Nam Tae-hyun

This is a Korean name; the family name is Nam.
Nam Tae-hyun

Taehyun performing at the WINNER Japan Tour 2015 in Aichi
Native name 남태현
Born Nam Tae-hyun
(1994-05-10) May 10, 1994[1]
Hanam, South Korea
Occupation

Musical career

Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels YG Entertainment (2011–2016)
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 남태현
Hanja 南太铉
Revised Romanization Nam Tae-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Nam T’ae-hyŏn

Nam Tae-hyun (Hangul: 남태현), known as Taehyun, is a South Korean singer. He is a former member of the boy group Winner, formed in 2013 by YG Entertainment through the survival show WIN: Who Is Next. He has appeared in multiple Korean drama series and been involved in the production and lyrics of some of Winner's tracks.

Life and career

Pre-Debut

Prior to his debut as a member of Winner, Taehyun performed as a backup dancer for the YG Family Concert 2011.[2]

WIN: Who Is Next & Debut as WINNER

In 2013, he was introduced as a trainee competing in the reality-survival program WIN: Who Is Next as part of "Team A", competing against another trainee team, Team B, in order to debut as part of the first YG Entertainment boy group in eight years, since the debut of Big Bang. At the program's conclusion, Team A won the competition through three rounds of public voting and debuted as Winner.[3]

In 2015, while Winner was on hiatus, Taehyun made his acting debut in the web drama Midnight Girl. The same year, he played a supporting role in the drama Late Night Restaurant.

2016 - Present

In 2016, he appeared in tvN's Actor School, and released the 'warm-up' single "Pricked (사랑가시)" in collaboration with Mino. The single charted at #2 on MelOn and #1 on iTunes in nine countries including Singapore, Thailand, and Brunei.[4]

On October 12, YG announced that Nam Tae Hyun would be halting activities and receiving treatment for mental health issues that had been present since his trainee days, but had then recently worsened. In result, WINNER's comeback, was delayed indefinitely.[5][6]

On November 25, YG announced Nam Tae Hyun's withdrawal from WINNER. His exclusive contract with YG Entertainment was also cancelled.[7] A day later, he posted a handwritten letter on his personal Instagram account that contained his apology and thanks to fans.[8][9]

Production credits

Year Artist Song Role Album
2013 Team A "Go Up" Co-Lyricist & Co-Composer WIN: Who Is Next, "Final Battle"
"Just Another Boy"
2014 Winner "Confession" (고백하는거야) Lyricist & Co-Composer 2014 S/S
"But" (사랑하지마) Co-Lyricist & Co-Composer
"Tonight" (이 밤)
2016 "Sentimental" (센치해) EXIT : E
"Baby Baby" Co-Lyricist & Composer
"I'm Young" (좋더라) Lyricist & Co-Composer

Discography

Singles as a lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[10]		 US World
2016 "Pricked" (사랑가시) (with Mino) 7 4 EXIT E
"I'm Young" (좋더라) 30 —

Singles as a featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
2014 "Spoiler" (Japanese Mix)
Epik High (featuring Taehyun of Winner)		 — N/A Sheobox Japan Edition
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Television

Drama

Year Network Title Role
2015 MBC Every 1 Midnight's Girl / Girl of 0AM Gong Ji-dan
SBS Late Night Restaurant Min-woo
2016 Sohu TV Under The Black Moonlight Kang-woo

Reality & Variety shows

Year Network Title Notes
2013 Mnet Who is Next: WIN As a Team A member
2014 WINNER TV
SBS Inkigayo Special MC
KBS You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
MBC Every 1 Weekly Idol Ep.169
2016 tvN Actor School Eps 1-10
KBS You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Ep.307
HBS Happy Camp
SBS Running Man Ep.294 (with Song Min-ho (Winner) & Hyeri (Girl's Day))
JTBC Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Ep.21
Half-moon Friends

Music videos

Title Artist Length Role Reference
"Ringa Linga" Taeyang 3:49 Himself (Cameo) [13]
"Empty" Winner 4:07 Himself [14]
"Color Ring" Winner 4:24 Himself [15]
"I'm Him" Mino 3:21 Himself [16]
"Sentimental" Winner 3:43 Himself [17]
"Baby Baby" Winner 5:05 Himself [18]
"I'm Young" Taehyun 5:41 Himself [19]

References

  1. ↑ "Nam Tae Hyun - YG Stage Profile". YG Stage. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "About Winner". fy-winner. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "'WIN' 강승윤 속한 A팀, 최종 우승…'WINNER'로 데뷔". Nate. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WINNER回归先行曲《PRICKED》登各大榜单No1 - 粉丝网星闻". news.ifensi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Choi, R. "WINNER's Nam Taehyun To Halt Activities Indefinitely Due To Health Issue". Soompi. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/koreanupdates/status/786103119096733696
  7. ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2016/11/24/breaking-nam-tae-hyun-officially-leaves-winner-yg/
  8. ↑ confessions of a daydreamer (2016-11-26), Nam TaeHyun apologizes to fans after leaving YG and WINNER in handwritten letter., retrieved 2016-11-27
  9. ↑ Do, K. "Nam Tae Hyun Writes Handwritten Letter To Fans After Leaving WINNER And YG". Soompi. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ Total downloads for "Pricked": "Week 05 - 2016". February 15, 2016. "Week 06 - 2016". February 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Week 06 - 2016". February 15, 2016.
  13. ↑ "VIDEO: BEHIND THE SCENES OF TAEYANG'S "RINGA LINGA" DANCE PERFORMANCE + MUSIC VIDEO". Kempire Daily. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  14. ↑ "WINNER - 공허해(EMPTY) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  15. ↑ "WINNER - 컬러링(COLOR RING) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  16. ↑ "WINNER - 걔 세(I'm him) MINO SOLO M/V". Youtube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  17. ↑ "WINNER - 센치해(SENTIMENTAL) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  18. ↑ "WINNER - Baby Baby M/V". Youtube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  19. ↑ "WINNER - 좋더라(I'M YOUNG) M/V". Youtube. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

External links

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