Would you agree that Baekhyun is the most popular/biggest male idol to come out of SM?

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YES

Yes. His solo albums prove that

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they were with SM as idols for all of 2 years, their success is not SM’s lol.

SM made them, they were nothing in China until SM trained, debuted and promoted them in China. So yeah, they are some of the hugest idols SM has ever debuted together with Lay. Lay is huger than them now both in China and globally.

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Kai has the most successful international SM solo song of ALL times across male and female. Even more than taeyeon Baekhyun taemin and every one.

The only two people in this conversation are Kai (immense casual international support) and Baekhyun(immense fandom support). No one else at SM.

This is very true and I think it's mostly Internationally, but locally, I think SUJU is also very well known especially Kyuhyun for his #1 best male idol vocals, they may not sell as well as EXO but the GP definitely knows them so well.

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And Kai's music is all time fav for Kpop male soloists discography, it's so my style

i mean is there any doubt?? million solo sells are no joke

Yes. I'd argue Baekhyun is one of the most popular male idols ever

as google trends say:

01/2021: jaehyun (nct)

02/2021: kai (exo)

03/2021: baekhyun (exo)

04/2021: baekhyun (exo)

05/2021: kai (exo)

06/2021: heechul (suju)

07/2021: d.o (exo)

08/2021: kai (exo)

09/2021: kai (exo)

10/2021: kai (exo)

11/2021: kai (exo)

so based on that, I would say kai is the most popular.

Agree

Agree

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No. Stop associating them with SM. I don’t know why SM Stan’s continue to be this cringe.

Like just let go of the escape squad.

What's that supposed to mean?

What exactly I'm I holding onto?

Are they still in Korea or under SM? NO!

Were they scouted, trained, debuted and promoted by SM? YES. It's simply the truth.

And just so you know, they were still signed to SM until this year when their contracts ended. Meaning, SM has been profiting from all their works for the last ten years. So sorry but it's the truth.