# Soridata Artist Profile - Hyo

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> **Hyo** (효연) is a South Korean Female Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2016. She  started in group Girls' Generation. 

Hyoyeon began dancing at a very young age, specializing in a wide range of dance styles. Her exceptional talent led her to join SM Entertainment in 2000 through an audition, where she trained for seven years, earning her reputation as one of the agency's top dancers. 

Prior to her debut, she honed her skills further with language and dance training in China and famously performed as BoA's silhouette dancer. As the main dancer of Girls' Generation, Hyoyeon was known for her powerful stage presence and intricate choreography. 

Following the group's period of individual activities from 2017, she diversified her career by becoming an active DJ under the name DJ HYO, releasing solo music based in rapping, and appearing on various variety shows, continuing her work with SM Entertainment.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 253
- Gender: Female
- Stage Name: Hyo (효연)
- Aliases: Hyoyeon
- Full Name: Kim Hyoyeon (김효연)
- Date of Birth: 1989-09-22
- Zodiac: Virgo
- Height: ~161 cm
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: Girls' Generation
- Active Since: 2007
- Debut Day: 2016-12-01
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 0.7
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: Not reached or 'nugu'
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2026-04-21
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 0
- End of year Awards: 0
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010): Artist never ranked in top 100
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts): Artist never ranked in top 200
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 13,064+ units
*_All Sales for this artist are available. Including data prior to 2010 fetched from different sources other than Circle._*
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 172,031,864+

# Related Artists

- [Girls' Generation](https://soridata.com/artists/girls-generation.md)
- [YOUNIQUE UNIT](https://soridata.com/artists/YOUNIQUE-UNIT.md)
- [Triple T](https://soridata.com/artists/Triple-T.md)
- [Girls' Generation Oh!GG](https://soridata.com/artists/girls-generation-ohgg.md)
- [Hyo + 3Lau](https://soridata.com/artists/Hyo_3Lau.md)
- [Yeeun + Jiwoo + Jamie + Cheetah + Hyo](https://soridata.com/artists/Yeeun-Jiwoo-Jamie-Cheetah-Hyo.md)
- [Raiden + HYO](https://soridata.com/artists/Raiden-HYO.md)
- [Lil Cherry + Hyo](https://soridata.com/artists/Lil-Cherry-Hyo.md)
- [GOT the beat](https://soridata.com/artists/GOT-the-beat.md)
- [Slushii + HYO](https://soridata.com/artists/Slushii-HYO.md)
- [HyoRiSoo](https://soridata.com/artists/Hyo-Yuri-Sooyoung.md)
- [Girls' Generation HRS](https://soridata.com/artists/Girls-Generation-HRS.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/hyoyeon_x_x/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sunnylee.fc.9/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@dj_hyo)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy09Uze1QeJPWycuOMPhjsw)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=2137110)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hyo-yeon)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/효연)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/hyo/1373256180)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3U7bOaJLuFkrmDQ1C1OqKl)