1988 - Today
Dong Young-bae (Korean: 동영배; born May 18, 1988), better known by his stage names Taeyang (meaning "sun" in Korean) and SOL (when performing in Japan), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12. Six years later, he made his debut in 2006 as a member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taeyang has received more than 2,994,005 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Taeyang is the 1,639th most popular singer (down from 1,497th in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 156th in 2019) and the 28th most popular South Korean Singer.
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Among singers, Taeyang ranks 1,639 out of 3,541. Before him are Demet Akalın, Carly Rae Jepsen, Seo Kang-joon, Tony Cetinski, Tajči, and Nelly. After him are Mika Nakashima, Sergey Lazarev, Greg Graffin, Lawrence Tibbett, Anne-Marie, and Bruce Hornsby.
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,633
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,634
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,635
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,636
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 1,637
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 1,638
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 1,639
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 1,640
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,641
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,642
1896 - 1960
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,643
1991 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 1,644
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 1,645
Among people born in 1988, Taeyang ranks 108. Before him are Kwadwo Asamoah, Sven Ulreich, Veronica Roth, Jeremy Lin, Grimes, and Felipe Caicedo. After him are Anikka Albrite, Robbie Amell, Angelique Boyer, Haley Bennett, Cho Kyu-hyun, and Dušan Tadić.
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 102
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 103
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 104
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 105
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 106
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 107
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 108
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 109
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 110
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 111
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 112
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 113
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 114
Among people born in South Korea, Taeyang ranks 282 out of 774. Before him are T.O.P (1987), Chun Jung-myung (1980), Han Duck-soo (1949), Sunmi (1992), Seo Hyun-jin (1985), and Seo Kang-joon (1993). After him are Nam Joo-hyuk (1994), Lee Donghae (1986), Jung Yu-mi (1983), Park Hyung-sik (1991), Gary (1978), and Park Eun-hye (1977).
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 276
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 277
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 278
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 279
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 280
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 281
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 282
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 283
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 284
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 285
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 286
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 287
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 288
Among singers born in South Korea, Taeyang ranks 28. Before him are Kang Seul-gi (1994), Seungri (1990), Seo In-guk (1987), Seo Taiji (1972), Sunmi (1992), and Seo Kang-joon (1993). After him are Lee Donghae (1986), Park Hyung-sik (1991), Gary (1978), Cho Kyu-hyun (1988), Yunho (1986), and Eunhyuk (1986).
1994 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 22
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 23
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 24
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 25
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 26
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 27
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 28
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 29
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 30
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 31
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 32
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 33
1986 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 34