SHINee (샤이니) is a contemporary R&B group from Seoul, South Korea. Formed by SM 엔터테인먼트 in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Popular Songs with their promotional single, "누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)", or "Noona, You're So Pretty (Replay)." The group consists of Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin.

Since their debut, SHINee has won numerous awards. The group has starred in various shows as guests as well as in their own reality shows like Mnet’s “Shinee’s YunHaNam” and KBS’s “Hello Baby.” SHINee are considered to be fashion icons, having started the "SHINee Trend," which is popular amongst the younger generation.
SHINee have featured in tours of SM Town as well as in their own concert, The SHINee World.
In June 2011, they made their Japanese debut with EMI Music Japan.

To date, they have released 2 full albums, The SHINee World and LUCIFER. They have released four EPs (or "mini albums"): Replay, ROMEO, 2009, Year of Us, and Sherlock. They have also released two repackaged albums, Amigo and Hello.

Members:

ONEW (Lee Jinki) | 온유 | 温流 (WenLiu)
Birthday: 1989.12.14 (23 years old)
Interest/Speciality : Singing , Piano, English, Chinese

JONGHYUN (Kim Jonghyun) | 종현 | 钟铉 (ZhongXuan)
Birthday: 1990.04.08 (22 years old)
Interest/Speciality: Watching movies, Singing, Piano, Guitar, Song-writing, and Chinese
Trivia: Was featured in Zhang LiYin's first album - Jang Ri In ft. Kim Jong Hyun - Wrongly Given Love

KEY (Kim Kibum) | 키
Birthday: 1991.09.23 (22 years old)
Interest/Speciality: Rapping, Dancing, Waterskiing, Art, English, Japanese, and Chinese

MINHO (Choi Minho) | 민호 | 珉豪 (MinHao)*
Birthday: 1991.12.09 (22 years old)
Interest/Speciality : Soccer, Basketball, Working out, Acting, Reading, English, and Chinese

TAEMIN (Lee Taemin) | 태민 | 泰民 (TaiMin)
Birthday: 1993.07.18 (19 years old)
Interest/Speciality: Dancing, Listening to music, Piano, Dogs, and Chinese

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: shinee.smtown.com

CREDITS SHINEE BAIDU: lolly88 @ soompi + sm-shinee lj comm

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