Who Is Taeyang?

Native name	태양
Birth name	Dong Young-bae (동영배)
Also known as	Taeyang, Sol, YB , Taekwon
Born	18 May 1988 (age 26) Uijeongbu, Gyonggi-do, South Korea
Genres	K-Pop, Hip Hop, R&B
Occupations	Singer, dancer, model
Instruments	Vocals, piano, Guitar, Drums
Years active	2001–present
Labels	YG Entertainment (South Korea) YGEX (Japan)
Associated acts	Big Bang

태양

Dong Young-bae (동영배)

Taeyang, Sol, YB , Taekwon

18 May 1988 (age 26)
Uijeongbu, Gyonggi-do, South Korea

K-Pop, Hip Hop, R&B

Singer, dancer, model

Vocals, piano, Guitar, Drums

2001–present

YG Entertainment (South Korea)
YGEX (Japan)

Big Bang

Dong Young-bae, better known by his stage name Taeyang or Sol, is a South singer, dancer, recording artist, model and actor. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12 alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon. 

After six years of vocal and dance training, he made his debut in 2006 as a member of popular Korean boy band, Big Bang.

Taeyang's first appearance in the entertainment industry was with Maddie in the hip-hop group Jinusean's music video "A-yo". 

The collaboration eventually lead him to successfully auditioning into the group's record label YG Entertainment, where he met fellow trainee G-Dragon and former trainee (now a member of 2PM) Jun. K.

G-Dragon and him were later coined as GDYB. Taeyang's first full-length album Solar was released on 1 July 2010. Two versions of this album – the "Regular Edition" and the "Deluxe Edition" – was released. 

GD left, Taeyang right

 The regular edition contained 11 songs, while the deluxe edition limited to 30,000 copies had 12 songs, including "Only Look at Me" and "Prayer" from Hot. 

On the first day, Taeyang's solo album "Solar" released, 1 July, deluxe edition of the album had sold out its 30,000 circulated copies.

 

Solar Album

Taeyang's new single "Ringa Linga" was released on 9 November 2013. Taeyang ranked #33 in The Critic's List of "100 Most Handsome Faces of 2013".

Ringa Linga Song

On the May 17th, YG announced that Taeyang's new album will be released on June 2 with the possible title, 'Rise'. After 'Rise' was released on June 2, it achieved a Perfect All-Kill in Korea (#1 on all charts) and was #1 on the iTunes Album Chart in 10 countries (top 50 in 21 countries). 

At its peak, 'Rise' was #1 on iTunes R&B/SOUL Album Chart in 19 countries to include USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Russia, Hong Kong, and Denmark (top 50 in 25 countries).

Rise Album

 Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyang