SM Station


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 57 songs.

History

SM Station's purpose was to showcase SM Entertainment'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.
Station's second season was to feature collaborations with foreign musicians, besides past projects. 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 second season concluded on April 6, 2018 with "New Heroes" by NCT member Ten.
In August 2018, SM Entertainment announced a special season titled Station X 0, in collaboration with SK telecom's 0 mobile brand. According to the label, Station X 0 is a cultural project for the young generation. The season ended on October 19, 2018 with "Written in the Stars" by Wendy and John Legend. A project girl group, Station Young, consisting of Red Velvet's Seulgi, I-dle's Soyeon, GFriend's SinB and soloist Chungha was formed for the single "Wow Thing" for the album.
A third season was announced in November 2018. The first single would be released by NCT’s Lucas and Jonah Nilsson of Swedish band Dirty Loops. The season ended with "Long Flight" by NCT Taeyong, released on July 18, 2019.
On November 15, SM Entertainment uploaded a trailer featuring NCT's Jaehyun, announcing the fourth season titled Station X. The season began on November 20 with a collaboration single with UNICEF "This is Your Day ", by BoA, Super Junior's Siwon, J-Min, Girls' Generation's Sunny, Shinee's Taemin, Exo's Suho, Red Velvet's Wendy, and NCT's Doyoung.

Discography

;Seasons
YearAwardCategoryArtistsNominated workResult
2016MelOn Music AwardsBest Ballad SongTaeyeon"Rain"
2016MelOn Music AwardsSong of the YearTaeyeon"Rain"
2016Mnet Asian Music AwardsBest Vocal Performance Female SoloTaeyeon"Rain"
2016Mnet Asian Music AwardsHotelsCombined Song of the YearTaeyeon"Rain"
2016Mnet Asian Music AwardsHotelsCombined Song of the YearEric Nam x Wendy"Spring Love"
2016Mnet Asian Music AwardsBest CollaborationEric Nam x Wendy"Spring Love"
2016Mnet Asian Music AwardsBest CollaborationBoA x Beenzino"No Matter What"
2017Golden Disc AwardsDigital Bonsang AwardTaeyeon"Rain"
2017Gaon Chart K-Pop AwardsSong of the Year Taeyeon"Rain"
2017Gaon Chart K-Pop AwardsSong of the Year Yoo Jae-suk x Exo"Dancing King"1
2017Gaon Chart K-Pop AwardsSong of the Year Kim Hee-chul x Min Kyung-hoon"Sweet Dream"
2017MelOn Music AwardsBest Rock SongKim Hee-chul x Min Kyung-hoon"Sweet Dream"
2017Korean Music AwardsBest Dance and Electronic Song AwardHitchhiker"$10"
--Best Dance and Electronic Song AwardHitchhiker"$10"-

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