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GD X Taeyang
Also known asGDYB
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2014–2015
Labels YG Entertainment
Spinoff of Big Bang
Members

GD X Taeyang (also known as GDYB) is a South Korean duo from YG Entertainment, consisting of G-Dragon and Taeyang from Big Bang. [1] After several years of appearing on each other's solo materials, the duo officially released the single " Good Boy" in 2014, which went on to top Billboard's World Digital Songs chart and sold over a million digital units in South Korea. [2] [3]

History

Kwon Ji-yong and Dong Young-bae first met as trainees at YG Entertainment. After signing a contract with the record label, they spent the first year cleaning the studio and fetching water bottles during dance practices for YG artists. [4] Dong later admitted that current artists at the time weren't friendly towards him or Kwon. [5] The original plan for the two was to debut as the hip-hop duo GDYB, with Kwon choosing the stage name G-Dragon ("Ji" is pronounced like "G" and Yong is Korean for "dragon"). [6] Though they made several appearances both as a duo and as individuals on other artists' music, [7] [8] the plan for their debut was scrapped and they were joined by four other trainees ( T.O.P, Daesung, Seungri and Jang Hyun-seung) to form BigBang instead. The formation of the group was documented on television, [9] but prior to their official debut, Jang was dropped. [6] Dong later adopted the stage name Taeyang. [10] Member Seungri later admitted that G-Dragon was initially cold towards Daesung and himself because G-Dragon had wanted to be in the hip hop duo and disliked being placed in a band. [11] Taeyang himself was also initially hesitant about being placed in a band but eventually warmed up to the other members. [5]

Despite activities with their band, the duo continued to collaborate with one another outside of BigBang's materials, with G-Dragon participating as a writer and producer for Taeyang's first extended play Hot (2008), [nb 1] after which G-Dragon subsequently recorded a "Part Two" to the EP's lead single "Only Look at Me" (나만바라봐; Revised Romanization: Naman Barabwa). Later, G-Dragon had a rap verse on Taeyang's single "I Need a Girl". Taeyang returned the favor by appearing in the song "Korean Dream" for G-Dragon's first album Heartbreaker (2009). G-Dragon later wrote and produced several songs for Taeyang's first and second albums Solar (2010) and Rise (2014). [10]

An official collaboration between the two as the subunit GD x Taeyang emerged in 2014 with the song " Good Boy," which reached number one on Billboard's World Digital Songs, making it the third time a Korean act had topped the chart after PSY and 2NE1. [2] The single accrued 1.2 million downloads in South Korea, [3] and its music video accumulated over 100 million views on the video-sharing website YouTube. [12] In 2015, the duo participated in the Infinite Challenge music festival, teaming up with ZE:A's Hwang Kwanghee for the single "Mapsosa", which peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart [13] and sold 1.3 million copies by the end of the year, making it one of the best-selling songs of 2015. [14]

Discography

Single albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[15]
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
[17]
G-Dragon X Taeyang in Paris 2014 8

Singles

Title Year Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
[19] 		FIN Dig.
[20] 		US World
[21]
" Good Boy" 2014 5 21 1 Good Boy / YG Hip Hop Project
"Mapsosa" (맙소사) (with Kwanghee) 2015 2 — 10 Infinite Challenge
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other collaborations

Title Year Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
[24] 		US World
[21]
"Unfold at a Higher Place" (As GDYB) 2002 — — — Why Be Normal?
"Heosubai" (Masta Wu featuring GDYB) 2003 — — Masta Peace
"Run" ( Se7en featuring GDYB) 2006 — — 24/SE7EN
"Super Fly" ( Lexy featuring G-Dragon, T.O.P and Taeyang) 2007 — — Rush
"Korean Dream" (G-Dragon feat. Taeyang) 2009 3 — Heartbreaker
"Hallelujah" (T.O.P featuring G-Dragon and Taeyang) ( Iris soundtrack) — — Non-album single
"I Need A Girl" (Taeyang featuring G-Dragon) 2010 4 — Solar
"Let's Talk About Love" ( Seungri feat. G-Dragon and Taeyang) 2013 15 9 Let's Talk About Love
"Stay With Me" (Taeyang featuring G-Dragon) 2014 7 4
  • KOR: 343,555
 Rise

Awards and nominations

Awards received by GD X Taeyang
Name Year Award category Nominated works Result Ref.
Melon Music Awards 2015 Hot Trend Award "Mapsosa" Won [27]
YouTube Music Awards 2015 Honored Artist "Good Boy" Won [28]
Melon Popularity Award
Song Award Date Ref.
"Mapsosa" Weekly Popularity Award September 7, 2015 [27]
September 14, 2015
September 21, 2015

Notes

  1. ^ According to the credits on the album's jacket.

References

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  2. ^ a b Benjamin, Jeff (December 1, 2014). "G-Dragon & Taeyang's 'Good Boy' Debuts at No. 1 on World Digital Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Cumulative sales for "Good Boy":
  4. ^ 新스타고백 지드래곤③연습생시절, 1년간 죽어라 청소만. Yahoo Korean News (in Korean). Yahoo!. March 1, 2006. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "[Star Timeline] "YOUNG BAE Music": TAEYANG devotes half his life to music". YG-Life. June 17, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-02. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  6. ^ a b '준비된 그룹' 빅뱅, 대폭발 예고. Sports Chosun (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. July 7, 2006. Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
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  8. ^ '준비된 그룹' 빅뱅, 대폭발 예고. Sports Chosun (in Korean). July 7, 2006. Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  9. ^ "Big Bang Profile". KBS World. Korean Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  10. ^ a b Ji, Un Nah (June 2, 2014). "BIGBANG's Taeyang on nosebleeds, tattoos and true art". Dazed Digital. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  11. ^ "Happy Together - Big Bang Special (2015.06.11)". Youtube. KBS World TV. June 11, 2015. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  12. ^ "[문화광장] 빅뱅, MV 9번째 1억 뷰 돌파…"韓 최다 기록"". KBS News (in Korean). July 3, 2017. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  13. ^ "′Infinity Challenge′ Addresses Song Festival Spoilers". mwave. CJ DigitalMusic. June 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  14. ^ "Gaon Digital Download - 2015". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  15. ^ "Gaon Album Chart - Good Boy". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. December 13, 2014. Archived from the original on July 5, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  16. ^ Cumulative sales for "Good Boy":
  17. ^ "G-DRAGON × TAEYANG IN PARIS 2014 - Oricon". Oricon Chart (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  18. ^ "~ BIGBANG Sales Thread (170907 Update: 145.7mln digital, 7.45mln physical, 8.07mln Tour tickets, 4.54bln Youtube views) ~". Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  19. ^ * "Gaon: Good Boy". November 22, 2014. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  20. ^ * "IFPI: Good Boy". Suomen virallinen lista (in Finnish). IFPI. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  21. ^ a b * "Billboard: Good Boy". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  22. ^ "G-Dragon & Taeyang's 'Good Boy' Debuts at No. 1 on World Digital Songs". Billboard. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  23. ^ Mapsosa Sales:
  24. ^ * "I Need A Girl". Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  25. ^ "Archived copy". Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  26. ^ Let's Talk About Love Sales:
  27. ^ a b "Melon Music Awards". Melon. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  28. ^ "Presenting the YouTube Music Awards Winners of 2015". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 30, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2016.

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