SHINee
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SM's champions of synchronized choreography and live vocals, with R&B at the core. They've been four since Jonghyun died in December 2017, and their music carries that warmth. Start with "Sherlock" or "View", it holds up beautifully.
- Members
- 4
- Debut
- 2008 (18 years)
- Generation
- 2nd gen (2004 to 2011)
- Label
- SM
Start with: Ring Ding Dong
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Achievements
- The Shinee World won Newcomer Album of the Year at the 23rd Golden Disc Awards (2008)
- Three Best Dance Performance awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, for "Sherlock (Clue + Note)", "Dream Girl" and "View"
- Japanese version of "Replay" sold over 100,000 copies, the highest for a Korean group's Japanese debut single recorded by Oricon at the time (2011)
- First Asian artists to perform at Abbey Road Studios in London (2011)
- Artist of the Year at the Melon Music Awards, their first win of the prize (2013)
Timeline
- 2008Debut on May 22 with the EP Replay; first album The Shinee World in August
- 2010Second studio album Lucifer
- 2011Japanese debut with the Japanese version of "Replay" and the album The First
- 2013Third Korean album released in two parts: Dream Girl and Why So Serious?
- 2015Fourth studio album Odd with the single "View"
- 2017Jonghyun dies on December 18; the group continues as four members
- 2018Three-part album The Story of Light; members begin military enlistment from December
- 2021Return with the seventh Korean album Don't Call Me
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