# Soridata Artist Profile - G-DRAGON

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> **G-DRAGON** (지드래곤) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2009. He  started in group BIGBANG. 

He is the 19th most streamed artist in Korea. 

He was a trainee at SM Entertainment for 5 years, and then YG Entertainment for 6 years before his debut at BigBang. In 2001 he participated in "2001 South Korea Hip Hop Flex" album by X-Teen's Lee Heesung. 

Lee Heesung suggested he move to YG during this time, since Jiyong was having trouble finding his place at SM.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 68
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: G-DRAGON (지드래곤)
- Full Name: Kwon Jiyong (권지용)
- Date of Birth: 1988-08-18
- Zodiac: Leo
- Height: ~173 cm
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: BIGBANG
- Active Since: 2006
- Debut Day: 2009-08-18
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 5.0
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: 10 days
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2025-02-25
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 3 (6° in regards to all artists), +1 in collabs
- Music Show Awards: 41 (25° in regards to all artists)
- Most Awarded Song: [Heartbreaker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOXEVd-Z7NE)
- End of year Awards: 29 (12° in regards to all artists)
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 32741 (19° in regards to all artists)
    - First Places: 16
    - Times Charted: 514
    - Times Charted on top 10: 88
    - Songs charted: 33
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 18
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts):
    - Score: 354 (51° in regards to all artists)
    - Times Charted: 4
    - Best place: 29
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 2,015,476+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 1,362,212,246+

# Related Artists

- [BIGBANG](https://soridata.com/artists/BIGBANG.md)
- [G-DRAGON + T.O.P](https://soridata.com/artists/G-Dragon_Top.md)
- [GG](https://soridata.com/artists/GG.md)
- [Hyung Young Don Jyong](https://soridata.com/artists/Hyung-Young-Don-Jyong.md)
- [G-DRAGON + TAEYANG](https://soridata.com/artists/G-Dragon_Taeyang.md)
- [Hwangtaeji](https://soridata.com/artists/Hwangtaeji.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/xxxibgdrgn/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/gdragon/)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeU5qTuBiqTU5z-hyL6WITQ)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=6984)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Dragon)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/G-DRAGON)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/g-dragon/320373708)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/30b9WulBM8sFuBo17nNq9c)