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Artist · K-pop

Super Junior's 2025 comeback rewrote the K-pop longevity playbook: 20 years after debut they posted the highest first-week sales of their entire career, proving a legacy act can beat its own peak rather than coast on nostalgia.

By the numbers

309,959'Super Junior25' first-week salesTheir 12th studio album (July 2025) set a career high, breaking the 270,558 record held by 2019's 'Time_Slip.'↗20 yearsCareer longevity milestoneFormed by SM Entertainment in 2005, the group marked its 20th anniversary in 2025 with career-high album sales.↗

In the news

Super Junior’s Donghae apologises to fans after collapsing at Hong Kong concertThe Straits Times · Jun 30, 2026

The company behind Super Junior

SM EntertainmentKOSDAQ:041510 · SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.

How attention becomes money

1 — Discover the surface

2 — Use the platform repeatedly

3 — Follow the community or creator loop

4 — Spend, subscribe, or transact

5 — Keep coming back

Label-mates · 7

aespaAI-era girl groupNCTExpandable boy groupRIIZERising new boy groupRed Velvetdual-concept girl groupEXOcore legacy boy groupGirls' Generationfirst-wave girl groupSHINeelong-running performance group

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HYBEKRX:352820JYP EntertainmentKOSDAQ:035900YG EntertainmentKOSDAQ:122870CJ ENMKOSDAQ:035760NetEaseHKEX:9999
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