad 2010; 2014 Miss You [122]
Younique Unit 2012 PYL Younique Volume 1 [123]
SM the Performance 2012–2013 "Spectrum" [124]
Toheart[I] 2014 1st Mini Album [125]
SuperM 2019–2021 SuperM [126]
Got the Beat 2022–2023 Stamp on It [127]

Notes

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  1. ^ Co-managed with YamYam Entertainment
  2. ^ DearAlice was stablished in collaboration with Kakao Entertainment North America and Moon&Back Media.[36]
  3. ^ The following list includes all SM Entertainment artists that have been declared by SM to have made (or are soon to make) their official debut as a soloist. It does not include artists who have only released digital singles or soundtrack songs.
  4. ^ Shinhwa departed SM in 2003[100]
  5. ^ Fly to the Sky departed SM in 2004[102]
  6. ^ Milk were formed under SM's sister label, BM Entertainment[104]
  7. ^ Super Junior-D&E departed SM in 2023[115]
  8. ^ Exo-CBX departed SM in 2024.[20][118]
  9. ^ Toheart was formed in collaboration with Woollim Entertainment.
  10. ^ The following list includes all former SM Entertainment artists that had been declared by SM to have made their official debut as a soloist. It does not include artists who only released digital singles or soundtrack songs.
  11. ^ Also credited as "Hyun Jin-young & Wawoowa!"
  1. ^ Hero Jaejoong left TVXQ in 2009[2] but remained in litigation with SM Entertainment over contract validity until both parties settled in 2012.[3]
  2. ^ Micky Yoochun left TVXQ in 2009[4] but remained in litigation with SM Entertainment over contract validity until both parties settled in 2012.[3]
  3. ^ Xiah Junsu left TVXQ in 2009[5] but remained in litigation with SM Entertainment over contract validity until both parties settled in 2012.[3]
  4. ^ Eunhyuk left SM Entertainment in 2023 but remains a member of Super Junior.[7]
  5. ^ Donghae left SM Entertainment in 2023 but remains a member of Super Junior.[7]
  6. ^ a b Kyuhyun left SM Entertainment in 2023 but remains a member of Super Junior.[7]
  7. ^ Hangeng left Super Junior in 2009 but remained under contract with SM Entertainment until 2011
  8. ^ Kangin left Super Junior in 2019 but remains with SM Entertainment.[8]
  9. ^ Kibum last performed with Super Junior in 2009 but remained a member until 2015 when he left SM Entertainment.[9]
  10. ^ Sunny left SM Entertainment in 2023 but remains a member of Girls' Generation.[11]
  11. ^ a b Tiffany left SM Entertainment in 2017 but remains a member of Girls' Generation.[12]
  12. ^ Sooyoung left SM Entertainment in 2017 but remains a member of Girls' Generation.[12]
  13. ^ a b Seohyun left SM Entertainment in 2017 but remains a member of Girls' Generation.[12]
  14. ^ Jessica left Girls' Generation in 2014[13] but remained with SM Entertainment until 2015.[14]
  15. ^ a b Onew left SM Entertainment in 2024 but remains a member of Shinee.[16]
  16. ^ a b Taemin left SM Entertainment in 2024 but remains a member of Shinee.[17]
  17. ^ a b Jonghyun died in December 2017.[18]
  18. ^ a b Xiumin left SM Entertainment in 2024 but remains a member of Exo.[20]
  19. ^ a b Lay left SM Entertainment in 2022 but remains a member of Exo.[21]
  20. ^ a b Baekhyun left SM Entertainment in 2024 but remains a member of Exo.[20]
  21. ^ a b Chen left SM Entertainment in 2024 but remains a member of Exo.[20]
  22. ^ a b D.O. left SM Entertainment in 2023 but remains a member of Exo.[22]
  23. ^ Luhan left Exo in 2014 but remained under contract with SM Entertainment until 2022.[23]
  24. ^ Kris left Exo in 2014 but remained under contract with SM Entertainment until 2022.[24]
  25. ^ Tao left Exo in 2015 but remained under contract with SM Entertainment until 2022.[25]
  26. ^ a b Taeil left NCT in August 2024 and SM Entertainment altogether in October of the same year.[28]
  27. ^ a b Lucas left NCT in 2023 but remains with SM Entertainment.[29]
  28. ^ Shotaro left NCT in 2023 to join SM's new boy band Riize.[30]
  29. ^ Sungchan left NCT in 2023 to join SM's new boy band Riize.[30]
  30. ^ Seunghan left Riize in 2024 but remains with SM Entertainment.[33]
  31. ^ Sunny left Oh!GG upon the expiration of her contract with SM Entertainment in 2023, though she remains a member of Girls' Generation.[11]
  32. ^ J-Min originally debuted in 2007, but Shine is her first release with SM Entertainment.
  33. ^ Ginjo has been managed by ScreaM Records since 2018.
  34. ^ Raiden has been managed by ScreaM Records since 2019.
  35. ^ Imlay has been managed by ScreaM Records since 2017.
  36. ^ Lee has been managed by SM Entertainment since 2012.
  37. ^ Yoo has been managed by SM Entertainment since 2012.
  38. ^ Lee debuted as a model in 2014;[88] as an actor, Lee has been managed by SM Entertainment since 2016.
  39. ^ Sulli died in October 2019.[145]

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