Byun Baek-hyun
| Byun Baek-hyun | |
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Baekhyun at Melon Music Awards 2016
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| Native name | 변백현 |
| Born |
Byun Baek-hyun May 6, 1992 Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, South Korea |
| Education | Kyung Hee Cyber University |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | S.M. Entertainment |
| Associated acts | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 변백현 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Byeon Baek-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏn Paek-hyŏn |
Byun Baek-hyun (born May 6, 1992), better known mononymously as Baekhyun, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO, its sub-group EXO-K and sub-unit EXO-CBX.
Baekhyun was born on May 6, 1992 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He has a brother named Byun Baek-beom who is seven years older than him. Baekhyun began training to be a singer when he was 11 years old, influenced by South Korean singer Rain. He attended Jungwon High School in Bucheon, where he was the lead singer in a band called Honsusangtae (lit. "coma") and won a local music festival. He received piano lessons from Kim Hyun-woo, member of South Korean rock band DickPunks. In addition to musical activities, Baekhyun trained as a martial artist in his youth and has a black belt in Hapkido.
Baekhyun was spotted by an S.M. Entertainment agent while he was studying for the entrance exams to the Seoul Institute of the Arts. He later joined S.M. Entertainment in 2011 through the S.M. Casting System. Along with fellow Exo members Chanyeol and Suho, Baekhyun attended Kyung Hee Cyber University and took online classes for Culture and Arts Department of Business Administration.
Baekhyun was officially revealed to be Exo's ninth member on January 30, 2012. The group official debuted on April 8, 2012.
In February 2014, Baekhyun and fellow Exo member Suho became regular hosts for the SBS music television show Inkigayo. They left the position in November 2014 to focus on Exo's upcoming comeback. In July 2014, Baekhyun made his musical theatre debut, playing the main role of Don Lockwood in the South Korean production of the musical Singin' in the Rain by SM C&C .
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