Super Junior (슈퍼주니어; often stylized
SUPERJUNIOR), sometimes referred to as
SJ or
SuJu (슈주), is a thirteen-member
boy band from
Seoul,
South Korea. They are managed by producer
Lee Soo Man and is currently the largest group under
SM Entertainment. 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 the 3,000 applicants through auditions held in
China by SM Entertainment in 2001.
The group initially debuted with twelve members on November 6, 2005, but since the addition of Kyuhyun in May 23, 2006, they have become a thirteen-member group.
Super Junior has released two
studio albums and one
CD single since 2005. Their most successful album,
Don't Don, was the second best-selling album of 2007, according to the Music Industry Association of Korea.
In addition, the group has earned four music awards from the M.NET/KM Music Festival, another four from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the
MTV Asia Awards after
JTL.