SHINee / 샤이니

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Shinee (???, stylized as SHINee) is a contemporary R&B South Korean
boy band.Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on
May 25, 2008 on SBS's Popular Songs with their promotional
single,(Replay) ("?? ?? ?? (Replay)"). The group consists of Onew,
Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin.

Since their debut, Shinee has won numerous awards. They have also
starred in their own reality show based on their song,(Replay). Shinee
are considered to be fashion icons having started the "Shinee Trend",
which is popular amongst the younger generation.

In late May 2008 news articles started to surface online about SM
Entertainment's new group, Shinee.On May 23, the group's first
mini-album, Replay was released.Replay debuted at #10 on the Korean
music charts and peaked at #8, selling 17,957 copies in the first half
of 2008.

On June 7, 2008, Shinee participated in the Dream Concert in the Seoul
Olympic Stadium along with other high profile Korean stars such as Epik
High, Girls' Generation, Super Junior, TVXQ and the Wonder Girls.The
group won their first award, Rookie of the Month, at the Cyworld
Digital Music Award on June 22, 2008.Shinee took part in SMTown Live
'08, which was held on August 18, 2008. They performed alongside
labelmates BoA, Cheon Sang Ji Hee the Grace, Girls' Generation, Super
Junior and TVXQ.On August 23, 2008, Shinee attended MNet's 20's Choice
Awards 2008, where they won the "Hot New Star" award.Shinee released
their full debut album, The Shinee World, on August 28, 2008.The album
debuted on the charts at #3, selling 30,000 copies.

Shinee performed at SM Town Live in Bangkok

The first single released from the album was "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love
Like Oxygen)" (?? ?? ? (Love Like Oxygen), lit. You Like Are Like
Oxygen), a cover of "Show the World" by Martin Hoberg
Hedegaard,originally written by the Danish songwriting and production
team of Thomas Troelsen, Remee and Lucas Secon.On September 18, 2008,
Shinee's "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)" was the #1 song on M!
Countdown.A few days later, Shinee received the "Mutizen" award for the
single on SBS's Popular Songs. Shinee participated in the "5th Asia
Song Festival", where they received the "Best New Artist" award with
Japanese girl group Berryz Kobo.

Shinee attended the 2008 Style Icon Awards on October 30, 2008, where
they won the "Best Style Icon Award".[16] On the same day, they
released The Shinee World as a repackaged album under the name Amigo.
Included on album were three new songs: "Forever or Never", a remix of
"Sa. Gye. Han (Love Should Go On)" (?.?.?) and the promotional single
"A.Mi.Go (Amigo)" (?.?.?)."A.Mi.Go" is a shortened version of the
Korean phrase "Areumdaun Minyeorueljoahamyeon Gosaenghanda" (???? ???
???? ???? lit. Heart Aches When You Fall In Love With a Beauty).

On November 15, 2008 Shinee won the "Best Male Rookie" award at the
10th annual MNET KM Music Festival, beating fellow newcomers U-Kiss,
2PM, 2AM and Mighty Mouth.At the 23rd Annual Golden Disk Awards, they
performed a medley of their songs, "Nunan Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)",
"Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)" and "A.Mi.Go (Amigo)" and won the
award for "YEPP Newcomer Album".

SM Entertainment announced that Shinee would make their comeback with
their second mini album Romeo on May 21, 2009.On May 18, "Juliette",
the first single was released;the song is instrumentally a remake of
Corbin Bleu's "Deal With It".It was later announced that their comeback
was going to be delayed due to Onew damaging his teeth and the release
of the mini-album was pushed back to May 25.Shinee eventually had their
return performance on June 5, 2009, on KBS's Music Bank, where they
received the award for first place.

The group released their third mini-album, titled 2009: Year of Us, on
October 19, 5 months after the release of Romeo. SM Entertainment
stated that this EP would showcase the group's vocals and demonstrate
their unique qualities.The lead single "Ring Ding Dong" was released
digitally on October 14; the group had their comeback stage on October
16, on KBS's Music Bank.

Birth name: Lee Jinki (???)
Birth date: December 14, 1989 (1989-12-14)
Position: Leader, Vocal
Height: 177cm
Blood Type: O

Birth name: Kim Jonghyun (???)
Birth date: April 8, 1990 (1990-04-08)
Position: Lead Vocal
Height: 173cm
Blood Type: AB
Family: Parents, sister

Birth name: Kim Kibum (???)
Birth date: September 23, 1991
Position: Vocal, Rap
Height: 177cm
Blood Type: B

Birth name: Choi Minho (???)
Birth date: December 9, 1991
Position: Rap, Sub-Vocal
Height: 181cm
Blood Type: B
Family: Parents, older brother

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Birth name: Lee Taemin (???)
Birth date: July 18, 1993 (1993-07-18) (Int'l - age 17) (Krn - age 18)
Position: Sub-Vocal, Sub-Rapper , Lead Dancer
Height: 175cm
Blood Type: B
Family: Parents, older brother

2008
SHINee swept all newcomer awards of 2008!
080622 Cyworld Digital Musical Award
080821 MBC Radio
080823 Mnet 20's Choice Awards (Hot New Star)
081004 Asia Song Festival (Best New Artist)
081020 Style Icon Wards 2008 (New Icon Award)
081112 Korea Entertainment Arts Awards (Best Newcomer)
081115 M.Net KM Music Festival 2008 (Best Male Newcomer)
081210 Golden Disk Awards 2008 (Best Male Newcomer)
081212 16th Annual South Korean Popular Entertainment Award (2008 Best Newcomer)

2009
090101 2008 Melon Award Best Newcomer
090212 18th Seoul Music Awards (Best Newcomer)
091218 Golden Disk Awards 2009 (GD Samsung Yepp Popularity Award)

2010
100203 19th Seoul Music Awards (Bonsang Award)
100310 2nd Singapore Entertainment Award (New Generatoion Artiste)
101209 25th Golden Disk Awards : Popularity Award
101209 25th Golden Disk Awards : Disk Bonsang (Lucifer)
101214 26th Annual Korea Best Dresser : Best Singer Dresser