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
Photo: YG Entertainment · CC BY 2.0
LINEUP
Members
MILESTONES
Records & firsts
140 million records sold
One of the best-selling music acts in the world, and the benchmark every Korean act since has been measured against.
11 No. 1 songs on the Gaon Digital Chart
The record for any group on Korea's national chart.
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 first time a Korean act took the award.
First Korean artists on the Forbes Celebrity 100
Listed in 2016 on earnings from touring and endorsements.
DID YOU KNOW
Trivia & lore
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
'BiiiG', released 19 August 2026, arrived four years after 'Still Life' and one day after the group's 20th debut anniversary.
- 04
All three current members worked on 'BiiiG' from performance through production, per YG Entertainment.
- 05
The Made World Tour's 1.5 million attendance stood as the largest by a Korean act until the stadium era that BIGBANG itself made possible.
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. T.O.P announces his departure in May 2023, and in August 2026 G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung release 'BiiiG' — their first single in four years and the opening of a 20th-anniversary tour.
Anchor track: BiiiG
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