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Lee Soo-man

1952 - Today

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Lee Soo-man (Korean: 이수만; Hanja: 李秀滿, born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul. He has also been referred to as the "president of culture", as one of the pioneers of the Korean Wave. Lee debuted as a singer in 1971 while he was a student at Seoul National University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Soo-man has received more than 1,358,411 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lee Soo-man is the 349th most popular musician (up from 400th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from South Korea (up from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Musician.

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  • 1.4M

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  • 57.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lee Soo-man ranks 349 out of 2,662Before him are Cliff Williams, Burt Bacharach, Grigory Sokolov, Ginger Baker, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. After him are Bo Diddley, Liberace, Florian Schneider, Farid al-Atrash, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Domenico Alberti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Lee Soo-man ranks 81Before him are Raymond Domenech, George Strait, Nicko McBrain, Joe Strummer, Álvaro Uribe, and Mandy Patinkin. After him are Udo Dirkschneider, Christine Baranski, Graham Greene, Alain Giresse, Eric Adams, and Ryū Murakami.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Soo-man ranks 81 out of 944Before him are Soh Jaipil (1864), Cha Bum-kun (1953), Song Hye-rim (1937), Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957), Heo Jeong (1896), and Jang Yeong-sil (1400). After him are Ko Un (1933), Won Gyun (1540), Gong Yoo (1979), Ye Wanyong (1858), Park Chan-wook (1963), and Bong Joon-ho (1969).

Among MUSICIANS In South Korea

Among musicians born in South Korea, Lee Soo-man ranks 2Before him are Nam June Paik (1932). After him are Myung-whun Chung (1953), Kyung Wha Chung (1948), Yiruma (1978), Suga (1993), Yang Hyun-suk (1970), Unsuk Chin (1961), Bang Chan (1997), Jung Yong-hwa (1989), Eun Ji-won (1978), and Zico (1992).