South Korean singer Taeyang began his career as the main vocalist of the K-pop and hip-hop group Big Bang. His first solo single was "My Girl", included in BigBang's debut album Big Bang Vol.1 (2006). His first extended play, Hot (2008) yielded the chart-topper single "Only Look at Me". His first full-length album, Solar was released in July 2010 and became the first by an Asian artist to top iTunes charts in North America, in addition to peaking atop the Gaon Albums Chart.
Taeyang followed up with the release of his second studio album Rise in June 2014, which became the highest-charting album on the American Billboard 200 among solo Korean artists at the time it was released, while its lead-single, "Eyes, Nose, Lips", became the second best-performing single of 2014 in South Korea. His third album, White Night, was released in August 2017. His second extended play, Down to Earth, was released in April 2023 and marked his first album release in six years. The EP spawned the singles "Vibe" (featuring Jimin of BTS) and "Seed". __TOC__
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR FRA Digital JPN NZHeat US US Heat US Indie US World SolarReleased: July 1, 2010 Label: YG Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 1 — — — — — — 14KOR: 105,000Rise Released: June 3, 2014 Label: YG Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 1 55 — — 112 1 20 1 KOR: 64,586 US: 3,000 White Night Released: August 16, 2017 Label: YG Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 3 33 8 7 — 5 12 1 KOR: 57,185 JPN: 14,642Total sales for "White Night": US: 3,000 Quintessence Released: May 18, 2026 Label: The Black Label Format: CD, digital download 11 — 28 — — — — — KOR: 61,158Cumulative sales on the Circle Albums Chart: JPN: 3,717Cumulative sales on the Oricon Albums Chart:
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Compilation albums + Title Album detailsPeak chart positions Sales JPNRise + Solar & HotReleased: August 13, 2014 Label: YGEX Format: CD, CD+DVD, digital download 2 JPN: 67,832
Extended plays Title EP details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Down to Earth: JPN Hot Released: May 22, 2008 Label: YG Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 1 — KOR: 58,209 Down to Earth Release date: April 25, 2023 Label: The Black Label Format: CD, digital download 10 18 KOR: 77,841
JPN: 1,838
Singles As lead artist
+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album KOR*
1AM (Gaon Digital). June 24, 2014.
"Darling" and "Wake Me Up" (Gaon Digital). August 19, 2017.
KOR Billb. AUS CAN JPNHotPeaks on the Japan Hot 100:
"Ringa Linga": UK US USWorld VIE WW "Only Look at Me" (나만 바라봐) 2008 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="4" rowspan="8" Hot "Prayer" (기도)(featuring Teddy) — — — — — — — — — — "Where U At" 2009 — — — — — — — — — — Solar "Wedding Dress" — — — — — — — 3 — — "I Need a Girl"(featuring G-Dragon) 2010 4 — — — — — — 17 — —KOR: 1,876,167 "I'll Be There" 16 — — — — — — — — — "Ringa Linga" (링가링가) 2013 6 9 — — 83 — — 2 — — KOR: 704,187Cumulative sales for "Ringa Linga": Rise "Ringa Linga (Shockbit Remix)" — — — — — — — — — — "Eyes, Nose, Lips" (눈, 코, 입) 2014 1 1 — — — — — 3 — — KOR: 2,500,000 RIAJ: Gold Rise "1AM" (새벽한시) 11 6 — — — — — 10 — — KOR: 372,923 rowspan="7" "Good Boy"(as GD X Taeyang) 5 — — — 45 — — 1 — — KOR: 1,260,683Cumulative sales for "Good Boy": US: 5,000 "Darling" 2017 9 20 — — — — — — — — KOR: 255,812Cumulative sales for "Darling": White Night "Wake Me Up" 20 29 — — — — — 5 — —KOR: 129,032Cumulative sales for "Wake Me Up": "Vibe"(featuring Jimin) 2023 5 4 48 59 32 96 76 1 9 12 JPN: 12,010Cumulative sales for Vibe:
US: 20,000 WW: 22,000 Down to Earth "Seed" () 75 — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Live Fast Die Slow" 2026 50 — — — — — — — — — Quintessence "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Promotional singles Title Year Note "So Good" 2017 Collaboration with Lexus "Louder" 2018 Single for the 2018 Winter Olympics
As featured artist + List of singles as collaboration & featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbumKOR KOR Billb.JPN JPNHot MLY NZHot SGP TWN USWorld WW"Everybody Get Down" (SWI.T featuring Taeyang) 2002 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="10" Song Will Tell"Player" (Wheesung featuring Taeyang) 2003 — — — — — — — — — —It's Real"Run"(Se7en featuring Taeyang & G-Dragon) 2006 — — — — — — — — — —24/7"Give Me Permission"(Se7en featuring Taeyang) — — — — — — — — — —Se7olution"Get Up"(Lexy featuring Taeyang)2007 — — — — — — — — — —Rush"Rush"(Lexy featuring Taeyang) — — — — — — — — — —"Super Fly" (Lexy featuring Taeyang, G-Dragon and T.O.P) — — — — — — — — — —"Should Have Loved You Less" (Kim Johan featuring Taeyang) — — — — — — — — — —Soul Family with Jo Han"Real Talk"(YMGA featuring Taeyang) 2008 — — — — — — — — — —Made in ROK"Friend"(T.O.P and Taeyang) 2009 — — — — — — — — — —Friend, Our Legend OST"Fall in Love" (Thelma Aoyama featuring Taeyang) 2010 — — 4 — — — — — — —JPN: 44,000Love! 2 – Thelma Best Collection"By Instinct Remix" (Swings featuring Taeyang and Yoon Jong-shin) 2011 — — — — — — — — — — "Tomorrow"(Tablo featuring Taeyang) 5 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 1,477,349Tomorrow sales:Fever's End Part 2"Let's Talk About Love" (Seungri featuring G-Dragon & Taeyang) 2013 15 31 — — — — — — 9 —KOR: 121,416Let's Talk About Love "Go Crazy"(M-Flo featuring Taeyang)2014 — — — — — — — — — — Future Is Wow"Rich"(Epik High featuring Taeyang) 7 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 349,008 Shoebox"Fear"(Song Min-ho featuring Taeyang) 2015 3 — — — — — — — 9 —KOR: 1,544,751Cumulative sales for "Fear": "Love"(Psy featuring Taeyang)2017 12 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 182,345 4X2=8"Warigari"(Peejay featuring Kush and Taeyang) — — — — — — — — — — Walkin' Vol. 2 "Home Sweet Home"(G-Dragon featuring Taeyang and Daesung) 2024 1 1 — 21 4 17 5 3 — 27 JPN: 4,229Cumulative sales for "Home Sweet Home":
WW: 8,000 Übermensch "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Other charted songs TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbumKOR KOR Billb.HUN MLY NZHot SGP TWN USWorld VIE WW "Just a Feeling"2010 50 — — — — — — — — — rowspan="7" Solar "You're My" 52 — — — — — — — — — "Superstar" 58 — — — — — — — — — "After You Fall Asleep" 68 — — — — — — — — — "Move" 80 — — — — — — — — — "Break Down" 86 — — — — — — — — — "Take it Slow" 91 — — — — — — — — — "Stay with Me" 2014 7 4 — — — — — 4 — —KOR: 389,779 Rise "This Aint İt" (이게 아닌데) 19 12 — — — — — — — —KOR: 178,448 "Body" (아름다워) 20 14 — — — — — 22 — —KOR: 177,810 "Let Go" (버리고) 21 15 — — — — — — — —KOR: 165,547 "Love You to Death" 22 16 — — — — — 12 — —KOR: 141,097* "İntro" 49 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 54,727* "Tonight" (오늘밤)(featuring Zico)2017 45 — — — — — — — — — KOR: 37,840* White Night "Empty Road" (텅빈도로) 65 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 33,125 "White Night" 67 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 31,235 "Ride" 80 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 27,368 "Naked" 86 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 26,830 "Amazin'" 87 — — — — — — — — —KOR: 26,466 "Shoong!" () 2023 119 23 9 11 31 9 13 11 35 143 rowspan="13" Down to Earth "Reason" () — — — — — — — — — — "Inspiration" — — — — — — — — — — "Nightfall" — — — — — — — — — — "Bad" 2026 — — — — — — — — — — Quintessence "Would You" — — — — — — — — — — "Movie" — — — — — — — — — — "Open Up" — — — — — — — — — — "Love Like This" — — — — — — — — — — "Yes" — — — — — — — — — — "Now" — — — — — — — — — — "G.O.A.T" — — — — — — — — — — "4U" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Songwriting credits All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database, unless otherwise noted.
Solo work + List of songs, showing year released, and name of the album Year Song Album Lyricist Composer Credited With Credited With 2010 "Where U At" Solar rowspan="5" "Wedding Dress" "Take it Slow" "Solar (Intro)" "Just a Feeling" 2014 "Body" (아름다워) Rise "Eyes, Nose, Lips" (눈코입) "Intro (Rise)" "Let Go" (버리고) 2017 "So Good" "Naked" White Night "Amazin" "Tonight" (오늘밤) "Empty Road" (텅빈도로) "White Night" (백야) "Ride" 2018 "Louder" rowspan="1" 2023 "Vibe" Down to Earth "Shoong!" () "Seed" () "Reason" () "Inspiration" "Nightfall"
Work as Big Bang + List of songs, showing year released, and name of the album Year Song AlbumLyricistComposer CreditedWith CreditedWith 2006 "La La La" Bigbang is V.I.P rowspan="5" "V.I.P" "Good Bye Baby" Big Bang 03 "Intro (Big Bang)" Big Bang Vol.1 2007 "Intro (We Are Big Bang)" (우린빅뱅) Always 2015 "Loser" Made 2016 "Last Dance"
Other artists + List of songs, showing year released, and name of the album Year Artist Song Album Lyricist Composer Credited With Credited With 2002 YG Family "Unfold at a Higher Place" (저높은곳에펼쳐) Why Be Normal? rowspan="2" 2007 Lexy "Super Fly" Rush 2012 Seven "Somebody Else" Se7en 2013 Seungri "Let's Talk About Love" Let's Talk About Love 2016 iKon "Long Time No See" Welcome Back
Videography Music videos Year Title Director(s) Length Korean 2008 "Only Look at Me" (나만 바라봐) Cha Eun-taek 6:34 "Prayer" (기도) Seo Hyun-seung 3:46 2009 "Where U At" 4:27 "Wedding Dress" rowspan="3" 4:44 2010 "You're My / I Need a Girl" 5:53 "I'll Be There" 3:43 2013 "Ringa Linga" (링가링가) Seo Hyun-seung 3:48 2014 "Eyes, Nose, Lips" (눈, 코, 입) Han Sa-min 4:35 "1AM" (새벽한시) 3:30 2017 "White Night (Intro)" Woogie Kim 1:33 "Darling" 3:54 "Wake Me Up" DPR Ian 3:26 2023 "Vibe" Roh Sang-yoon(Haus of Team) 2:58 "Shoong!" (Performance Video) GIGANT 3:29 Japanese 2010 "Fall in Love" 4:18
Video album Title Album details Peak chart positions SalesJPNDVDBlu-raySOL 1st 2nd Live Concert Hot & Solar Released: January 26, 2011 Label: YG Entertainment, Universal Music Format: DVD, digital download 39 — rowspan="3" Real Sound by Taeyang Released: August 1, 2011 Label: YG Entertainment, Content 7 Format: DVD, digital download 29 —SOL Japan Tour "Rise" 2014 Released: January 28, 2015 Label: YGEX Format: DVD, Blu-ray, digital download 2 11Taeyang 2017 World Tour White Night in Japan Released: January 31, 2018 Label: YGEX Format: DVD, Blu-ray, digital download 2 4 JPN: 10,626Taeyang 2017 World Tour <White Night> in Japan physical sales: "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
See also Big Bang discography GD X Taeyang discography
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