Taeyeon was born in the city of Jeonju, North Jeolla on March 9, 1989.Like the rest of her group, she was trained in singing and dancing.Taeyeon was discovered in the 2004 SM Entertainment's 8th Annual BestContest winning Best Singer 1st Place & Grand Award in thecontest.Then, she was trained at SM for 5 years and 3 months.In 2004,she was featured in The One's song "You Bring Me Joy" before debutingas Girls' Generation leader.She is a 2008 graduate of Jeonju Art HighSchool and was decorated by the Lifetime Achievement Award of the highschool.
OnMay 7, 2010, she had her musical debut as the main female role in"Midnight Sun", which is based on the Japanese novel "Taiyō no uta" byAya Denkawa.The musical is about Kaoru Amane, a 17-year-old girl, whosuffers from Xeroderma pigmentosum, keeping her from going outsideduring the day. She keeps her hopes up by writing songs and singingevery night at a train station. Taeyeon gained a lot of support by fansand she received good press for her performance.[16] Furthermore, shelearned to play guitar for her musical performance.
ImYoona was born in Seoul, South Korea on May 30, 1990. At a young age,she auditioned at the SM Saturday Open Casting Audition and joined thecompany in 2002. She began to train with the other trainees under thesame company in the areas of acting, singing and dancing. During hertraining days, Yoona appeared on some music videos of other SM artists.She was trained for 6 years before debuting as part of Girls'Generation.
She is a 2009 graduate of Daeyoung High School and is currently attending Dongguk University majoring in theatre and music.
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