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Taeyang Net Worth

Taeyang Net Worth. Dong Young-bae first encountered music while playing the piano, where he appreciated classical music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. Dong Young-bae was born and reared in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

Dong felt the need to obtain work at an early age to assist and support his family when they started to struggle financially. He applied for and was given the role of “little Sean” in Jinusean’s music video “A-yo” in the sixth grade when he was first exposed to and enthralled with hip-hop music.

Dong approached Yang Hyun-suk, CEO of the music firm YG Entertainment, at the time and asked him for a chance to pursue a career as a singer. As he received no response, he walked directly to his office to accomplish his goal. He was given the chance to audition by Yang, and after being successful, the record company hired him as a trainee.

He met Kwon Ji-Yong, a fellow trainee and potential bandmate, there. During his early years as a trainee, Dong cleaned the studio for the other performers in the business and brought them water bottles during dance rehearsals. He subsequently acknowledged that the other performers at the time weren’t very kind to him or Kwon.

Dong contributed the rap stanza to Wheesung’s song “Player” from his second album in 2003.

Dong was supposed to make his debut with Kwon as the hip-hop duo GDYB (Kwon chose the stage name G-Dragon), but their record company cancelled the idea. Instead, four other trainees—TOP, Daesung, Seungri, and Hyun-Seung—joined them to become the band Big Bang.

Television showed footage of their creation, but before they made their public debut, Hyun-Seung was dropped, leaving them with a roster of only five people.

Dong was first apprehensive about joining a band, but he ultimately warmed up to the others. Because “the sun is the brightest star among the many stars in the cosmos,” Taeyang, which means sun, was chosen as his stage name.

Taeyang gave up on rapping in favour of singing.

Taeyang Net Worth

Taeyang’s Net Worth is estimated to be $20 million

How Did Taeyang Make His Money

He made his money by being one of the top pop singers in South Korea.