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Taeyeon
Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea
Kim Tae-yeon (born March 9, 1989) is a South Korean singer and actress and member of Girls' Generation. At an early age, she came to believe that her first and only talent was si…
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Kim Tae-yeon (born March 9, 1989) is a South Korean singer and actress and member of Girls' Generation. At an early age, she came to believe that her first and only talent was singing, and was eager to hone her gift in order to pursue a career in music. While in middle school, she began taking voice lessons through a school affiliated with a major music firm, S.M. Entertainment. After winning a talent competition among the school's students in 2004, Taeyeon was offered a contract with S.M., and following grueling training in music and stagecraft, she was made a member of S.M.'s all-female pop group Girls' Generation in 2007. With the release of the song "Gee" in 2009, the group became famous in South Korea and expanded their fan base into Japan and the United States. As their popularity rose, Taeyeon was increasingly seen as their key member, and she was soon appearing on television specials and stage presentations apart from her bandmates. She was also the focus of two spin-off acts: TTS, launched in 2012, teamed her with fellow Girls' Generation members Tiffany and Seohyun, and she joined the lineup of S.M. the Ballad, a vocal group that focused on ballads and traditional standards, in 2014. As Taeyeon's star continued to rise, she launched her solo career in 2015 with an EP titled I. The EP was one of the year's top-selling releases, and February 2017 saw the release of her long-awaited first solo album, My Voice. She closed the year with a holiday album, This Christmas - Winter Is Coming. Her sophomore full-length, Purpose, arrived in October 2019 and included the hit single "Four Seasons." The album reached number two in South Korea and cracked the Top Ten on the Billboard's World Albums chart. Her fourth Korean-language EP, What Do I Call You, arrived in December 2020.
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2025
태연 The TENSE
Movie
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2025
TAEYEON CONCERT - The TENSE in SEOUL
Movie Self
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2024
TAEYEON's Frozen Journey
Movie Self
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2024
Hey, Come Here
TV show
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2024
SMTOWN LIVE 2024 - SMCU PALACE @ TOKYO
Movie Self
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2023
Taeng Forest
TV show Self - Host
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2023
Zombieverse
TV show Self
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2023
Queendom Puzzle
TV show Self - Host
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2023
TAEYEON Concert "The ODD of LOVE" in Seoul
Movie The Greatest Female Singer Of All Time
- 2023
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2023
SMTOWN LIVE 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya
Movie Self
- 2022
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2022
Girls' Generation.zip by Show! MusicCore
Movie Kid Leader
- 2022
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2022
Comeback Special #01 Girls' Generation
Movie Taeyeon
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2022
Girls' Generation Stage Compilation by #StudioK
Movie Kid Leader
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2022
Soshi Tamtam
TV show Self
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2022
Lee Mujin Service
TV show Guest
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2022
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
Movie Self
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2021
TaengKey Box
TV show Self - Host
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2021
Jirisan
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2021
Petkage
TV show
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2021
The Game Caterers
TV show Self
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2021
SMTOWN LIVE | Culture Humanity
Movie Self
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2020
Sing Again
TV show Self - Judge
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2020
Yuri's Winning Recipe
TV show Self
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2020
Yeri's Room
TV show Self
- 2020
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2019
The Signal Gift
Movie
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2019
Queendom
TV show Main Host
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2019
SMTOWN Live | 2019 in Tokyo
Movie Self
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2019
Hotel Del Luna
TV show Theme Song Performance
- 2019
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2018
Jinri Market
TV show Self
- 2018
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2018
Girls for Rest
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2018
You Quiz on the Block
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2018
Amazing Saturday
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- 2017
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2017
Begin Again
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