KPOP 2nd generation · SM Entertainment
SHINee
シャイニー / 샤이니
SHINee began in R&B and then spent fifteen years complicating the choreography and the production without ever losing the melody.
- 2008DebutMay 25, 2008
- 4Members
- 2thGeneration
- SHINee World / ShawolFandom
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In 30 seconds: SHINee
Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin started the group, and Jonghyun's writing remains part of how the catalogue is understood.
START here if you want a group that pushed Korean pop forward repeatedly rather than once.
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Key facts
- Group name
- SHINee
- Reading / Hangul
- シャイニー / 샤이니
- Company
- SM Entertainment
- Debut date
- May 25, 2008
- Days active
- 6,733 days (18 years, 5 months)
- Debut song
- Replay
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- SHINee World / Shawol(シャウォル)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| オンユ | 1989-12-14 | 36 | 177cm | O | ISFP | South Korea |
| ジョンヒョン | 1990-04-08 | 36 | 171cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| キー | 1991-09-23 | 35 | 178cm | B | ENTJ | South Korea |
| ミンホ | 1991-12-09 | 34 | 181cm | B | ESFP | South Korea |
| テミン | 1993-07-18 | 33 | 175cm | B | INFP | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Replay MVReplay is the debut and fixed an entire archetype in one song.
Lucifer MVLucifer is the choreography people still argue about, and the difficulty is real.
View MVView brought deep house into Korean pop and remains the most elegant thing they made.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2008Replay was the debut, and a polished R&B feel unlike their peers plus a younger-boy concept made a strong entrance.
- 2010Lucifer showed complex choreography and an electronic sound, widening the outline of a performance group.
- 2012Sherlock set out a hybrid remix and the force of the group choreography, producing the song that stands for the group's willingness to experiment.
- 2013The Dream Girl period built a signature stage image covering the live feel, the vocals and choreography using stand microphones.
- 2015View put forward a deep-house-leaning sound and unforced visuals, an entrance that influenced the K-pop that followed.
- 2021Don't Call Me showed the hard concept of the restart period and updated where a long-running group stands.
- 2023HARD set out SHINee after the fifteenth anniversary, and the stage now is to move between the group and the solo routes of Onew, Key and Taemin.
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Achievements
1Daesang
3Wins
1Chart No. 1
1 daesang · 3 awards · 1 chart No. 1 (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of October 24, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2013
Melon Music Awards MMA
- Artist of the YearDaesang
See 2 more awards
- 2015
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Best Dance Performance Male Group“View”
- 2012
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Best Dance Performance Male Group“Sherlock”
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- OddBillboardNo. 1Physical
Sources and data (3)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's SHINee note
What anchors SHINee is a sound that changes a great deal from song to song, and a character that survives all of it through the density of the voices and the dancing. SM Entertainment debuted the boy group in May 2008 with Replay, it began with Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin, and the work today is discussed with the musical legacy Jonghyun left included, which makes it an important second-generation K-pop group.
The signature songs are Replay, which fixed the younger-boy R&B image, Lucifer, which people talk about for its complex choreography, View, which brought deep-house polish into K-pop, and Don't Call Me, which made the restart after military service land hard. The sound changes a great deal each time, yet the density of the voices and the dancing keeps SHINee recognisable.
Replay covers the R&B origin, the dance practice for Lucifer shows the force of the physical work, View moves on to the polished musicianship, and Don't Call Me shows a group still renewing itself after a long career. Replay, then Lucifer, then View runs from the origin through the choreography to the polish.
Editors' take Replay / Lucifer / View — three songs cover the move from R&B origins through complex choreography to polish in an important second-generation SM group.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
SHINee carries the sense of shining under a light, which links the name itself to what happens on stage.
Dance
Complex choreography such as Lucifer and Sherlock is the key way into the group through performance.
Musical style
View updated the musical trend in K-pop and remains an easy reference point against later groups.
Singing
Jonghyun and Onew anchored a strong set of voices, and live footage shows this better than a music video does.
Solo
Solo work by Onew, Key and Taemin is substantial, and moving between the group and the individual careers deepens the picture.
Long run
From the 2008 debut to the present, the group has kept updating how sound and visuals are presented in each era.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 12/ 241 groups
No. 12 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 5%)
- 8Japanese releases
- 72Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 1Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines SHINee?
Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin started the group, and Jonghyun's writing remains part of how the catalogue is understood.
Why should a new listener start with SHINee?
START here if you want a group that pushed Korean pop forward repeatedly rather than once.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Replay, Lucifer, View, then continue to the official video index.