T.O.

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Not to be confused with Tower of Power.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.

T.O.P

Background information

Birth name

Choi Seung-hyun ()

Also known as

T.O.P

Born

November 4, 1987 (age 27)

Seoul, South Korea

Origin

Jamsil-dong, South Korea

Genres

Hip hop, K-pop

Occupation(s)

Singer-songwriter, actor,record producer

Years active

2001present

Labels

YG Entertainment[1]

Associated acts

Big Bang, GD & TOP

T.O.P's signature

Korean name
Hangul

Hanja

Revised Romanization

Choe Seung-hyeon

McCuneReischauer

Ch'oe Snghyn

Choi Seung-hyun (born November 4, 1987), better known by his stage nameT.O.P, is a South
Korean singer-songwriter and
actor
. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang and has also participated in various
dramas and films, such as I Am Sam, Iris, Nineteen,71: Into the Fire, Commitment andTazza:
The Hidden Card.
In 2010, T.O.P and bandmate, G-Dragon collaborated to record and release the album GD &
TOP (2010). The album saw the release of three singles: "High High," "Oh Yeah", and "Knock
Out", all of which have charted within the top three positions of the Gaon chart, with "High High"
becoming a chart-topper. Jeff Benjamin Billboard K-Town columnist noted that T.O.P is well
known for his low-bass timbre rapping.[2]
Contents
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1 History
o 1.1 20052006: Big Bang debut

1.2 20072010: Solo career development, move into

acting,and GD&TOP
o 1.3 2011present: Continuous acting
2 Discography
o 2.1 Singles
o 2.2 Featured and collaboration singles
3 Filmography
o 3.1 Movie
o 3.2 Television drama
o 3.3 Music video appearance
4 Awards and nominations
5 Music programs
o 5.1 SBS's Inkigayo
o 5.2 Mnet's M! Countdown
6 References
7 External links

History[edit]
20052006: Big Bang debut[edit]
Main article: Big Bang (Korean band)
Prior to his involvement with YG Entertainment, Seunghyun was an underground rapper under
the name of Tempo, and a childhood friend of G-Dragon, another member and leader of Big
Bang.[3] G-Dragon stated that the two were "neighborhood friend[s] from middle school" and
would often dance and rap together.[4] Although G-Dragon later moved away and the two
"became distant", he contacted Seunghyun again when YG
Entertainment
was scouting for candidates to create a boy band.[4] The pair recorded several demos and sent
them to Yang Hyun Suk, CEO of YG Entertainment, who later asked Seunghyun to
audition.[3] Seunghyun was initially rejected by the record label, which deemed him too "chubby"
to fit the "idealistic version" of an idol.[3] Seunghyun later stated that he "went home and
exercised really hard because I wanted to join YG Entertainment."[3] Six months later, he
returned for another audition and was signed on. He reportedly lost 20 kg in 40 days.[3]
Choi Seung-hyun was given the stage name of T.O.P. (Korean: ) by fellow YG artist Se7en.
He became one of the two rappers in the group Big Bang, alongside G-Dragon. The two were
paired with four others: Taeyang, Daesung, Seungri andSo-1 and a documentation of their
training was aired to promote them.[5] So-1 was dropped by the record label, and Big Bang made
its official debut with five members.[6] Their first album, Since 2007, was a fair success,[7] and
included T.O.P.'s first solo song "Big Boy." The group achieved mainstream success with the
release of the song "Lies" (Korean: ;Revised Romanization: Geojitmal) from their 2007
mini-album Always, which topped several charts upon its release. The singles, "Last Farewell"
(Korean: ; Revised Romanization: Majimak Insa) from the mini-album Hot Issue and
"Day by Day" (Korean: ; Revised Romanization: Haru Haru) from Stand Up, became
chart-toppers as well.[8][9]

20072010: Solo career development, move into acting,and GD&TOP[edit]

Following the release of the band's albums and singles, T.O.P. began working on his solo
career. In April 2007, he was featured with fellow Big Bang members Taeyang and G-Dragon on
singer Lexy's single "Super Fly" for her album Rush. Later that summer, he appeared as an

actor in Red Rocs "Hello" music video.[10] He later became the first member of Big Bang to
venture into acting, starring in the KBS2 drama, I Am Sam,.[1] portraying the school's top fighter,
Chae Musin. He also took the role of MC of MBC's Music Core on November 10, 2007, only to
resign in April of the following year. In 2008, he collaborated with R&B artist Gummy on the
song "I'm Sorry" for her album Comfort, veteran singer Uhm Jung-hwa for her single
"D.I.S.C.O." and ZiA for her single "I Only See You". That same year, he was also admitted
to Dankook University, to the theater department.[11]
T.O.P later put his solo career on hold while he joined Big Bang for their promotional activities.
After more than a year of promoting the group's materials, he returned to acting, playing the
assassin Vick in the critically acclaimed[12] Korean television drama Iris.[13] T.O.P. also recorded
the song "Hallelujah" for the drama's soundtrack with Taeyang and G-Dragon. Following Iris,
T.O.P. and his fellow Bigbang member Seungri appeared in the teenage suspense drama, My
19.[14]

T.O.P performing with G-Dragon in 2011

T.O.P performing in Alive World Tour on September 2012

His appearance in the 2010 film 71: Into the Fire was well-received, earning him several awards
including the Hallyu Popularity Award in the 47th Grand Bell Film Awards.[15] The movie also
gained 1 million views in a week, making it the first movie of 2010 to do so South
Korea.[16] Simultaneously, T.O.P began to prepare for his solo musical debut.[17] During Big
Bang's Big Show concert in January 2010, T.O.P. performed his new single "Turn It Up." They

later uploaded an offical video, which garnered over a million views within a few minutes. [18] He
became the first Korean artist to have his song release worldwide on iTunes.
In November 2010, YG Entertainment announced T.O.P and bandmate G-Dragonwould release
a collaboration album under the name "GD and T.O.P".[19] Preceding the release of the album,
the duo held a world-wide premiere showcase for their album at Times Square in
Yeongdeungpo of Seoul, South Korea,[20] which was also broadcast live on YouTube.[21] To
promote their album, the duo released three singles: "High High," "Oh Yeah," and "Knock
out."[22] All three singles preceded the release of the album. The singles attained commercial
successes: "Knockout" was a chart topper[23] while "Oh Yeah" and "HighHigh" both peaked at #2
and #3 respectively.[24][25] The album was released on Christmas Eve, and debuted at number
one[26] with pre-orders of 200,000 copies.[27]

2011present: Continuous acting[edit]

In 2012, T.O.P starred in the film Commitment (also known as Alumni), playing the son of a
North Korean spy who is falsely accused.[28][29] During filming of the movie T.O.P suffered an
injury on the back of his hand. While filming combat scene, he injuredhis hand on a glass
fragment and was later admitted to the hospital for surgery. Filming of the movie was delayed
for several weeks, though despite his injury he continued to appear with Big Bang throughout
their world tour.[30] For his role, he won Rookie Award at the Asia Star Awards, held during
the Busan International Film Festival, the only Korean actor who won an award in the ceremony.
T.O.P was later featured in English artist Pixie Lott's Japanese album along with G-Dragon for
the song "Dancing On My Own".[31] In 2014, T.O.P portrayed the role of main character Ham
Dae-Gil in the South Korean gambling film Tazza 2: The Hidden Card, sequel to Tazza: The
High Rollers.

Discography[edit]
Main article: Big Bang discography
Collaboration albums

GD & TOP with G-Dragon (2010)

Play with GD & TOP with G-Dragon (2011)

Singles[edit]

GD & TOP promotional photo shoot

Year

Single

Peak
position

Album

KOR
[26]

2006

"Big Boy" (T.O.P solo)

Since 2007

"Friend" (Feat. Taeyang)

MBC TV Drama [Friend, Our Legend]

OST

"Act Like Nothing's Wrong" (Feat. Kim Jieun)

Always

"Hallelujah" (Feat. G-Dragon & Taeyang)

18

Iris OST

"Turn it Up"

11

Digital Single

"Because"

19 OST

"Of All Days"

89

2007

2009

2010

2011

2013

GD & TOP
"Oh Mom"

27

"Doom Dada"

Digital Single

Featured and collaboration singles[edit]

Peak
positions
Year

Title

Album
KOR
[26]

"Forever with You" (with G-Dragon Ft. Park Bom)

2006

Bigbang Vol.1
"We Belong Together" (with G-Dragon & Vxp Ft. Park Bom)

2007 "Buckwild" (NBK Gray Ft. T.O.P)

"I'm Sorry" (Gummy Ft. T.O.P)

Comfort

"D.I.S.C.O" (Uhm Jung-hwa Ft. T.O.P)

D.I.S.C.O

"All I See is You" (ZiA Ft. T.O.P)

Road Movie

"Forever with You" English version (with G-Dragon Ft. Park

With U

Digital Bounce

2008

Bom)

2010 "Digital Bounce" (Se7en Ft. T.O.P)

"High High" (with G-Dragon)

"Oh Yeah" (with G-Dragon Ft. Park Bom)

"Knock Out" (with G-Dragon)

2011

GD & TOP
"Intro" (with G-Dragon)

"Baby Goodnight" (with G-Dragon)

13

"Don't Go Home" (with G-Dragon)

22

2012 "Dancing On My Own" (Pixie Lott Ft. T.O.P & G-Dragon)

Young Foolish Happy (Deluxe

Edition)

Butt" (Major Lazer Ft. Bruno Mars, G-Dragon,

2013 "Bubble
T.O.P, Tyga and Mystic)

78

Free the Universe (Asian Edition)

"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography[edit]
Movie[edit]
Year

Title

Role

2008 Story of Men

Himself

2009 Nineteen

Seo Jeong-hun

2010 71: Into the Fire

Oh Jang-beom

2011 Iris the Movie

Vick

2013 Commitment

Lee Myeong-hoon / Kang Dae-ho

Cameo appearance

Film adaption of Iris for Japan

2014 Tazza: The Hidden Card Ham Dae-gil

Television drama[edit]
Year

Title

Role

Network

2007 I Am Sam Chae Mu-sin KBS2

2009 Iris

Vick

KBS2

Music video appearance[edit]

Year

2007 "Hello"

Song Title

Notes

Artist

Red Roc

Sequel of Tazza: The High Rollers

"I'm Sorry"

Gummy

"D.I.S.C.O"

Uhm Jung-hwa

2008

2011 "I'm Sorry" (Japanese version) Gummy

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year

Award

Category

Nominated work

Hallyu Popularity[32]

Result

Won

47th Grand Bell Awards

Best New Actor[33]

Nominated

8th Korean Film Awards

Best New Actor[34]

Nominated

Style Icon Awards

New Icon (Movie) [35]

Won

Best New Actor[36]

Won

2010
31st Blue Dragon Film
Awards

71: Into the Fire

Popularity Award[36]

Won

Max Movie Award

Best New Actor [37]

Won

5th Asian Film Awards

Best New Actor[38]

Nominated

Best New Actor [39]

Won

Popularity Award[39]

Won

2011 47th Baeksang Arts Awards

Soompi Awards

2013 allkpop Awards

17th BIFF Asia Star Awards

Best Music Video

Doom Dada

Nominated

Best Idol Turned Actor

T.O.P

Nominated

Rookie Awards[40]

Won
Commitment

50th Paeksang Arts Awards

Popularity Award

Singapore Entertainment
Awards

Most Popular K-pop Music Video

Nominated

2014
Doom Dada

Nominated

Music programs[edit]
SBS's Inkigayo[edit]
Year

Date

Song

2011

January 9

"High High (Feat G-Dragon)"

Mnet's M! Countdown[edit]
Year

Date

Song

2010

December 30

"Oh Yeah (Feat G-Dragon)"

2011

January 6

"High High (Feat G-Dragon)"

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