History Music / SHINee

On March 31st, 2024, Taemin left SM Entertainment after deciding not to renew his contract. He will still be part of Shinee.

On March 2024, Taemin will depart from SM Entertainment at the end of the month after deciding not to renew his contract. He will still part of Shinee.

The group started very young with a colourful R&B image (since incorporating influences from genres like rock, hip-hop and EDM) and have accrued a fanbase [[FanCommunityNickname known individually as "Shawols" and collectively as "SHINee World"]]. They are also known for their incredible live vocals and highly synchronized and complex dance routines, and have since become one of the most popular groups in [[KoreanPopMusic K-pop]], both in Korea and overseas, which earned them the title "Princes of K-Pop". While Jonghyun's and Onew's voices are the most celebrated, and Taemin is the stand-out dancer, every member is known to sing and dance competently.

** First mini-album ''Bad Love'' - September 2021

* {{Bishonen}}: While the entire group has had their moments, Taemin in particular is known for being the most feminine in his looks.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

[=SHINee=] (Korean: 샤이니, pronounced "shiny") is a [[KoreanPopMusic South Korean]] five-member [[BoyBand contemporary dance group]] under SM Entertainment. They debuted on May 25, 2008 with the song "Replay".

* Onew's solo mini album ''Voice'' - December 2018

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The English lyrics in their post 2013 releases have all been grammatically correct and make sense in context.

** Jonghyun has acted as a lyricist many a times for [=SHINee=] but early on expressed that he wanted to avoid composing for the group since he didn't want to mix his individual style with the group's sound. So, he started composing for other artists and wrote Music/EXO-K 's "Playboy" from their ''Exodus'' album, "Gloomy Clock" for IU, "Pretty Boy" for Taemin's solo album, "No More" for Lim Kim, "Red Candle" for Son Dambi, and "Breathe" for Lee Hi. All of the songs on his solo album were written by him as well. However, in 2015 with [=SHINee=]'s solo album ''Odd'', Jonghyun broke his 'no composing for [=SHINee=]' rule and composed, arranged and wrote the lyrics for "Odd Eye". He also has a segment on his radio show ''Blue Night'' where he writes songs based on experiences his listeners send in, which led to him putting all of the song into a compilation album.
** Surprisingly, Minho has written a lot of [=SHINee=]'s raps. He often doesn't get acknowledged for this and he never talks about it which has led a lot of people to be very shocked when they realize exactly how long his songwriting contributions for [=SHINee=] is.

** For Taemin's first full length album, he wrote the lyrics for two of the songs, "Press Your Number" and "Soldier". He also wrote the lyrics for "Day and Night," the lead single from ''Move-ing,'' the repackaged version of his second full length album ''Move''.

[[caption-width-right:350:(L-R) [[TheLeader Onew]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Taemin]], [[SingerSongwriter Jonghyun]], [[LovableJock Minho]], [[CampStraight Key]]]]

[=SHINee=] (Korean: 샤이니, pronounced "shiny") is a [[KoreanPopMusic South Korean]] five-member [[BoyBand contemporary dance group]] under SM Entertainment. With the song "Replay", they debuted on May 25, 2008.

The group started very young with a colourful R&B image (since incorporating influences from genres like rock, hip-hop and EDM) and have accrued a slew of fans known as [=SHINee=] World ("Shawols" for short). They are also known for their incredible live vocals and highly synchronized and complex dance routines, and have since become one of the most popular groups in [[KoreanPopMusic K-pop]], both in Korea and overseas, which earned them the title "Princes of K-Pop". While Jonghyun's and Onew's voices are the most celebrated, and Taemin is the stand-out dancer, every member is known to sing and dance competently.