MUSICIAN

Lee Soo-man

1952 - Today

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Lee Soo-man (Korean: 이수만, 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 1,435,224 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lee Soo-man is the 320th most popular musician (up from 349th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 81st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Musician.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lee Soo-man ranks 320 out of 3,175. Before him are Don Airey, Fats Domino, Manu Dibango, Stevie Young, Per Gessle, and Joe Zawinul. After him are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Friedrich Gulda, Djivan Gasparyan, Sonny Rollins, Léo Ferré, and Tiësto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Lee Soo-man ranks 87. Before him are Joe Strummer, Nicko McBrain, Ryū Murakami, Bülent Ersoy, Stephen Lang, and Mary McDonnell. After him are Haider al-Abadi, Amir Peretz, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Frances Fisher, Danilo Türk, and John Lone.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Soo-man ranks 80 out of 1,128. Before him are Jeong Mong-ju (1337), Heo Jun (1546), Yi I (1536), Han Duck-soo (1949), Lee Sun-kyun (1975), and Psy (1977). After him are Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957), Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), Jang Bogo (787), Ma Dong-seok (1971), Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), and Heo Jeong (1896).

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Among MUSICIANS In South Korea

Among musicians born in South Korea, Lee Soo-man ranks 2. Before him are Nam June Paik (1932). After him are Myung-whun Chung (1953), Kyung Wha Chung (1948), Suga (1993), Yiruma (1978), Yang Hyun-suk (1970), Unsuk Chin (1961), Jung Yong-hwa (1989), Kang Min-hyuk (1991), Zico (1992), and Lee Jong-hyun (1990).

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