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Taeyeon
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Taeyeon at COEX Artium in March 2016
Native name 김태연
Born Kim Tae-yeon
(1989-03-09) March 9, 1989 (age 35)
Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea
Residence Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Singer
Musical career
Genres K-pop, Pop rock, R&B
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2007–present
Labels S.M. Entertainment
Associated acts
Website taeyeon.smtown.com
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gim Tae-yeon
McCune–Reischauer Kim T'ae-yŏn
Signature
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Kim Tae-yeon (born March 9, 1989), better known by the mononym Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer. She debuted in 2007 as a member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation under S.M. Entertainment, and has further participated in its subgroup TTS and SM the Ballad. She has also recorded singles for various television dramas and movies as well as participated in a number of variety shows which garnered several notable awards and nominations. Both her songs "If" and "Can You Hear Me?" have remained in MelOn's Top 100 OSTs since their releases in 2008.[1]

Taeyeon made a digital and physical chart-topping debut as a solo artist on October 8, 2015 with her first extended play, I, heralding Billboard to deem her "the year's best solo debut".[2] Following her debut, she was awarded Best Female Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, Gallup Korea ranked her as the third most popular artist of 2015 and Forbes Korea listed her among their Top 40 Power Celebrities of 2016.[3][4] In October 2015, she was voted by a survey of 40 music industry officials as the best k-pop vocalist,[5][6] and in April 2016 was chosen as the best female vocalist in their twenties by music companies.[7][8]

Taeyeon released the well-received follow-up digital single, "Rain", on February 3, 2016.

Early life

Taeyeon was born on 9 March 1989 in Jeonju, South Korea. Her family consists of her parents, an older brother and a younger sister.[9][10][11] At the age of 13, Taeyeon came to the conclusion she was "only talented at singing".[12] During middle school, she was accepted as a trainee at Starlight Academy (later renamed SM Academy) and commuted from Jeonju to Seoul every Sunday to receive vocal training for the duration of a year.[13][14] In 2004, her former vocal instructor Jung Sun Won, also known as The One, "wanted to acknowledge Taeyeon's potential" and gave her a chance to be in his song "You Bring Me Joy".[15][16][17][18] In the same year at age 15, she won first place vocalist at S.M. Entertainment's Best Youth Competition and officially received a contract from S.M. Entertainment.[14][19] Taeyeon continued her training under S.M. Entertainment and debuted as a part of Girls' Generation in 2007.[14][20][21]

However, the road to her debut was tumultuous, on Star Golden Bell it was revealed she secretly ran away due to harsh training and practices. Fellow Girls Generation member Tiffany commented, "I was roommates with Taeyeon and I was surprised when I came into the room and saw that all of Taeyeon’s belongings were cleaned out.”[22] In 2008, Taeyeon graduated from Jeonju Arts High School and was awarded with the school's Lifetime Achievement Award.[23] As a teenager, Taeyeon was inspired to become an entertainer by BoA. She "wanted to be like her and have activities in Japan and around the world", which later came true when Girls' Generation debuted in Japan in 2010.[24][25]

Career

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2007–11: Girls' Generation and solo activities

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Taeyeon at Nongshim Concert in November 2011

Taeyeon debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007. Due to the pressure of being the leader of the group, she experienced sleepwalking for a period of time.[26][27][28] Aside from Girls' Generation's activities, Taeyeon also made several solo appearances. In 2008, she released two solo songs, "If" for the KBS2's drama Hong Gil Dong[29] and "Can You Hear Me" for MBC's Beethoven Virus.[30] The song "If" became popular on several music charts,[31][32] with Hankyung describing Taeyeon as having "an exceptional voice and sad tone", while "Can You Hear Me" received the YEPP Popularity Award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards.[33][34] In a 2014 interview, Taeyeon mentioned that the latter song was hard to sing, explaining that the introduction had to be delivered as if someone is talking, rather than singing.[35][36] On the same year, Taeyeon also had a duet titled "7989" with fellow SM artist, Kangta. It was featured on both Girls' Generation's self-titled album Girls' Generation, and Kangta's Eternity. In April 2008, Taeyeon became a DJ on MBC Radio's program Kangin and Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio alongside fellow SM artist Super Junior's Kangin.[37] After Kangin left the program in April 2009, it was renamed to Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, as Taeyeon became an independent host[38][39][40] and continued on until April 2010. She gained the nickname "DJ Taengoo" while hosting this program.[41]

In January 2009, Taeyeon appeared on the MBC's reality-variety show We Got Married and was featured with comedian Jeong Hyeong-don. They played a couple, portraying what life would be like if they were married. When this news was announced, it caused an uproar among South Korean netizens due to the 11-year age difference between the two.[42] She then participated in the song "SEOUL" (along with Super Junior and Girls' Generation) as an effort to promote tourism for the city of Seoul in South Korea.[43] In September 2009, Taeyeon released the song "It's Love", a duet with Sunny for the MBC drama Heading to the Ground.[44]

From February to August 2010, Taeyeon became a co-host for the KBS2's idol talk show Win Win alongside 2PM's Wooyoung, Choi Hwa-jung, Kim Shin-young, and Kim Seung-woo.[45][46] On 7 May 2010, she had her musical debut as the main female role in Midnight Sun, which is based on the Japanese novel Taiyō no uta by Aya Denkawa.[47][48] The musical was about Kaoru Amane, a 17-year-old girl, who suffers from Xeroderma pigmentosum, which forbids her from going out during daytime. She keeps her hopes up by writing songs and singing every night at a train station; Taeyeon received good press for her performance.[49] She also learnt how to play a guitar for her performance.[50] When reflecting on her experience, Taeyeon shared that she found musicals to be difficult, citing that her weak concentration made it hard for her to act and sing at the same time.[51][52] Music-wise, Taeyeon released a duet song, "Like A Star", with her mentor The One, as well as a solo song, "I Love You", for the SBS's drama Athena: Goddess of War.[53][54] The former song reached number one on Gaon's digital chart and the latter peaked at number two.[55][56]

In 2011, Taeyeon had a duet, "Different", with Kim Bum-soo; the song reached number two on Gaon as well.[57][58] The two met again at Kim Bum-soo's concert For rest Camp n 2013 for a live collaboration of "Man and Woman"[59] which inspired Taeyeon to later comment on her Instagram about her wish to have a similar concert in a similarly small theater and state in CeCi's December 2013 issue "I want to sing while seeing fans up close".[60]

2012–14: TTS's debut and SM The Ballad

Taeyeon and her band mate Seohyun were cast as voice actors for the Korean-dubbed versions of the computer-animated films Despicable Me (2010) and its sequel Despicable Me 2 (2013). They dubbed the voices for the characters Margo and her younger sister, Edith, respectively.[61][62] On 28 March 2012, after releasing the single "Missing You Like Crazy" for the MBC's melodrama The King 2 Hearts, the song ranked two on both Gaon's digital chart and Billboard's K-pop Hot 100.[63][64] The producer of the song, Park Hae-woon, described "Taeyeon is an amazing singer. She fully understood the song in its entirety and expressed each detail very precisely...even though this song requires the lowest note that a female singer can produce, Taeyeon executed them perfectly."[65][66] The singer had previously declined the offer for the song due to her busy schedules with Girls' Generation. However, she made a promise to musical director Lee Pil-ho that they would collaborate again after working with him on the Beethoven Virus OST. He stated that he had not considered anyone else other than Taeyeon to sing this song.[67][68] It was eventually picked as the most popular soundtrack of the year at the 2012 Seoul Drama Awards.[69] The same year, another song, "Closer", from SBS's drama To the Beautiful You ranked seven on both charts.[70][71][72]

In May 2012, Taeyeon, along with fellow Girls' Generation members Tiffany and Seohyun, formed a subgroup called Girls' Generation-TTS (or TTS), releasing their first mini-album titled Twinkle. The subgroup has a different musical direction and style concept from Girls' Generation,[73] placing their focus on each member's vocal ability while the latter group emphasizes the songs and uniform group performances.[74] The three also became the hosts for the MBC's music show Music Core from February 2012 to April 2013.[75][76]

In January 2013, Taeyeon returned to MBC as a one-day guest DJ for Shindong's program, Shimshimtapa, alongside her bandmate Tiffany.[77] The two also had a duet "Lost in Love", which was featured in Girls' Generation's fourth Korean album, I Got a Boy. On 13 March 2013, Taeyeon released the song "And One" for the SBS's drama That Winter, the Wind Blows.[26] It debuted at the top of the Billboard's K-pop Hot 100[78] and reached number two on Gaon's digital chart.[79] The song was written and composed by Kangta, expressing the emotions abounding star-crossed love.[80] On 9 July 2013, Taeyeon lent her voice in the song "Bye" for the movie Mr. Go.[81] The song, this time, was not as successful on the charts.[82][83]

In February 2014, Taeyeon joined the ballad group SM the Ballad, initially formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2010.[84] On the group's 2nd album, she had a duet with Jonghyun for the title track "Breath"[85] as well as a solo song, "Set Me Free".[84] "Breath" was also the theme song of the Mnet's mini-drama Mimi. The song debuted within top 10 of the Gaon's digital chart and Billboard K-pop Hot 100.[86][87] In March 2014, Taeyeon recorded the song "Colorful" for the JTBC's campaign "The World Is More Beautiful Because We're Different".[88][89]

On 30 May 2014, she released "Love, That One Word" for the SBS's drama You're All Surrounded, the song managed to rank number 8 on Gaon and number 6 on Billboard.[90][91] In the later half of the year, Taeyeon concentrated her activities with subgroup TTS. They released their sophomore EP, Holler, in September 2014; the album debuted at number 1 on both Billboard World Albums[92] and Gaon's weekly chart.[93] Taeyeon took the responsibility for the album's song selection.[94] During the promotion period, the three singers were also featured in the reality show, The TaeTiSeo. The show took a more close-up and personal side of the three singers approach, revealing their normal everyday lives.[95] Taeyeon stated "If it weren't for the passionate [Girls' Generation] members, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to sing."[96][97]

2015–present: Solo debut

Taeyeon at Incheon Airport in September 2015

In February 2015, she was featured in "Shake That Brass", the title track of f(x)'s Amber's solo debut.[98] Amber revealed that she personally requested Taeyeon to feature in the song.[99] In September 2015, she released a remake of the song "Scars Deeper Than Love" as a duet with Yim Jae-beom.[100]

In October 2015, Taeyeon debuted as a solo artist with the release of her first solo album, "I", with the title track of the same name featuring Verbal Jint to great commercial success by topping music charts, receiving a total of 11 music program awards, becoming the best-selling album of October, and named as the main contributor of S.M. Entertainment leading music sales for the fourth quarter of 2015.[101][102][103] Her brother Jiwoong made a short appearance in the music video.

Taeyeon held her sold-out concerts titled Taeyeon's Very Special Day as a part of S.M. Entertainment's The Agit concert series at the SM COEX Artium from October 23–25 and October 30-November 1 with an additional date, October 29, added due to high demand.[104][105] In addition, she hosted her first solo reality show titled Daily Taeng9Cam (or Daily Taengoo Cam) on cable network OnStyle.[106] The show which concluded with five broadcast episodes and various clips shared on OnStyle's YouTube channel was ranked the third most popular idol program of 2015.[107] During the same month, she was selected as the number one best k-pop vocalist by a survey conducted of 40 music industry officials.[108] In November 2015, she was featured in "If The World Was a Perfect Place", a track on Verbal Jint's sixth album.[109]

On December 4, 2015, Taeyeon won the award for 'Best Female Artist' at the 17th Mnet Asian Music Awards and released the Christmas themed album Dear Santa as a member of the subgroup TTS.[110] In January 2016, she won Bonsang Awards from Golden Disk Awards and Seoul Music Awards. On January 22, 2016, she featured in "Don't Forget", a digital single by Crush. The single was well received, topping several major music charts.[111][112] Following the success of her first solo album, "Rain" was released as a digital single along with an accompanying b-side, "Secret" on February 3, 2016. "Rain" reached number one on Gaon's digital chart and number three on Billboard's World Digital Songs. "Rain" achieved its first music show win on February 14 at SBS's Inkigayo and was reported to be the most viewed k-pop music video in America as well as worldwide for the month of February.[113][114]

In April 2016, Taeyeon released a remake of the song "Blue Night of Jeju Island" for the mineral water brand Samdasoo. The song managed to shoot to the top of several music charts without promotion.[115] On May 13, 2016, it was announced Taeyeon was selected as the promotional model of Kakao's MMORPG "Sword and Magic" and would remake labelmate BoA's song "Atlantis Princess" expected for release on June 7.[116] She will also hold her first nationwide solo concert Butterfly Kiss in Seoul, July 9–10 and in Busan, August 6–7.[117]

Legacy

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Over the course of Taeyeon's illustrious career, she has been cited as the inspiration for BTS choosing the title song "Boy In Luv"[118] as well as the role model of many celebrities such as Lovelyz's Jiae,[119] Melody Day's Chahee,[120] and Cosmic Girls' Luda.[121] Furthermore, she was the only junior singer selected by Vibe's Yoon Min-Soo to fit his purposed sub-genre of Korean R&B 'K-Soul' due to the reasoning, "I can feel that sort of emotions from the ballads Taeyeon sings. If you can feel a deep soul from a singer, that's 'K-Soul'."[122] Lee Solim, the president of Taeyeon's former school for aspiring entertainers, Starlight Academy, described her as her most memorable student during an interview in 2010.[13]

In October 2015, Taeyeon was selected as the number one k-pop vocalist by a survey completed by 40 anonymous music industry officials,[5][6] and in April 2016 was chosen as the best female vocalist in their twenties by music companies (S.M., YG, JYP, Starship, JellyFish, Loen, Antenna, RBW, Fantagio, CJS, Music K).[7][8] Additionally, Billboard named her as "the year's best solo debut" and her debut single "I" was ranked as the second best k-pop song of 2015,[2] while Gallup Korea recorded her as the third most popular idol of 2015,[3] and Forbes Korea listed her as the eleventh singer and thirty-second celebrity on their Top 40 Power Celebrities of 2016.[4] Currently, she holds the most Instagram followers of any Korean female celebrity.[123]

Personal life

On April 17, 2011, Taeyeon was accosted by an unnamed male onstage during a performance of "Run Devil Run" at "Angel Price Music Festival".[124] In February 2014, she began dating fellow SM artist Baekhyun of EXO.[125] In September 2015, reports stated that their relationship had ended.[126]

Awards and nominations

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Since debuting as a member of Girls' Generation, Taeyeon has received numerous nominations and awards for her solo activities in original soundtracks, radio show hosting and musical theatre dating back to 2008. Following her debut as a solo artist in October 2015, she has won Best Female Artist at the 17th Mnet Asian Music Awards, as well as the Bonsang awards at the 25th Seoul Music Awards and the 30th Golden Disc Awards, a testament to her long-running popularity.[127][128][129]

Discography

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  • I (2015)

Concerts and tours

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Filmography

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Music videos

Year Title Other artist(s) Director Note Link
As lead artist
2015 "I" Verbal Jint First music video as a solo artist YouTubeNavercast
2016 "Rain" Lead single of SM Station YouTubeNavercast
2016 "Blue Night of Jeju Island" Promotional song for Samdasoo YouTube
Collaborations
2009 "SEOUL" Super Junior YouTube
2012 "Dear My Family" SM Town YouTube
2014 "Breath" Jonghyun YouTubeNavercast
2016 "Shake That Brass" Amber YouTubeNavercast
Guest appearances
2008 "Forever" Lee Byul

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2010 Despicable Me Margo Voice-over for the Korean-dubbed version
2012 I AM. – SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden Herself Biographical film of SM Town [130]
2013 Despicable Me 2 Margo Voice-over for the Korean-dubbed version
2014 My Brilliant Life Herself Cameo along with Tiffany and Seohyun [131]
2015 SMTown The Stage Herself Documentary film of SM Town [132]

Musical theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Midnight Sun Kaoru Female lead

Television shows

Year Title Network Role Notes Ref
2009 We Got Married MBC Regular Cast Season 1; Episode 42–54
2010 Win Win KBS Co-host with Wooyoung
2012 Salamander Guru and The Shadows SBS Herself Episode 3
2012 Running Man SBS Contestant Episode 112
2012–13 Show! Music Core MBC Co-host with Tiffany and Seohyun
2014 The Music Interview Mnet Herself with Jonghyun
2014 Hidden Singer JTBC Contestant Season 3; Episode 5 [133]
2015 Midnight TV SBS Herself
2015 MV Bank Stardust KBS Herself
2015 Daily Taeng9cam OnStyle Herself First solo variety show (5 episodes)
2015 Go Fridge Tencent Herself Episode 9-10, Chinese version of Please Take Care of My Refrigerator [134]
2016 You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook SBS Herself Episode 307

Online shows

Year Title Network Role Notes Link
2015 Taeyeon's I-Contact Naver Herself Introducing I x
2016 Taeyeon's Surprise Live! Naver Herself Introducing "Rain" x

Radio shows

Year Title Network Role Notes
2008-09 Kangin and Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio MBC Co-Host with Kangin
2009-10 Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio MBC Host
2013 Shindong's ShimShimTapa MBC Co-Host with Tiffany
2015 Radio Star DJ MelOn Host

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