TaeYeon

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Kim Tae-yeon (Hangul: 김태연; Hanja: 金太軟, born March 9, 1989), known as Taeyeon (pronounced [tɛːjʌn]), is a South Korean singer, known for being the leader of 9-member girl group Girls' Generation, formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Taeyeon and the other eight members of her group debuted on August 5, 2007.

She has since ventured out into DJ-ing and reality-variety shows, along with various solo singles. She is known as Taiyan (Chinese: 太妍; pinyin: Tàiyán) in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and as Taiyan (Chinese: 泰妍; pinyin: Tàiyán) in Mainland China.

Biography
Taeyeon was born in the city of Jeonju, North Jeolla on March 9, 1989. Taeyeon, like the rest of her group, was trained in singing and dancing. Taeyeon was discovered in the 2004 SM Entertainment's 8th Annual Best Contest winning Best Singer 1st Place & Grand Award in the contest. She later featured in The One's song "You Bring Me Joy" before debuting as Girls' Generation. She is a 2008 graduate of Jeonju Art High School and is currently attending SM Academy.

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Main article: Girls' Generation===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 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,[1] while "Deullinayo" received the YEPP Popularity award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards.[2]

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 the 11-year age difference between Taeyeon and Jeong.[3] She also sang "SaRangInGulYo" with Sunny for the drama "Heading to the Ground" that TVXQ's U-know Yunho stars in.

She also sang the "S.E.O.U.L. Song" with Super Junior's Leeteuk, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Sungmin, Shindong, and Donghae and fellow group members Seohyun, Sooyoung, Jessica and Sunny.

Taeyeon is also a sub MC for Kim Seungwoo's talk show, 'SeungSeungJangKu' (Korean 승승장구) on KBS. This show is the replacement for 'SangSangPlus' which has been running for six years. She is MCing alongside 2PM's Wooyoung, Choi Hwajung, Kim Shinyoung, and Kim Seungwoo.

She will also be having her musical debut "Midnight Sunshine", which is based on same name Japanese novel, as the main female role.[4] [5]

According to a staff from MBC Radio, Taeyeon will cease her DJ duties from 26th onwards. She will be replaced by IU. Taeyeon's last radio session was on April 25, 2010.[6]

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