Byun Baek-hyun (Korean: 변백현; born May 6, 1992), better known mononymously as Baekhyun, is a

South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. Baekhyun began training under SM Entertainment in 2011.
A few months later, he made his debut in 2012 as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group
Exo, its sub-group Exo-K and later on its sub-unit Exo-CBX. He is also the leader of South Korean
supergroup SuperM.

Following the release of several albums and extended plays with Exo, Baekhyun began pursuing a solo
career in 2019 by releasing his debut extended play, City Lights, which sold more than half-a-million
copies in 2019 and is the best-selling album by a solo artist of the 2010s in South Korea.[2] City Lights
was followed by two million-selling EPs, Delight (2020), the first album by a solo artist in South Korea
to have sold over 1 million copies in 19 years, and Bambi (2021).[3][4] He has been labeled as the
"Genius Idol",[5] and won three consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards for Best Male Artist from 2019
to 2021.

Early life
Baekhyun was born on May 6, 1992,[6] in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He has a brother
named Baek-beom who is seven years older than him.[7] Baekhyun began training to be a singer
when he was 11 years old, influenced by South Korean singer Rain.[8] He attended Jungwon High
School in Bucheon, where he was the lead singer in a band called Honsusangtae (lit. "coma") and won
a local music festival. He received piano lessons from Kim Hyun-woo, member of South Korean rock
band DickPunks.[9] In addition to musical activities, Baekhyun trained as a martial artist in his youth
and has a dan 3 black belt in Hapkido.[10][11]

Baekhyun was spotted by an SM Entertainment agent while he was studying for the entrance exams
to the Seoul Institute of the Arts. He later joined SM Entertainment in 2011 through the S.M. Casting
System.[