# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taeyang
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:17:34.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taeyang"
name: "Taeyang"
slug: "taeyang"
description: "Dong Young-bae, better known by his stage name Taeyang or SOL, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He made his debut in 2006 as a member of the South Korean boy band BigBang. Following the release of several albums and extended plays with his group, Taeyang pursued a solo career in 2008, releasing his first extended play, Hot. The EP was acclaimed by critics and went to win the award for Best R&B & Soul Album at the 6th Korean Music Awards. Hot was followed by his first full-length studio album Solar (2010), which was released in July 2010 and peaked atop the Gaon Album Chart."
tagline: "South Korean singer, dancer, member of Big Bang"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taeyang_-_MADE_THE_MOVIE_Premiere_(Chopped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1988-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           80.89
  momentum:             24.69346733668342
  historical:           26.24210933333334
  currentAttention:     66.78848789401553
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  5
  category: 213
totalFollowers: 2070000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ygbigbang.com/taeyang"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/__youngbae__/"
    handle:    "__youngbae__"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TAEYANG"
    handle:    "TAEYANG"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Realtaeyang"
    handle:    "Realtaeyang"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5502154/"
    handle:    "nm5502154"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6udveWUgX4vu75FF0DTrXV"
    handle:    "6udveWUgX4vu75FF0DTrXV"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDJnRpq0DnQhrwi1ruuQa7g"
    handle:    "@taeyang_official"
    followers: 2070000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1794467"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "تاي يانغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "تاى يانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "تای یانق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "ته‌یانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3"
    title: "Թեյանգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOL_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "SOL (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%9C%EC%96%91_(%EA%B0%80%EC%88%98)"
    title: "태양 (가수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D-%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Тэ-Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%85%D1%8D%D1%8F%D0%BD"
    title: "Тхэян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tch%C3%A4jang"
    title: "Tchäjang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87"
    title: "แทยัง"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang"
    title: "Taeyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d84e5667-3cbe-4556-b551-9d7e4be95d71"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1415327"
    title: "TAEYANG"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump