Taeyeon was born in South Korea on March 9, 1989. She is trained in Canto and dancing. Taeyeon was discovered in the 2004 SM Entertainment's 8th Annual Best Contest winning Best Singer 1st Place & Grand Award in the contest. In 2004, she was featured in The One's song "You Bring Me Joy" before debuting as Girls' Generation's leader. She is a 2008 graduate of Jeonju Art High School and was decorated with the school's Lifetime Achievement Award.


Solo Career
Taeyeon has contributed to a couple of soundtracks as a solo artist, Canto the theme song "Manyageh" ("만약에", "If") for the KBS2...