Taeyeon (태연) Real Name: Kim Tae-yeon (김태연) — 본명

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Taeyeon's real name is Kim Tae-yeon (Korean: 김태연). Born March 9, 1989, she is a South Korean singer, the leader of Girls' Generation and a hit solo artist.

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Taeyeon is her own given name used as a mononym. Her full name is Kim Tae-yeon (김태연), and she has performed as Taeyeon since debuting with Girls' Generation.

She was born on March 9, 1989. Taeyeon debuted with Girls' Generation in August 2007. The group became one of the best-selling acts in South Korea and one of the most widely known K-pop groups in the world. She has also taken part in other SM Entertainment projects, including Girls' Generation-TTS, SM the Ballad, Girls' Generation-Oh!GG and the supergroup Got the Beat.

Her solo career started in 2015 with the EP I, whose title track reached number one on the Gaon Digital Chart. In 2016 she released the number-one single "Rain" through the SM Station project, followed by her second EP, Why, which topped the Gaon Album Chart.

Her debut studio album, My Voice (2017), produced the top-five singles "11:11," "Fine" and "Make Me Love You." In 2018 she moved into the Japanese market with the digital single "Stay," and in 2019 she released the Japanese EP Voice. Her second Korean studio album, Purpose (2019), included the number-one single "Four Seasons."

Taeyeon is widely regarded as one of the most successful female solo vocalists in K-pop, and her ballads and OST work are a big part of that reputation. Her real name is Kim Tae-yeon.