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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.

The local pop scene is sizzling with an array of girl groups, both old and new, and the competition is expected to heat up with each band presenting distinctive sounds, fashion and personalities.
Reigning Groups
Girls’ Generation and the Wonder Girls have been the top girl groups for the past two years, but now their thrones are starting to look a bit shaky as new groups loaded with new tricks have appeared.
The nine-member Girls’ Generation, of SM Entertainment, released their new album “Genie” in June, donning a marine and military style for their new look. They have been topping charts on Internet music Web sites and music programs aired on television.

The Wonder Girls can now add the ladies of the White House family to their list of fans who have seen them live.
Producer Park Jin-young announced the attendance via his Twitter feed, which he uses to keep fans updated of the band’s progress in North America.
“It has been confirmed that first lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters came to see the performance of Wonder Girls tonight,” Park wrote. “The Wonder Girls gave them their best show,” he added.

The “Female Big Bang,” 2NE1, rose to stardom Friday by coming out on top at the “Music Bank” on KBS-TV.
The girl band took first place with “I don’t care,” the flagship song of its first mini-album, beating Girls’ Generation and Lee Seung-gi.
People’s enthusiasm with the four-member group proved strong as it shot to top only one week after appearing at the KBS music program.