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V

1995 - Today

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Kim Tae-hyung (Korean: 김태형; born December 30, 1995), known professionally as V (뷔), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and a member of the boy band BTS. Since his debut with the band in 2013, V has performed three solo songs under their name—"Stigma" in 2016, "Singularity" in 2018, and "Inner Child" in 2020—all of which charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. Outside of his music projects with BTS, V had his acting debut in the 2016 television series Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth and contributed the single "It's Definitely You" to its soundtrack. He released his first independent song, the self-composed "Scenery", in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V has received more than 3,563,004 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). V is the 1,228th most popular singer (down from 1,089th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from South Korea (down from 197th in 2019) and the 14th most popular South Korean Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, V ranks 1,228 out of 4,381Before him are Atsushi Sakurai, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Lhasa de Sela, Carlos Vives, Helmut Lotti, and Izumi Sakai. After him are Jacques Higelin, Eva Nansen, Aneka, Maher Zain, Matt Monro, and Margaret Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, V ranks 16Before him are Kendall Jenner, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Sardar Azmoun, Takumi Minamino, Jack Grealish, and André Silva. After him are Adrien Rabiot, Leon Goretzka, Haley Lu Richardson, Serge Gnabry, Marcos Llorente, and Niklas Süle.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, V ranks 231 out of 1,128Before him are Park Bo-gum (1993), Cha Seung-won (1970), Jung Woo-sung (1973), Won Bin (1977), Ji Jin-hee (1971), and Yi Jun-yong (1870). After him are Kim Nam-gil (1980), Jennie (1996), Oh Se-hoon (1961), Park Wan-suh (1931), Kim Min-jae (1996), and Moonbin (1998).

Among SINGERS In South Korea

Among singers born in South Korea, V ranks 14Before him are Kim Jung-sook (1954), Jungkook (1997), Sumi Jo (1962), G-Dragon (1988), BoA (1986), and Lee Hyori (1979). After him are Jennie (1996), Seo In-guk (1987), Lee Seung-gi (1987), Park Hyung-sik (1991), Seo Taiji (1972), and Leeteuk (1983).