The training process was so tough that it nearly made her quit at one point; she continued, however, and debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007. [163] In 2016, when Taeyeon's contract with Nature Republic terminated, the stylish cosmetic brand Banila Co. selected her to be its new spokesmodel for a variety of products because of her popularity not only domestically in South Korea but also across the entire world.

[35], Following Taeyeon's working relationship with him from the drama Beethoven Virus (2008), musical director Lee Pil-ho was determined to collaborate with her again on the soundtrack for MBC's melodrama The King 2 Hearts (2012) soundtrack, having her record the main theme song "Missing You Like Crazy". [176][177][178][179] In January 2020, Taeyeon won the OST Award, the Bonsang Award, and the Daesang Award (grand prize) at the 29th Seoul Music Awards.

[134], In the early years, Taeyeon's music was predominantly ballads recorded for television soundtracks. [34] Taeyeon and Kim Bum-soo met again at his concert two years later for a live cover version of the latter's 2008 song "Man and Woman". [37][38] Taeyeon's vocal received positive feedback from the song's composer Park Hae-woon: "She fully understood the song in its entirety and expressed each detail very precisely...even though this song requires the lowest note that a female singer can produce, Taeyeon executed them perfectly. [49] It debuted at the top of Billboard's K-pop Hot 100[50] and reached number two on the Gaon Digital Chart. [151] She has also been named as an influence by Lovelyz's Jiae,[152] Melody Day's Chahee,[153] Cosmic Girls' Luda,[154] CLC's Elkie,[155] Sonamoo's High.D. The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMU) staged a protest against the recently released video of BLACKPINK's 'Lovesick Girls.' [8] She named BoA, Whitney Houston and Utada Hikaru as her pre-debut inspirations. Taeyeon said, “There are many amazing composers who create such great songs, and I’m so grateful to them all. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. [91] The Dong-a Ilbo in December 2016 named Taeyeon as "Voice of the Year", "Singer of the Year", and "Most Hardworking". It peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart[89] and had sold 1.4 million copies by 2017. She has won two Best Female Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, as well as Bonsang awards at the 25th Seoul Music Awards and the 30th Golden Disc Awards. If you can feel a deep soul from a singer, that's 'K-Soul'. In 2004, he "wanted to acknowledge Taeyeon's potential" by giving her the chance to be in his song "You Bring Me Joy". [114] Encore concerts of her tour were announced in early 2019, and took place at Seoul's Jamsil Arena on March 23 and 24. Original post Taeyeon awards, seoulmusicawards, snsd, soshi, taeyeon. [118] The song was certified platinum by the Korean Music Content Association for exceeding 100 million streams. - TAEYEON JAPAN OFFICIAL WEB – テヨン公式サイト", "Girls' Generation Unit 'Oh!GG' to Release New Album in September", "Taeyeon to hold solo concert in October", "Taeyeon from Girls' Generation to tour 4 Japanese cities in April", "Taeyeon will release her first Japanese mini-album 'VOICE' on June 5th! [127] The album was reissued on January 15, 2020, featuring three bonus tracks including the single "Dear Me".

Her second extended play Why (2016) peaked atop the Gaon Album Chart and spawned two Gaon Digital Chart top-ten singles, "Starlight" and "Why". [88] Her next single, "11:11", was released in November 2016. [27] Despite the favorable response, Taeyeon later described musicals as difficult, citing that her weak concentration made it hard for her to act and sing at the same time. [63] As of 2019, it has sold 160,000 copies in South Korea. Kim Tae-yeon (born March 9, 1989), known mononymously as Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer.