A few days later, Shinee received the “Mutizen” award for the single on SBS’s Popular Songs. On September 18, 2008, Shinee’s “Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)” was the #1 song on M! Countdown. You Like Are Like Oxygen), a cover of “Show the World” by Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, originally written by the Danish songwriting and production team of Thomas Troelsen, Remee and Lucas Secon. The first single released from the album was “Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)” (산소 같은 너 (Love Like Oxygen), lit. Shinee performed at SM Town Live in Bangkok The album debuted on the charts at #3, selling 30,000 copies.
On August 23, 2008, Shinee attended MNet’s 20’s Choice Awards 2008, where they won the “Hot New Star” award.Shinee released their full debut album, The Shinee World, on August 28, 2008. They performed alongside labelmates BoA, Cheon Sang Ji Hee the Grace, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and TVXQ. Shinee took part in SMTown Live ’08, which was held on August 18, 2008. The group won their first award, Rookie of the Month, at the Cyworld Digital Music Award on June 22, 2008. On June 7, 2008, Shinee participated in the Dream Concert in the Seoul Olympic Stadium along with other high profile Korean stars such as Epik High, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, TVXQ and the Wonder Girls. Replay debuted at #10 on the Korean music charts and peaked at #8, selling 17,957 copies in the first half of 2008.
In late May 2008 news articles started to surface online about SM Entertainment’s new group, Shinee (pronounced “shiny”).On May 23, the group’s first mini-album, Replay was released. SHINee’s first mini album and music video were released on the 22nd. With regard to its name, the label explains that it is a combination of the word “shine” and “ee,” which is to mean “people receiving the light.” This light, as applied to the group, is the “spotlight” directed toward SHINee, whose goal is to fascinate fans, regardless of their age or where they come from, with its diverse music.Ī teaser video of the group was released May 19, in its official. Shinee are considered to be fashion icons having started the “Shinee Trend”, which is popular amongst the younger generation.Īccording to SM Entertainment, SHINee is going to lead this generation’s trendy dance, fashion and music. SHINee made their first seen on on SBS’s Popular Songs with their promotional single, “Nunan Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)” (“누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)”, lit. The members of SHINee, described as a contemporary band, are composed of members whose ages range from 16-20 years old and who go by the names of Onew (Lee Jinki 이진기), Jonghyun (Kim Jonghyun 김종현), Key (Kim Kibum 김기범), Minho (Choi Minho 최민호), and Taemin (Lee Taemin 이태민). SHINee (샤이니, stylized as SHINee, pronounced as Shiny) is a South Korean Boy Band formed by SM Entertainment, which has already released some of the popular groups in the Kpop scene like TVXQ, Super Junior and Girls’ Generation