# Soridata Artist Profile - Taemin

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> **Taemin** (태민) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2014. He  started in group SHINee. 

He have 3 songs among the most popular in Korea.

Inspired by seeing street dance performances during elementary school, Taemin audited for the agency at a very young age, passing the open audition on his first attempt due to his extraordinary natural rhythm. Joining the trainee system while still in middle school, he practiced relentlessly, often remaining in the practice rooms until late at night. During his trainee years, he navigated severe vocal changes during puberty without formal vocal lessons, focusing heavily on perfecting his intricate dance mechanics. His dedicated work ethic allowed him to stand out as the youngest member and main dancer of SHINee.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 198
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: Taemin (태민)
- Full Name: Lee Taemin (이태민)
- Date of Birth: 1993-07-18
- Zodiac: Cancer
- Height: ~174 cm
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: SHINee
- Active Since: 2008
- Debut Day: 2014-08-15
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 4.3
*_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: 14 days
*_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: 2026-08-31
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 11 (99° in regards to all artists)
- Most Awarded Song: [Press Your Number](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOGiTSZ_cg)
- End of year Awards: 8 (78° in regards to all artists)
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 2219
    - First Places: 1
    - Times Charted: 35
    - Times Charted on top 10: 3
    - Songs charted: 22
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 3
- 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): 1,436,639+ 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): 642,620,606+
- This artist was featured on [Dingo's Killing Voice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G05JT4nnDAo)

# Related Artists

- [SHINee](https://soridata.com/artists/shinee.md)
- [YOUNIQUE UNIT](https://soridata.com/artists/YOUNIQUE-UNIT.md)
- [Taemin + Bewhy](https://soridata.com/artists/Taemin-Bewhy.md)
- [UV + Taemin](https://soridata.com/artists/UV-Taemin.md)
- [SuperM](https://soridata.com/artists/superm.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/lm_____ltm/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@taemin_xoalsox)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=629371)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Tae-min)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/태민)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/taemin/971826499)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/13rF01aOogvnkuQXOlgTW8)