# Soridata Artist Profile - T.O.P

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> **T.O.P** (탑) is a South Korean Male Soloist and Idol who debuted solo in 2010. He  started in group BIGBANG. 

He have 2 songs among the most popular in Korea.

During his pre-debut, he used to be obese, having to lose over 20Kg before debut.

# Personal Information

- Soridata ID: 196
- Gender: Male
- Stage Name: T.O.P (탑)
- Aliases: TOP
- Full Name: Choi Seunghyun (최승현)
- Date of Birth: 1987-11-04
- Zodiac: 전갈자리
- Height: ~181 cm
- Country of Birth: South Korea
- Parent Artist: BIGBANG
- Active Since: 2006
- Debut Day: 2010-06-17
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 1.0
*_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: 5767 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: 2026-04-08
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 0
- End of year Awards: 0
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 1413
    - First Places: 0
    - Times Charted: 23
    - Times Charted on top 10: 5
    - Songs charted: 4
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 2
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts): Artist never ranked in top 200
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 150,067+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 120,933,568+

# Related Artists

- [BIGBANG](https://soridata.com/artists/BIGBANG.md)
- [G-DRAGON + T.O.P](https://soridata.com/artists/G-Dragon_Top.md)

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/choi_seung_hyun_tttop/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/choishdot/)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=152192)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.O.P_(rapper))
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/T.O.P)