Taeyeon with her real name, Kim Tae-yeon is a South Korean singer. She has been a member of SM Entertainment's girl group Girls' Generation since 2007, along with other SM projects including Girls' Generation-TTS, SM the Ballad, and Girls' Generation-Oh!GG. She became the first K-pop female celebrity to reach seven million followers on Instagram in June 2016.
Taeyeon is best famous for being the lead vocalist of popular Korean K-pop girl group Girls' Generation and being a successful solo artist herself with her hit singles like: "If" and "Can You Hear Me".
Taeyeon was born as Kim Tae-yeon on March 9, 1989, in Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea. Her father's name is Kim Jong-gu, and his mother's name is Kim Hee-Ja. She grew up with her younger sister, Kim Hayeon, and an older brother Kim Ji-Woong. Taeyeon's nationality is South Korean and her ethnicity is Asian. Her zodiac sign is Pisces but her religion is not yet known. Taeyeon harbored the dream of becoming a singer at a young age so she started to receive vocal lessons from the vocal instructor, professionally known as The One, every Sunday for three years. Taeyeon graduated from Jeonju Art High School and was awarded the school's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
She started her singing career in 2000 by training under her former vocal instructor, known professionally as The One, for three years. In 2004, she won first place at the SM Youth Best The competition which led her to sign a contract with SM Entertainment. She debuted as a member of the girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007. The group gained significant popularity after the release of their hit single "Gee" in 2009. Taeyeon gained popularity through her various television soundtracks, recording "If" for the KBS2 drama Hong Gil Dong (2008) and "Can You Hear Me" for MBC's drama Beethoven Virus (2009). Following a radio hosting job in 2009–10, Taeyeon tried out acting, making her theatrical debut in a lead role in the musical Midnight Sun (2010) playing the part of Kaoru Amane. As a solo singer, She released her debut extended play I in 2015, which includes the Gaon Digital Chart number-one titular single. Her second extended play Why (2016) peaked atop the Gaon Album Chart and spawned two Gaon Digital Chart top-ten singles, "Starlight" and "Why".
In February 2016, she recorded "Rain" for SM Entertainment which peaked at number one in South Korea, where it has sold over 2.5 million digital copies. Her debut studio album, My Voice (2017), yielded the top-five singles "11:11", "Fine" and "Make Me Love You".
Taeyeon has further released two Korean EPs, This Christmas: Winter Is Coming (2017) and Something New (2018), and a Japanese EP, Voice (2019). She was a main cast on the JTBC reality show Begin Again (2019). Her second studio album, Purpose, was released in October 2019 and featured the singles "Four Seasons" and "Spark". As of February 2020, Taeyeon has received various awards and nominations including six Golden Disc Awards, five Seoul Music Awards, three Gaon Chart Music Awards, three Melon Music Awards, and three Mnet Asian Music Awards.
Taeyeon is currently single and is not yet married. However, she has dated South Korean singer Baek-Hyun Byun from K-pop group Exo. They started dating in late 2014 and officially admitted that they were together. They were spotted together on the public on several occasions. However, after staying in a relationship for almost one and a half years, they broke up in September 2015. Currently, She busier with her musical career and tours.
Girls' Generation lead vocalist, Taeyeon has an estimated net worth of $8 million as of 2020. Her average salary is not yet disclosed by her. Her major source of income is her musical career. She is a widely popular singer working under management, SM Entertainment since 2007. She has sold millions of her songs worldwide and amassed a huge sum from her musical tours as well. Besides she earns from various brand sponsorships and advertisements. Taeyeon and Super Junior's Kyuhyun were featured in a commercial for bottled water brand Jeju Samdasoo, for which she recorded a cover of "The Blue Night of Jeju Island".She also became a spokesperson for Sword and Magic, a game developed by the company Longtu Korea. Further information regarding her cars, houses and other businesses is currently under review.
The 29 years old, K-pop Korean singer, Taeyeon has a beautiful slim body with an average height of 5 feet and 3 inches and weighs around 45kg. Girls' Generation lead vocalist has a dark brown eye and brown hair. Her body measurement is 34-23-33 inches. Similarly, her bra size is 32A, the dress size is 2(US) and the shoe size is 7(US). She has straight sexuality.