SM Entertainment

Summary

SM Entertainment is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,628 views/month, #12 of 2,290).^[2]

Key Facts

• SM Entertainment is in the country of South Korea^[3].
• SM Entertainment's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• SM Entertainment's instance of is recorded as talent agency^[5].
• SM Entertainment's instance of is recorded as public company^[6].
• SM Entertainment's founder is recorded as Lee Soo-man^[7].
• SM Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Apgujeong-dong^[8].
• SM Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Seoul^[9].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as SM Culture & Contents^[10].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Label SJ^[11].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as ScreaM Records^[12].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as SM Classics^[13].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Label V^[14].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Baljunso^[15].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as SM Life Design Group^[16].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Mystic Story^[17].
• SM Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as SMEJ Holdings^[18].
• SM Entertainment's discography is recorded as SM Entertainment catalog^[19].
• SM Entertainment's Commons category is recorded as SM Entertainment^[20].
• SM Entertainment's stock exchange is recorded as Korea Exchange (Kosdaq)^[21].
• SM Entertainment's industry is recorded as music^[22].
• SM Entertainment's industry is recorded as phonographic industry^[23].
• February 14, 1995 marks the founding of SM Entertainment^[24].
• SM Entertainment's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.544143, 'lon': 127.044148}^[25].
• SM Entertainment's official website is recorded as https://www.smentertainment.com/^[26].
• SM Entertainment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:SM Entertainment^[27].

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Founding

SM Entertainment's founder is recorded as Lee Soo-man^[7]. February 14, 1995 marks the founding of it^[24].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '주식회사 에스.엠.엔터테인먼트'}^[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SM Entertainment Co., Ltd.'}^[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': 'SM娱乐有限公司'}^[30], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '株式会社エスエム・エンタテインメント'}^[31].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Apgujeong-dong^[8], a dong of South Korea^[32], in South Korea^[33] and Seoul^[9], a Special City of Korea^[34], in South Korea^[35], founded in 1395^[36]. Subsidiaries include SM Culture & Contents^[10], a business^[37], in South Korea^[38], founded in 1980^[39], headquartered in Seoul^[40]; Label SJ^[11], a record label^[41], in South Korea^[42], headquartered in Seoul^[43]; ScreaM Records^[12], a record label^[44]; SM Classics^[13], a record label^[45]; Label V^[14], a record label^[46]; and Baljunso^[15], a record label^[47], founded in 1991^[48].

Industry

Industries include music^[22] and phonographic industry^[23].

Ownership

SM Entertainment's stock exchange is recorded as Korea Exchange (Kosdaq)^[21].

Why It Matters

SM Entertainment ranks in the top 0.52% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,628 views/month, #12 of 2,290).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]