Kim Taeyeon

Kim Taeyeon (Hangul 김태연; Hanja 金泰姸), known officially as Taeyeon, was born on March 9, 1989. She is a South Korean singer, known for being the leader of 9-member girl group Girls’ Generation (소녀시대), formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Taeyeon and the other eight members of her group debuted on July 19, 2007. She has since ventured out into DJ-ing and reality-variety shows, along with various solo singles.

Taeyeon was born in the city of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. She graduated Jeonju High School of Art on February 5, 2008. Taeyeon, like the rest of her group, was professionally trained in singing and dancing. Taeyeon was discovered in the 2004 8th Annual Best Contest winning first place in the contest. In total, Taeyeon was trained for approximately three years. Her father owns a spectacle shop.

Girls’ Generation

Girls’ Generation debuted on July 19, 2007, with the song “Into the New World”. Their first album, Girls’ Generation, was the first album by a female group to sell over 100,000 in South Korea since 2002. The album spawned the singles “Girls’ Generation”, “Kissing You”, and “Baby Baby”.

The group remained inactive for most of 2008, although individual members had side activities. In January 2009, the group came back with “Gee”, which became a hit for the group. It currently holds the record for longest running #1 on KBS’s music chart show Music Bank, topping the chart for 9 straight weeks.

Solo activities

Taeyeon became a DJ on Good Friend Radio, which she co-hosted with Super Junior’s Kangin until he left on April 19, 2009; she continues to host solo. She also contributed to a couple of soundtrack as a solo artist, singing the theme song “Manyage” (“만약에”, “If“) for the KBS2 drama Hong Gil Dong and “Deullinayo” (“들리나요”, “Can You Hear Me“) from the Beethoven Virus soundtrack. “If” became popular on various online charts, around the same time “Baby Baby” was released, while “Deullinayo” received the YEPP Popularity award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards.

She was featured on MBC reality-variety show We Got Married as part of the third rotation of couples; she was featured with comedian Jeong Hyeong-don. When this news was announced on January 7, 2009, it caused an uproar among South Korean netizens due to Girls’ Generation’s large fanbase and the 11-year age difference between Taeyeon and Hyeong-don.

Other Information

• Birth name : Kim Taeyeon (김태연)
• Stage Name: Tae Yeon (태연)
• Born : March 9, 1989
• Origin : Jeonju, Republic of Korea
• Height: 162cm
• Weight: 44 kg
• Blood Type: 0
• Genre(s) : K-pop, dance-pop
• Occupation(s) : Singer, Disk Jockey, Dancer
• Years active : 2007–present
• Label(s) : SM Entertainment
• Associated acts : Girls’ Generation, SM Town

Awards and Recognition

• Cyworld’s Song of the Month “If” –2008
• Mnet’s 20s Choice Hot DJ – 2008
• M.NET Golden Disk Awards Yepp Popularity Award “Deullinayo” – 2008

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