빅뱅
BIGBANG
Members
3
Fandom
VIP
The kings of K-pop who wrote the playbook everyone else still uses
- legendary
- swaggering
- genre-bending
- self-produced
LINEUP
Members
MILESTONES
Records & firsts
140 million records sold
Digital and physical, worldwide — one of the best-selling boy bands in the world.
11 No. 1 songs on the Gaon Digital Chart
The record for any group on Korea's national chart, reached with 'Still Life' in 2022.
First Korean album on the Billboard 200
Alive charted in 2012, before the phrase 'K-pop crossover' was in common use.
Best Worldwide Act, MTV EMA 2011
The inaugural award, won with over 58 million votes.
First Korean act on the Forbes Celebrity 100
Number 54 in 2016, on $44 million earned from June 2015 to June 2016.
First K-pop group music video past 300 million YouTube views
'Fantastic Baby'.
DID YOU KNOW
Trivia & lore
The fandom name VIP comes from the group's 2006 single 'BIGBANG Is V.I.P' — the fans were named by a song, not by a poll.
G-Dragon has writing or production credit on the majority of the group's singles, which is why BIGBANG is cited as the act that made self-production normal in K-pop.
'BiiiG' came out on August 19, 2026 — the group's 20th debut anniversary — four years and four months after 'Still Life'.
All three current members worked on 'BiiiG' from performance through production, per YG Entertainment.
BIGBANG were booked for Coachella in 2020, but the pandemic cancelled it; they finally played the festival as a trio in April 2026.
DISCOGRAPHY
Signature tracks
TIMELINE
The journey
2006-2008
Debut and the first No. 1s
2006 — 2008
Five members debut under YG in August 2006. 'Lies' in 2007 and 'Haru Haru' in 2008 turn a rookie group into the act every Korean chart is measured against.
Anchor track: Lies
2011-2013
Global breakthrough
2011 — 2013
'Fantastic Baby' becomes the group's calling card abroad, the mini album Alive is the first Korean album to chart on the Billboard 200, and the group takes Best Worldwide Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Anchor track: Fantastic Baby
2015-2016
MADE
2015 — 2016
The MADE series releases a single every month through 2015; 'Bang Bang Bang' sweeps the year-end charts and the Made World Tour draws 1.5 million people, the largest tour by a Korean act at the time.
Anchor track: Bang Bang Bang
2018-2021
Enlistment and the long pause
2018 — 2021
The members serve their mandatory military service one after another. Seungri retires from the industry in March 2019 and the group's future is an open question for three years.
2022-
The trio
2022
'Still Life' marks the return in 2022 and T.O.P announces his departure in May 2023. G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung play Coachella as a trio in April 2026, release 'BiiiG' on the 20th anniversary of their debut, and open the XX: COSMOS world tour at Goyang Stadium two days later.
Anchor track: BiiiG
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