Byun Baekhyun (Korean: 변백현; born May 6, 1992 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea), simply known as Baekhyun (백현), is a South Korean singer and actor under S.M. Entertainment . He is one of the main vocalists of South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its sub-unit EXO-CBX. In 2019, Baekhyun became a leader of the supergroup SuperM . He attended Jungwon High School, where he was the lead singer in a school band called 혼수상태 (rom.: honsusangtae; eng.: comatose state) and attended several musical festivals, later winning an award at a local rock festival. He joined S.M. Entertainment in 2011 through the S.M. Casting System while studying for the entrance exams to the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Baekhyun was one of the last members to join the boy group EXO, and was revealed as the group's ninth member on January 30, 2012. Baekhyun has cited Rain as one of his main influences and hopes to emulate Rain's "well-rounded" success. He hosted the SBS music show Inkigayo from February 2014 until December 2014 together with EXO member SUHO, ZE:A's Kwanghee and actress Lee Yubi. In July he starred in a Korean adaptation of the musical "Singin' in the Rain" produced by SM C&C. On the 22nd April of 2015 Baekhyun released his first solo single 두근거려 (Beautiful) from EXO's Web Drama EXO NEXT DOOR OST. In 2019 Baekhyun began pursuing a solo career by releasing his first mini-album City Lights on July 10th, with the lead single UN Village, which sold more than half a million copies and is the best-selling album by a solo artist of the 2010s in South Korea. In August, Baekhyun was confirmed as a member of SuperM, a "K-pop supergroup" created by SM Entertainment in collaboration with Capitol Records that would be aimed at the American market. SuperM debuted with the self-titled extended play SuperM on October 4, 2019 which entered the US Billboard 200 at number one, making SuperM the first Asian artist in history to top the chart with a debut release. In December, Baekhyun was awarded Best Male Artist at the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards following the success of his debut solo album City Lights. The solo album City Lights was followed by two million-selling extended plays. On May 25th 2020 his second mini-album Delight, with the lead single Candy, got released. The first album by a South Korean soloist to sell over 1 million copies since Kim Gun Mo's 2001 album #007 Another Days. His third Korean-language mini-album Bambi was released on March 30, 2021 as his final release before his mandatory military service. Baekhyun enlisted on the day of his 29th birthday. During his enlistment, Baekhyun has continued to release new music. On May 10th, 2021 he dropped his single Hurt with artist Seo Moon Tak . Singer-songwriter Colde released their long-awaited collaboration When Dawn Comes Again (feat. BAEKHYUN) on the 21st July of 2021. Colde has previously worked with Baekhyun on several of his solo releases, producing his songs Diamond, Love Again and Love Scene.