About Lee Taemin

Lee Taemin (Hangul: 이태민), also known as Taemin (Hangul: 태민), is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, and actor. He is most famous for being one of the vocalists and the main dancer of the contemporary R&B and pop quintet boy band, SHINee, under the label of SM Entertainment.

Taemin 태민

Birth name	Lee Taemin
Born	July 18, 1993 (age 18) Korea
Genres	Dance-pop, R&B, Contemporary
Occupations	Dancer, Singer, Model, Actor
Years active	2008–present
Labels	SM Entertainment (South Korea) EMI Music Japan (Japan)[1]
Associated acts	SHINee, SM Town

Birth name
Hangul	이태민
Hanja	李泰民
Revised Romanization	I Tae-min
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Tae-min

Career

Taemin was discovered and recruited by his current label agency, SM Entertainment, at the "2005 S.M. Open Weekend Audition Casting."

Main article: Shinee

After training for three years at his label company SM Entertainment, Taemin became a member of a contemporary R&B and pop quintet boy band, Shinee. The group debuted on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)" ("누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)," lit. " Older Girl, you're so pretty (Replay)." Since then, they have released two albums and three mini albums in South Korea that were commercial successes. Since their debut, Shinee has won numerous awards. The group has starred in various shows as guests as well as in their own reality shows like Mnet's Shinee's YunHaNam and KBS's Hello Baby. Shinee has also endorsed and promoted numerous commercial products like Smart, Korean cosmetic company Nana's B, and Reebok. The group has also recorded songs for OSTs of various films and dramas. Taemin and his band mates also participated in tours of SM Town - including the sold out SMTOWN in Paris (June 2011) and SMTOWN in New York (October 2011) where the group performed in the legendary Madison Square Garden - as well as in their own concert, Shinee World, held in Tokyo (2010) and Seoul (2011). Shinee signed a contract with EMI Music Japan for their Japanese debut in 2011.

Acting

Taemin debuted as an actor as Lee Junsu in the sitcom Taehee-Hyegyo-Jihyun! (Korean: "태희혜교지현이!").
He later played Kim Sung Chae on Moonlight 90 with band member,Key.

Other Activities

Taemin has appeared on television shows such as Idol Maknae Rebellion as a guest star alongside his SHINee group mates Key, Jonghyun, and Onew in several episodes. He appeared together with other idol group members, including Dongho from U-KISS, Shorry J from Mighty Mouth, Jinwoon from 2AM, Yunhwa from T-Max, Seunghyun from F.T. Island, and Mir from MBLAQ.

Television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Network
2008	Shinee's YunHaNam	himself	MNet
2009	Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2 출발 드림팀 시즌2	himself	KBS2
2010	Shinee's Hello Baby	himself	KBS
2010	Athena: Goddess of War	himself (cameo)	SBS

Discography

Main article: Shinee discography