SM the Ballad (Korean: SM 발라드; Japanese: SMバラード; stylized as S.M. THE BALLAD) is a South Korean mixed gender rotational ballad unit formed of artists under SM Entertainment.
The unit first debuted in 2010 with the line-up consisting of; TRAX's Jay, TVXQ's Max Changmin, SUPER JUNIOR's Kyuhyun, SHINee's Jonghyun and (former SM trainee) Pentagon's Jinho.
The unit changed their line-up in 2014 with the release of their second album 'Breath', the line-up now consisting of; TVXQ's Max Changmin, SUPER JUNIOR's Yesung, Kyuhyun and Zhoumi, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon, SHINee's Jonghyun, f(x)'s Krystal, EXO's Chen and Zhang Liyin.
Korean: 예성
Japanese: イェソン
Korean: 조미
Korean: 규현
Japanese: キュヒョン
Korean: 최강창민
Japanese: チャンミン
Korean: 태연
Japanese: テヨン