Nayeon


Im Na-yeon, known mononymously as Nayeon, 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. She is the oldest member of Twice. For three years in a row, Nayeon has been voted as one of the most popular idols in Gallup Korea's annual music poll.

Biography

Nayeon was born Im Na-yeon on September 22, 1995 in Seoul. As a child, she participated in a child modelling contest and was casted by idol agency JYP Entertainment. However, her mother prevented her from starting training and entering show business right away given her young age. On September 15, 2010, she secretly attended JYP Entertainment's 7th Open Audition after which she became a trainee. In 2013, she was cast as a member of 6mix, a JYP girl group that was planned, but never debuted. She also made an appearance in the second episode of KBS2's 2012 Korean drama Dream High 2. In 2015, Nayeon participated in the reality television show Sixteen, a competition designed to choose the founding members of Twice. As one of the nine successful participants, she went on to join the newly-formed girl group Twice.
In October, 2015, Nayeon officially debuted as a member of Twice with their first extended play, The Story Begins. 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. In the 2018 poll, she was again ranked sixth, receiving 6.7% of the votes. In 2019, she was ranked fifth, receiving 8.2% of the votes. 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.

Discography

YearSongAlbumArtistNotesRef.
2017"24/7"TwicetagramTwiceWith Jihyo
2019"Rainbow"Feel SpecialTwiceN/A
2019"21:29"Feel SpecialTwiceAll Twice members
2020"Make Me Go"More & MoreTwiceN/A

Filmography

Television series

Broadcast programmes