SM Station

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SM Station is a digital music project by South Korean record label SM Entertainment. It undertook to release one digital single every Friday starting from February 3, 2016. The project's first season ended on February 3, 2017 with 52 songs. Its second season began on March 31, 2017 and concluded on April 6, 2018, with a total of 56 songs.

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History

SM Station was announced by founding chairman Lee Soo-man as part of SM Entertainment's larger "Neo Culture Technology" project during a press conference on January 27, 2016. It aims to showcase SMEntertainment's artists and producers, while also including collaborations with artists outside of the label. The project began on February 3, 2016 with the release of its first single "Rain" by Taeyeon. The song proved successful, topping the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart and winning first place on the weekly music show Inkigayo. Subsequent singles that entered top 10 on the Gaon Digital Chart include "Spring Love" by Wendy and Eric Nam, "The Day" by Baekhyun and K.Will, "No Matter What" by BoA and Beenzino, "Dancing King" by EXO and Yoo Jae-suk, "Always in My Heart" by Joy and Seulong, and "Sweet Dream" by Kim Hee-chul and Min Kyung-hoon. "Rain" and "Spring Love" received various nominations at year-end music awards, among which "Rain" won a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards and "Sweet Dream" won a Best Rock Song at the MelOn Music Awards. The first season ended on February 3, 2017 with the 52nd single "Curtain" by Suho.

In February 2017, SM Entertainment announced Station's second season which, according to the label, would feature collaborations with foreign musicians, as well as its past projects such as SM the Ballad, SM the Performance, Summer Vacation and Winter Garden. It began on March 31, 2017 with the first single "Would U" by Red Velvet. On April 6, 2017, SM Entertainment released a compilation album titled SM Station Season 1 which contains the first season's 52 singles and five bonus tracks. The album is packaged as a four-CD set which includes a photo book of behind-the-scenes cuts. The second season concluded on April 6 with "New Heroes" by NCT member Ten.

In August 2018, SM Entertainment announced the third season titled Station X 0 (Station Young), in collaboration with SK telecom's 0 (Young) mobile brand. According to the label, Station X 0 is a cultural project for the young generation. The first trailer of the project was released on August 1, the logo of the project included a small figure of EXO's Baekhyun.On August 2, the second trailer of Station X 0 was released, with the logo including a small figure of Girls' Generation's Taeyeon.On the same day, it was announced that the first Station X 0 project will be a collaboration between Taeyeon and MeloMance, set to be released on August 10. On August 3, the third trailer was released.

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Discography

Album

• SM Station Season 1 (2016-2017)
• SM Station Season 2 (2017-2018)

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Awards and nominations

Music programs

SBS Inkigayo

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Concert shows

• "The Station" (2018), a music talk concert with various artists from SM '#STATION'.

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Notes

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References

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External links

• http://smstation0.smtown.com

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