Event · 1996 · Seoul [37.56, 126.99]

H.O.T. debut launches the idol-group era

Name: H.O.T. debut launches the idol-group era
Start: 1996
Location: Seoul

In 1996, SM Entertainment debuted H.O.T. as its first audition-built idol group, the event that turned Lee Soo-man's pipeline into a working product. Their immediate success kicked off the first-generation idol boom and set agencies racing to assemble rival groups.

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Wikidata: H.O.T.Wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483135
accessed 2026-06-04

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collaborates with → We Hate All Kinds of Violence (H.O.T. debut)

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