# Soridata Artist Profile - TAEYANG

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> **TAEYANG** (태양) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2008. He  started in group BIGBANG. 

He have 6 songs among the most popular in Korea.

Got married in 2018 to actress Min Hyorin, with whom he had a child

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 199
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: TAEYANG (태양)
- Aliases: SOL
- Full Name: Dong Yongbae (동영배)
- Date of Birth: 1988-05-18
- Zodiac: Taurus
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: BIGBANG
- Active Since: 2006
- Debut Day: 2008-05-22
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 4.8
*_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: 45 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: 2026-07-20
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 19 (61° in regards to all artists)
- Most Awarded Song: [Eyes, Nose, Lips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwuAPyOImoI)
- End of year Awards: 11 (57° in regards to all artists)
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 8499
    - First Places: 1
    - Times Charted: 160
    - Times Charted on top 10: 21
    - Songs charted: 29
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 6
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts):
    - Score: 578 (45° in regards to all artists)
    - Times Charted: 7
    - Best place: 12
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 416,557+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 1,403,802,651+

# Related Artists

- [BIGBANG](https://soridata.com/artists/BIGBANG.md)
- [G-DRAGON + TAEYANG](https://soridata.com/artists/G-Dragon_Taeyang.md)
- [Tablo + TAEYANG](https://soridata.com/artists/Tablo_TAEYANG.md)
- [Hwangtaeji](https://soridata.com/artists/Hwangtaeji.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/__youngbae__/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TAEYANG/)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=247621)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/태양(BIGBANG))