SM Entertainment (041510) Company presentation summary

Business model

• Business lines span music, concerts and events, content production, advertising, and other IP-driven businesses.

• Music operations include physical albums and digital music; artists also appear in variety shows, TV series, films, and musicals.

• The portfolio includes management, content, platforms, lifestyle, and international businesses.

Artist roster and achievements

• Managed roster exceeds 400 artists, including musicians, MCs, entertainers, actors, models, and influencers; listed categories include 103+ musicians, 40+ MCs and entertainers, and 100+ actors.

• Artists include BoA, TVXQ!, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa, and others.

• NCT Dream sold over 3.47 million copies of “Hot Sauce” and “Hello Future”; “Glitch Mode” sold 2.1 million copies in its first week.

• EXO surpassed 10 million domestic album sales and reached million-seller status with six albums.

Global scale

• 2021 total album sales exceeded 17.6 million; NCT’s 2021 album sales exceeded 10.9 million.

• Cumulative YouTube views topped 67 billion, with more than 96 million subscribers.

• aespa’s “Savage” reached No. 20 on the Billboard 200, the highest first-album rank for a K-pop girl group at the time cited.