SM Entertainment once again tops 'Best Korean Brands' in Entertainment

By yckim124 Wednesday, March 29, 2017 61,018 14,199 25

SM Entertainment entered the top 50 of '2017 Best Korean Brands' once again.

Last year, the annual ranking by the world's biggest brand consulting company Interbrand ranked SM Entertainment in 46th place; also making them the only Korean entertainment agency to make it on the list. The label once again ranked 46th this year and remained the only Korean entertainment agency to make it onto the ranking.

A rep from SM Entertainment shared a comment and said, "With the production system of Culture Technology or CT, SM continues to produce popular global artists. We will work hard to create celebrities and contents that captivate music fans worldwide, and grow even more as a global brand."

Meanwhile, Samsung took #1 overall on '2017 Best Korean Brands' followed by Hyundai, Kia, and Naver.

sirsans • Thursday, March 30, 2017

Thanks Kang Ta -nim.

teuk66 • Thursday, March 30, 2017

super junior is the only reason for smtown success and fame in all over the world

teuk66 • Thursday, March 30, 2017

the band is successful in smtown super junior only

allkpopellie • Thursday, March 30, 2017

No surprise, Idk how they do it, they just do it.

Tylialist • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Not a surprise, as others said they started idol culture and have been number one company for 20 years other companies might be doing well now but don't really have the longevity that SM have.

JiHyun14 • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

all of sm artists contributed to sm's success. plus sm have lots of subsidaries, so no wonder.

smokeee • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

no agency has as much guaranteed success as SM does debuting groups. if you're lucky enough to be placed into a new SM group you will become super famous. no other agency is close to the guaranteed success SM gives. you'll have to bust your ass but you wont have to worry about the group being successful, like u do with every other agency. i think thats the biggest difference between SM and everyone else. YG used to be guaranteed too until Winner/Ikon.

allkpopellie smokeee • Thursday, March 30, 2017

Are all the SM artists that successful? HOT, Boa, SNSD, Super Junior, EXO are monsters, but how about the other groups they seem to be doing just ok even though they are in SM. BB is just so unique, that group can't be duplicated! Poor YG! I think SM success is that they don't create groups that are different. EXO imo is nothing like HOT or SUJU, or Shinee.

smokeee allkpopellie • Thursday, March 30, 2017

lol considering most of those YG groups all use that synthesizing and more than a few BB songs sound just like PSY songs, its funny u pretend SM is all the same music. snsd alone has done more variety of music than anyone in YG has. too bad YG has fallen a lot with Winner/Ikon being awol and everyone knows YG takes like 2 years for comebacks lol. sad. JYP >YG these days.

allkpopellie smokeee • Thursday, March 30, 2017

Sorry typo and wording problem because of the small allkpop box lol, I meant different, "I think SM success is that they create groups that are different." The end of my paragraph adds an example to that sentence.

youcangoeatshit • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Well thank you BoA

yutakunnn youcangoeatshit • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

thank you TVXQ, thank you Super Junior, thank you SNSD, thank you Shinee, thank you f(x) thank you Red Velvet, thank you NCT, and the most important is thank you the only one who get 4 consecutive daesang (and still counting) EXO.

kimmiefonze • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Well, almost all of SM artists became influential, legendary, and still makes money even after they past their prime so there's no surprise here.

iisstf28 • Wednesday, March 29, 2017

SM started the idol culture in Korea and they have been one of the top leading companies in Kpop since the first generation. Yes, JYP and YG are doing really well, but SM is definitely the most influential company in Kpop history and still going strong.

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