Nayeon

Im Na-yeon (Korean: 임나연; Hanja: 林娜璉; born September 22, 1995), known mononymously as Nayeon (Korean: 나연), is a South Korean singer. After participating in the reality survival television show Sixteen in 2015, she became a singer in the South Korean girl group Twice formed by JYP Entertainment.[1][2] She is the oldest member of Twice.[3][1][4]

In this Korean name, the family name is Im.
Nayeon
Nayeon performing "Cheer Up" in July 2018
Background information
Birth nameIm Na-yeon
Born (1995-09-22) September 22, 1995
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2015–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationIm Na-yeon
McCune–ReischauerIm Nayŏn
Signature

Career

Early life

As a child, she participated in a child modeling contest and was cast by idol agency JYP Entertainment. However, her mother prevented her from starting training and entering show business right away given her young age.[5][3] On September 15, 2010, she secretly attended JYP Entertainment's 7th Open Audition after which she became a trainee.[6][7][8] In 2013, she was cast as a member of 6mix, a JYP girl group that was planned but never debuted.[9][10][11] She also made an appearance in the second episode of KBS2's 2012 Korean drama Dream High 2.[12]

2015–present: Sixteen and Twice
Main articles: Sixteen (TV series) and Twice

In 2015, Nayeon participated in the reality television show Sixteen, a competition designed to choose the founding members of Twice.[1][9][13] As one of the nine successful participants, she went on to join the newly formed girl group Twice.[1] In October 2015, Nayeon officially debuted as a member of Twice with their first extended play, The Story Begins.[14] In Gallup Korea's annual music poll for 2017, Nayeon was voted the sixth most popular idol in South Korea, ahead of all her bandmates.[3][15][16] In the 2018 poll, she was again ranked sixth, receiving 6.7% of the votes.[3][17][18] In 2019, she was ranked fifth, receiving 8.2% of the votes.[3][19][20] In 2019, Nayeon was also ranked as the eighth most popular female K-pop idol in a survey of soldiers doing mandatory military service in South Korea.[21]

Discography
Main article: Twice discography
Songwriting credits
Year Song Album Artist With Ref.
2017 "24/7" Twicetagram Twice Jihyo [22][23][24]
2019 "Rainbow" Feel Special N/A [24][25]
"21:29" all Twice members [25][26][27]
2020 "Make Me Go" More & More N/A [24][28][29]
"Depend on You" Eyes Wide Open N/A [30]

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Network Role Ref.
2012 Dream High 2 KBS Cameo [12]
2020 Seize The Light YouTube Herself -

Broadcast programmes
Year Title Network Role Ref.
2018 Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC Presenter [31]

References
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