GD X Taeyang

GD X TAEYANG
Also known as GDYB
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop, hip hop
Years active 2002 (2002)—present
Labels YG Entertainment
Associated acts BIGBANG
Members

GD X Taeyang (previously known as GDYB) is a South Korean duo formed by G-Dragon and Taeyang from Big Bang in 2014.[1]

History

G-Dragon and Taeyang met as 13-year old trainees at YG Entertainment, the duo was originally planned to debut as the hip-hop duo under name GDYB, the duo released several singles under the name "GDYB".[2] later YG Entertainment decided to release a boy group instead of duo, both were chosen as a members of group Big Bang after competing in a survival show held by the company.[3] In 2008, Taeyang released his first solo EP Hot, G-Dragon participated as a writer and producer in the album, and featured on single "I Need a Girl". In 2009, G-Dragon released his first album Heartbreaker, Taeyang featured in song "Korean Dream". In 2010, G-Dragon wrote and produced a songs from Taeyang first and second albums Solar and Rise

On November 21, 2014, G-Dragon and Taeyang released a collaboration under the name GD × Taeyang on the song "Good Boy". The song reached number one on Billboard's "World Digital Songs" chart, marking the third time a Korean act had topped the chart after PSY and 2NE1.[4] The single had 1.2 million downloads in South Korea. The music video reached 100 million views on YouTube on April 13, 2016.

Discography

Single albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[5]
Good Boy 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

DVDs

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[7]
G-DRAGON × TAEYANG IN PARIS 2014 8

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales (Music downloads) Album
KOR
[9]		 US World
[10]
2014 "Good Boy" 5 1 Good Boy / YG Hip Hop Project
2015 "Mapsosa" (with Kwanghee) 2 10 Infinite Challenge

Other Collaborations

Year Title Peak positions Sales (Music downloads) Album
KOR
[14]		 US World
[10]
2002 "Unfold at a Higher Place" (As GDYB) — — N/A Why Be Normal?
2003 "Heosubai" (Masta Wu featuring GDYB) — — Masta Peace
2006 "Run" (Se7en featuring GDYB) — — 24/SE7EN
2007 "Super Fly" (Lexy featuring G-Dragon, T.O.P and Taeyang) — — Rush
2009 "Korean Dream" (G-Dragon feat. Taeyang) 3 — Heartbreaker
"Hallelujah" (T.O.P featuring G-Dragon and Taeyang) — — Non-album single
2010 "I Need A Girl" (Taeyang featuring G-Dragon) 1 — Solar
2013 "Let's Talk About Love" (Seungri feat. G-Dragon and Taeyang) 15 9 Let's Talk About Love
2014 "Stay With Me" (Taeyang featuring G-Dragon) 7 4
  • KOR: 343,555
 Rise

Awards and nominations

Year Name Recipient Award Result Ref
2015 YouTube Music Awards "Good Boy" Honored Artist Won [17]
MelOn Music Awards "Mapsosa" Hot Trend Award 2015 Won [18]
MelOn Popularity Award Popularity Award (September 7) Won [19]
Popularity Award (September 14) Won
Popularity Award (September 21) Won

Music programs

SBS's Inkigayo

Year Date Song
2010 July 18 "I Need a Girl" (Taeyang feat. G-Dragon)
July 25
2014 November 30 "Good Boy" (GD X TAEYANG)
2015 January 4

Mnet's M! Countdown

Year Date Song
2010 July 8 "I Need a Girl" (Taeyang feat. G-Dragon)
July 15

KBS's Music Bank

Year Date Song
2010 July 16 "I Need a Girl" (Taeyang feat. G-Dragon)

References

  1. ↑ "GD × Taeyang". YG Entertainment. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ '준비된 그룹' 빅뱅, 대폭발 예고. Sports Chosun (in Korean). July 7, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bigbang TOP (Tempo) & NBK gray - buckwild". YouTube. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  4. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (December 1, 2014). "G-Dragon & Taeyang's 'Good Boy' Debuts at No. 1 on World Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart - Good Boy". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. December 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Good Boy":
  7. ↑ "G-DRAGON × TAEYANG IN PARIS 2014 - Oricon". Oricon Chart (in Japanese). Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ http://onehallyu.com/topic/3909-♕-bigbang-sales-count-discussion-thread-160111-update-made-on-gaon-2015-bb-on-billboard-♕/
  9. ↑
  10. 1 2 "Billboard's World Digital Singles Chart: Singles". Billboard. Billboard. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Good Boy":
  12. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6334652/g-dragon-taeyangs-good-boy-debuts-at-no-1-on-world-digital-songs
  13. ↑ Mapsosa Sales:
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20131018012030/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/download.php?nationGbn=T&current_year=2010&chart_Time=year
  16. ↑ Let's Talk About Love Sales:
  17. ↑ "Presenting the YouTube Music Awards Winners of 2015". Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Melon Music Awards". MelOn. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  19. ↑ "Melon Music Awards". MelOn. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
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