Taemin (Lee Tae Min)

태민    이 태민

SHINee   SuperM

Lee Tae-min was born on July 18, 1993. With a talent for singing and dancing, in 2008 he was chosen to debut as a member of Shinee at the age of 14. The group officially debuted on May 25, 2008, in the program SBS' Inkigayo. In addition 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.

In March 2011, Taemin transferred from Chungdam High School to Hanlim Multi Art School to accommodate his hectic schedule during Shinee's Japanese advancement. He graduated in February 2012, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to the band's activities. Taemin has been majoring in Film and Musicals at Myongji University since 2013. He is Catholic. 

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 six-member dance team for the Veloster theme song, "Maxstep", the collaboration album between SM Entertainment and Hyundai. A video teaser of the song was shown at the PYL Younique Show on October 17, 2012.

In April 2013, SM Entertainment revealed that Taemin would be taking part in the reality variety show We Got Married with Son Na-eun as his partner, replacing the previous couple Kwanghee and Sunhwa. In the same year, Taemin made a three-episode appearance on the drama Dating Agency: Cyrano as idol singer Ray/Yang Ho-yeol. 

On August 18, 2014, Taemin made his solo debut and released his first mini album "Ace", which contains six songs, "Pretty Boy" featuring EXO's Kai went viral for it's bop style and because of the friendship between the two artists. The music video for the title song, "Danger", was released on August 16th. The choreography for "Danger" was created by American choreographer Ian Eastwood and SM's performance directing team BeatBurger. Taemin headed to a dance studio in L.A. in order to learn the performance.

On June 1, 2015, he released the song "That Name" in collaboration with Jonghyun, for the soundtrack of KBS2's Who Are You: School 2015. The song debuted at number 36 on the Gaon Digital Chart.

Taemin released his first full album "Press it" on February 23, 2016, containing a total of ten songs, including the title track "Press Your Number". The song "Soldier" went viral for it's beautiful ballad and meaningful lyrics. Bruno Mars, who is well known for hit songs "Treasure" and "Marry You", participated in producing "Press Your Number", which starts at a slow tempo and forwards to fast electronic rhythm. Taemin told reporters at a media showcase hosted by fellow Shinee member Minho at the SMTOWN Coex Artium in Gangnam-gu, Seoul: "After my EP, I did perform with SHINee but I also spent a lot of time preparing my next solo album, [...] I took a lot of private lessons for voice and dance, and looked over my past songs. I want to say that I've become a stronger performer."

On 23 June 2016, Taemin's Japanese debut was announced with the mini album "Solitary Goodbye" (さよならひとり) including a showcase on his 23rd birthday. The album was released on July 27. The album includes four new songs and a Japanese version of "Press Your Number". In June 2016, Taemin was confirmed for the cast of Mnet's dance program Hit the Stage. He performed together with his dance partner Koharu Sugawara, who is the choreographer of his Japanese debut song "Solitary Goodbye". He took first place in the second episode.

On August 7, 2019 SM Entertainment announced that a new boy group would be forming that October. The group would be called SuperM and would be promoting in both Korea and the United States. The group consists of SHINee's Taemin, EXO members Baekhyun and Kai, and NCT members Taeyong, Mark, Ten, and Lucas.

On April 19, 2021, Taemin announced during his V Live that he would enlist for his mandatory military service on May 31, 2021.