Native name
이태민
Birth name
Lee Tae-min
Born
July 18, 1993 (age 21)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Pop, Contemporary R&B, Dance
Occupation(s)
Singer, Dancer, Actor, Model
Instruments
Vocals, Piano
Years active
2008—present
Labels
SM Entertainment
EMI Music Japan
Avex Taiwan
Associated acts
Shinee
SM Town
Younique Unit
SM the Performance
Website
taemin.smtown.com
Career
Main article: Shinee
Taemin was discovered at the 2005 S.M. Open Weekend Audition Casting. In 2008, he was chosen as a member of the group Shinee, the 5-member boy group. The group debuted on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo."
Solo
On September 19, 2012, Taemin released his first OST, "U", for the drama To The Beautiful You. On October 16, 2012 it was announced that Taemin, alongside Super Junior's Eunhyuk and Super Junior-M's Henry, Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon, and EXO's Kai and Luhan would participate as a 6-member dance team for the Veloster theme song, "Maxstep", the collaboration album between SM Entertainment and Hyundai. A video teaser of the song shown at the PYL Younique Show on October 17, 2012. In 2013 he featured in Super Junior-M's Henry solo song "Trap" alongside Super Juniors's Kyuhyun.
On July 25, 2014 it was announced that Taemin would be making his official solo debut in August. The official music video for his title song "Danger" came out on August 15. On August 18, Lee Taemin released his solo mini album "Ace" which contains six songs.
Voice acting
In December 2011, Taemin took part as a voice actor for the Korean animated movie called The Outback as the main character, Johnny, a white koala turned hero, along with fellow labelmate, Girls' Generation's Sunny.
Television shows
Taemin made his acting debut in 2009 in MBC's comedy "Tae Hee, Hye Kyo, Ji Hyun" as Junsu.
In January 2012, Taemin join Immortal Song 2. Taemin performed "Mapo Terminal" from Silver Bell Sister and competed with musical actor Im Taekyung, both garnered 376 votes.
From April to December 2013, he participated in a variety show called "We Got Married" with aPink's Naeun forming 'Taeun' couple.They replaced the previous idol couple, ZE:A's Hwang Kwanghee and Secret's Sunhwa. They filmed their first encounter together at Jeju Island in "Café Seoyeon's House" from the movie Architecture 101. They ended their virtual marriage at early January 2014.
Personal life
Taemin has an older brother named Lee Taesun.
He studied Chinese in Beijing in 2007. In March 2011, he transferred to Hanlim Multi Arts High School from his previous school, Chung Dam High School to accommodate his hectic schedule for Shinee’s Japanese advancement. He graduated in February 2012, but was unable to make it to the ceremony due to Shinee activities.
