Lee Taemin

Lee Tae-Min, known as Taemin, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and actor. He is most famous for being one of the vocalists and the main dancer of the contemporary R&B and pop quintet boy band, SHINee, under the label of SM Entertainment.

Career

Taemin was discovered and recruited by his current label agency, SM Entertainment, at the "2005 S.M. Open Weekend Audition Casting."

After training for three years at his label company SM Entertainment, Taemin became a member of a contemporary R&B and pop quintet boy band, Shinee
The group debuted on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)" ("누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)," lit. "Older sister, you're so pretty (Replay)." Since then, they have released two albums and three mini albums in South Korea that were commercial successes. Since their debut, Shinee has won numerous awards. The group has starred in various shows as guests as well as in their own reality shows like Mnet's Shinee's YunHaNam and KBS's Hello Baby Shinee has also endorsed and promoted numerous commercial products like Smart,^[korean cosmetic company Nana's B,^[ and ReebokThe group has also recorded songs for OSTs of various films and dramas. Taemin and his band mates also participated in tours of SM Town - including the sold out SMTOWN in Paris (June 2011) - as well as in their own concert, Shinee World, held in Tokyo (2010) and Seoul (2011). Shinee signed a contract with EMI Music Japan for their Japanese debut in 2011.
Acting
Taemin debuted as an actor as Lee Junsu in the sitcom Taehee-Hyegyo-Jihyun! (Korean: "태희혜교지현이!").^[
Other Activities

Taemin has appeared on television shows such as Idol Maknae Rebellion as a guest star alongside his SHINee group mates Key, Jonghyun, and Onew in several episodes. He appeared together with other idol group members, including Dongho from U-KISS, Shorry J from Mighty Mouth, Jinwoon from 2AM, Yunhwa from T-Max, Seunghyun from F.T. Island, and Mir from MBLAQ.