Seungri

Seungri (2018)
Lee Seung-hyun
Hangeul	이승현
Hanja	李 昇 炫
Revised Romanization	I Seung-hyeon
McCune- Reischauer	Yi Sŭnghyŏn
See also : Korean name

Lee Seung-hyun ( Korean : 이승현 ; born December 12, 1990 in Gwangju ), better known as Seungri or VI , is a South Korean singer, actor and songwriter. Seungri made his debut in 2006 with the boy band Big Bang . He left Big Bang in March 2019.

Life

Artistic first steps

Seungri's dancing skills were noticed early on. He participated in the Korean TV show Let's Coke Play! Battle Shinhwa , in which he was eliminated in the ninth episode.

Big bang

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He was discovered by YG Entertainment through his TV appearances and applied for the new band Big Bang , along with five other singers: TOP , Taeyang , G-Dragon , Daesung , and Hyun-seung . The formation of the band was followed by television in a documentary. Seungri was able to prevail in the trial against Hyun-Seung.

The band's first single sold over 40,000 copies, making their debut a relatively successful one. On Big Bang's first album Since 2007 Seungri recorded his first solo song: "The Next Day" (Korean: 다음날; Revised Romanization: Daeumnal )

In March 2019, Seungri declared that he wanted to retire from show business. The reason is his involvement in the Burning Sun club , which is said to be linked to drug abuse, sexual exploitation and police corruption. Even if he denies the allegations, the scandal is too big to return. This is also done to protect YG Entertainment and its bandmates.

Movies and TV series

Seungri made his first appearance as an actor in the musical Sonagi (2008) before starring in films such as Nineteen (2009) or Why Did You Come To Our Home (2009). He also starred in television dramas such as the Japanese drama Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo (2013) and the South Korean work Angel Eyes (2014). In 2018 he starred in the Netflix series YG - What Comes After the Big Bang?

Discography

See also : Big Bang (band) / discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		KR	JP
2013	Let's talk about love	-	JP4 (5 weeks) JP	First published: October 9, 2013
2018	The Great Seungri	KR1 (... week) KR	-	First published: July 20, 2018

Extended plays

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		KR
2011	VVIP	KR1 (25 weeks) KR	First published: January 20, 2011
2013	Let's talk about love	KR1 (4 weeks) KR	First published: August 19, 2013

Web links

Commons : Seungri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Seungri in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mark Russell: K-Pop Now !: The Korean Music Revolution . Tuttle Publishing, April 29, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1 , p. 34.
2. ^ ^{A b} Justin McCurry: 'K-pop's Great Gatsby': Seungri charged over prostitution ring. Big Bang singer Seungri retires to clear his name, saying 'scandal is too big'. March 12, 2019, accessed March 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ YG 신인 빅뱅, '배틀 신화' 탈락자 포함 '눈길' . In: Star News , July 7, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2010. 
4. ^ [Past And Present The Youngest But A Strong Baby, Seungri] . Retrieved May 10, 2016.
5. ↑ Biography of Big Bang ~ Korean Boyband ~ My Article . Retrieved May 10, 2016.
6. ↑ Big Bang Profile . KBS World. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
7. ↑ Template error: The title parameter is required. 
8. ↑ Musval: BigBang 出道 实录 EP3 Part.1 英文 字幕 . Yinyuetai. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
9. ^ Album Sales for the Month of February 2007 ( ko ) Recording Industry Association of Korea. December 21, 2007. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved on February 15, 2008.
10. ↑ ^{a b} chart sources:
    • 승리 .
11. ↑ Chart sources:
    • VI .

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Seung-hyun is the first name.