At that time, SM Entertainment told him that they were preparing a new group, but that the group consisted of many members, which according to Park was probably Super Junior since he saw them rehearsing too.
When he was 13, he was scouted by an agency and was accepted by both DSP Media and S.M. Park Jung-min was once a commercial model for condoms. In relation to SM Entertainment as a trainee, according to his father if he had stayed with SM Entertainment most probably he would have debuted together with Super Junior. He then joined DSP Media, formerly known as DSP Entertainment and trained for three months before debuting as a member of SS501. Heo Young-saeng started as a trainee at SM Entertainment for about 2.5 years. While the group underwent training together, they were asked by their company to debut in China as a Hallyu project group, but they rejected the offer and disbanded. During 20, while working as a waiter in a family restaurant located at Jamsil-dong, Kim was introduced to a new set up management company CEO. Kim Hyun-joong was initially about to debut in a five-member group, of which Han Yeon of B2Y (now disbanded) was to be the leader and Kim the youngest member. History Pre-debut īefore debuting with SS501, most members had experiences in the entertainment world. The first “S” stands for "superstar", the second “S” is an abbreviation for "singer", and the combination of 5, 0, and 1 symbolizes "five members united as one forever". The name of the band is a combination of letters and numbers that have special meaning.
SS501 has released one studio album and seven EPs in Korean, and two studio albums and three EPs in Japanese. The following year, in 2008, they became the first South Korean artists to win the award for Best New Artist at the Japan Gold Disc Awards.
In 2007, SS501 entered the Japanese market with the maxi single Kokoro, which debuted at number five on the Oricon chart. They debuted in 2005 with the EP Warning, which included their first number one song, "Never Again". SS501 is a South Korean boy band consisting of five members: Kim Hyun-joong, Heo Young-saeng, Kim Kyu-jong, Park Jung-min and Kim Hyung-jun.