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SM Entertainment posted a 19.3% year-on-year upturn in revenue to KRW302.9 billion (\u20ac188 million) in Q2 2025, but earnings from live music dipped marginally.<\/p>\n

The K-pop juggernaut, which launched acts such as H.O.T., Girls\u2019 Generation, EXO, NCT and Aespa, reported concert revenue of KRW33.6bn (\u20ac20.9m) \u2013 down 1.9% on the equivalent three-month period last year.<\/p>\n

The company, whose growth was driven by a 37.9% increase in physical album and digital music income to KRW99bn (\u20ac61m), referenced boy band Riize\u2019s Riizing Loud<\/em> tour. The run started with three nights at Seoul\u2019s KSPO Dome last month and went on to draw 54,000 fans to Saitama Super Arena in Japan \u2013 demonstrating \u201cstrong momentum beyond Korea\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite this being their first world tour, additional North American stops have been added, with upcoming shows scheduled in eight cities during Q4, including New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc,\u201d adds the firm.<\/p>\n

SM also has upcoming tours by artists including Irene & Seulgi, Yuta, NCT Dream, Kai, Aespa and NCT Wish.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, fellow Korean giant HYBE announced it was offloading<\/a> its remaining stake in SM Entertainment to China\u2019s largest music streaming firm Tencent Music (TME) for KRW243.4bn (\u20ac157m).<\/p>\n

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\u201cSM Entertainment remains committed to sustainable growth\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Referencing the deal in the quarterly report, SM CEO Cheol-hyuk Jang said that TME \u201cholds a powerful position in the Chinese music market\u201d and outlined how the arrangement would benefit the firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this alliance, we have established a practical and wide-ranging partnership that extends beyond music distribution to include content planning, fan data analysis, and concert execution in the China market,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the long term, we aim to create a comprehensive idol success model that combines SM Entertainment\u2019s global production capabilities with Tencent Music Entertainment\u2019s local marketing and distribution power \u2013 bridging global and local strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

SM added that boy band Super Junior carried out a wide range of activities across exhibitions, albums and concerts to celebrate their 20th anniversary, with the Super Show 10<\/em> concert \u2013 part of the group\u2019s long-running Super Show series \u2013 sold out entirely during the fan club presale.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoving forward, SM Entertainment remains committed to sustainable growth, not by focusing solely on short-term earnings, but by leveraging the structural competitiveness of our IP and building sustainable revenue models,\u201d adds Jang. \u201cWe will continue to strengthen our IP portfolio across generations by establishing a virtuous cycle in which long-standing IPs generate stable profits while newer IPs realise their growth potential through performance-based results.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.iqmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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