Lee Taemin
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Taemin at the 18th Mnet Asian Music Awards
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| Native name | 이태민 |
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Lee Tae-min July 18, 1993 Seoul, South Korea |
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| Website | taemin |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Revised Romanization | I Tae-min |
| McCune–Reischauer | I T'ae-min |
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Lee Tae-min (born July 18, 1993), better known by the mononym Taemin, is a South Korean singer, dancer and actor. He debuted as a vocalist and main dancer of the group Shinee in May 2008. He began his acting career in 2009 with MBC's comedy Tae Hee, Hye Kyo, Ji Hyun as Junsu.
Taemin made his solo debut with his first EP titled Ace on August 18, 2014 with title track "Danger". On February 23, 2016, Taemin released his first studio album Press it with title track "Press Your Number". On July 27, 2016, Taemin made his solo debut in Japan with his first EP titled Solitary Goodbye.
Lee Taemin was born on July 18, 1993. Growing up, Taemin dreamed to be a pilot until he discovered dancing when he was in 6th grade. His parents, noticing his talent for dance, prompted him to audition during the 2005 SM Open Weekend Audition Casting where he was accepted immediately. In 2008, Taemin was chosen to debut as a member of Shinee at the age of 14. The group official debuted on May 25, 2008, in the program SBS's Inkigayo. Additionally to his work as a singer, Taemin made his acting debut in 2009 in MBC's comedy "Tae Hee, Hye Kyo, Ji Hyun" as Junsu. Years later in January 2012, stepping into the field of voice-over for the first time, 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.
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 S.M. Entertainment and Hyundai. A video teaser of the song shown at the PYL Younique Show on October 17, 2012.
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