KPOP 2nd generation · YG Entertainment
BIGBANG
ビッグバン / 빅뱅
BIGBANG shaped how Korean pop presented itself — self-expression, clothes, stage design — before the music travelled the way it does now.
- 2006DebutAug 19, 2006
- 3Members
- 2thGeneration
- V.I.PFandom
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In 30 seconds: BIGBANG
Hip-hop, R&B, dance production and ballads all sit in one catalogue, and the group continues as G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung.
Start here to understand the taste that most of the second generation was reacting to.
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Key facts
- Group name
- BIGBANG
- Reading / Hangul
- ビッグバン / 빅뱅
- Company
- YG Entertainment
- Debut date
- August 19, 2006
- Days active
- 7,378 days (20 years, 2 months)
- Debut song
- We Belong Together
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- V.I.P(ヴィップ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジードラゴン | 1988-08-18 | 38 | 172cm | A | ENTP | South Korea |
| テヤン | 1988-05-18 | 38 | 174cm | B | INFJ | South Korea |
| テソン | 1989-04-26 | 37 | 178cm | O | ISFJ | South Korea |
| トップ | 1987-11-04 | 38 | 181cm | B | INFP | South Korea |
| スンリ | 1990-12-12 | 35 | 177cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Fantastic Baby MVFantastic Baby is the club anthem that carried the group furthest outside Korea.
Bang Bang Bang MVBang Bang Bang is the loudest and most quoted of the later singles.
Still Life MVStill Life is quieter and about time passing, which the big singles never had room for.05
From debut to now
- 2006Debuted from YG Entertainment and started out as a boy group with a hip-hop colour and members inside the writing.
- 2007Lies broke through to a wide audience and left a strong impression of an idol group that made its own music.
- 2008Haru Haru made an emotional melody and a music video with real drama into a signature way in.
- 2012Fantastic Baby, Blue and Bad Boy came one after another as large signature songs known well beyond Korea.
- 2015The MADE SERIES rolled out Bang Bang Bang, Loser and IF YOU, forming the peak of a long run.
- 2016The MADE album, carrying FXXK IT and Last Dance, held the party feeling and the mood of parting at the same time.
- 2022Still Life arrived as a group song after a long gap, and the stage now is to follow the group alongside the solo work of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung.
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Achievements
3 daesang · 3 awards (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of October 28, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2015
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Song of the Year“Bang Bang Bang”Daesang
- 2012
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Artist of the YearDaesang
- 2007
Mnet KM Music Festival MKMF
- Song of the Year“Lies”Daesang
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- Still LifeBillboardNo. 9global
Perfect All-Kill (PAK)
7 recordsNewest release first (iChart does not publish achievement dates)
Provider record list at the time of retrieval. Changes before the first observation are unknown. (some episodes unverified)
| Still Life | 82 | www.ichart.kr | |
| 꽃 길 | 15 | www.ichart.kr | |
| 에라 모르겠다 | 28 | www.ichart.kr | |
| 우리 사랑하지 말아요 | 9 | www.ichart.kr | |
| LOSER | Unknown | www.ichart.kr | |
| BLUE | Unknown | www.ichart.kr | |
| Tonight | Unknown | www.ichart.kr |
Sources and data (2)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
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Solo and unit activities
Unit activities
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's BIGBANG note
What anchors BIGBANG is its influence over self-expression, fashion and live staging. A leading group of the second generation that already carried weight before K-pop spread as a global popular culture, it is now counted as the three of G-DRAGON, Taeyang and Daesung.
Fantastic Baby and Bang Bang Bang left a very strong memory as K-pop club anthems. Songs like Blue, Bad Boy and Still Life show the other side, singing loneliness and the passing of time rather than only spectacle.
Reading the current work and line-up means keeping the historical five-member era, with T.O.P and Seungri counted as former members, apart from the three-member present. Fantastic Baby, then Bang Bang Bang, then Still Life runs from club anthem to the passing of time.
Editors' take Fantastic Baby / Bang Bang Bang / Still Life — three songs cover the club anthems and the passing of time in a leading second-generation group.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
The name points straight at the idea of an act that hit the K-pop scene with enormous force.
Production
With G-Dragon at the centre, member-led production runs deep, which places the group at the heart of the self-producing idol story.
Signature song
Haru Haru, Fantastic Baby and Bang Bang Bang open from different directions, so taking them in order shows the breadth of the music.
Japan route
Japanese releases and Japanese concerts carry real weight, and keeping them apart from the Korean work shows how far the activity spread.
Solo
Solo work by G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung, plus units such as GD X Taeyang, feeds directly back into the main group.
Where they stand now
Still Life is the group song that came after a long gap, the link back from the earlier hits to the present.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 7/ 241 groups
No. 7 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 3%)
- 7Japanese releases
- 92Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 1Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-28).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines BIGBANG?
Hip-hop, R&B, dance production and ballads all sit in one catalogue, and the group continues as G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung.
Why should a new listener start with BIGBANG?
Start here to understand the taste that most of the second generation was reacting to.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Fantastic Baby, Bang Bang Bang, Still Life, then continue to the official video index.