LEE TAEMIN

Lee Tae-min (Hangul: 이태민; Hanja: 李泰民; born July 18, 1993) is a South Korean idol dancer, singer, actor and promotional model. He is best known as the main dancer and vocalist of the South Korean boy group Shinee. He is also in the dance-centered sub group, SM The Performance.

Career[edit]

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.”^[1]

Solo[edit]

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.^[2] In 2013 he featured in Super Junior-M‘s Henry solo song “Trap” alongside Super Juniors‘s Kyuhyun.^[3]

On July 25, 2014 it was announced that Taemin would be making his official solo debut in August.^[4] The official music video for his title song “Danger” came out on August 15.^[5] On August 18, Lee Taemin released his solo mini album “Ace” which contains six songs.^[6]

Voice acting[edit]

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.^[7]

Television shows[edit]

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.^[8] Taemin performed “Mapo Terminal” from Silver Bell Sister and competed with musical actor Im Taekyung, both garnered 376 votes.^[9]

From April to December 2013, he participated in a variety show called “We Got Married” with A Pink‘s Son Na-eun.

Personal life[edit]

Taemin 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.^[10] He graduated in February 2012, but was unable to make it to the ceremony due to Shinee activities.

Discography[edit]

Main article: Shinee discography

Extended play[edit]

• Ace (2014)

Featurings, collaborations and soundtrack appearances[edit]

Year	Song	Album	Duration	Artist
2012	“U”	To the Beautiful You OST	03:35	Solo
	“Maxstep”	PYL Younique Volume 1	03:47	Featuring Eunhyuk, Hyoyeon, Henry, Kai, Luhan
	“Spectrum”	Spectrum	04:03	Featuring Yunho and Donghae
2013	“Trap (Korean Ver.)”	Trap (Korean Version)	03:45	Featuring Henry and Kyuhyun
	“Trap (Chinese Ver.)”	Trap (Chinese Version)	03:45	Featuring Henry and Kyuhyun
2014	“Footsteps”	Prime Minister and I OST	03:37	Solo

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2012	The Outback	Johnny (voice-actor)	Korean version

Television dramas[edit]

Year	Title	Episode	Role	Network
2009	Tae Hee, Hye Kyo, Ji Hyun		Junsu	MBC
2010	Athena: Goddess of War	Ep. 7	Himself (cameo)	SBS
2011	Moon Night ’90		Kim Sung Jae	MNet
	High Kick! 3	Ep. 65	Himself (cameo)	MBC
2012	Salamander Guru and The Shadows	Ep. 4,10	Master of Disguise (cameo)	SBS
2013	Dating Agency: Cyrano	Ep. 3-5	Ray	tvN
	The Miracle[11]		Kim Tan	SBS

Variety shows[edit]

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2010	Invincible Youth	KBS
	Hello Baby	KBS	with Shinee
	Let’s Go Dream Team! Season 2	KBS	with Shinee
	Shall We Dance	KBS
2012	Immortal Song 2	KBS
	Radio Star	MBC	with Onew
	Hello	KBS	with Shinee
	Shinhwa Broadcast	JTBC	with Shinee[12][13]
2013	Shinee’s Wonderful Day	MBC Music	with Shinee
	Hello	KBS	with Shinee
	We Got Married	MBC	with Apink‘s Son Na-eun

Music video appearance[edit]

Year	Song title	Artist
2012	“Maxstep“	with Eunhyuk, Hyoyeon, Henry, Kai, Luhan
2013	“Geuleon Neo (Disturbance)“	with BoA
	“Trap (Korean Version)”	with Henry, Kyuhyun
	“Trap (Chinese Version)”	with Henry, Kyuhyun

Radio programs[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Note
2010	Super Junior Ryeowook’s Kiss the Radio	Special DJ	with Jonghyun
2011	Heechul’s Youngstreet Radio	Special DJ	with Key

MC programs[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Network
2010 (16 October)	Show! Music Core	Special Host with Key & Min	MBC

Awards[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Work	Ref
2013	MBC Entertainment Awards	Star of the Year	We Got Married	[14]

Music show awards[edit]

Music Bank[edit]

Year	Date	Song
2014	August 29	“Danger”[15]

Music Core[edit]

Year	Date	Song
2014	August 30	“Danger”[16]

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA