G-Dragon Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), also known by his stage name G-Dragon (지드래곤), is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer, known as the " King of K-pop". G-Dragon is the recipi ...

is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and leader of Korean boy band

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. He is widely known to be the main songwriter and producer of the group, penning all of the group's major hits, including "Lies", "Last Farewell", and "Haru Haru" which is one of the most digitally downloaded songs in Korean music history. ''

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'' has called him a "genius singer-songwriter", citing that his songs became instant hits and anthems for young people around the country. In 2008, G-Dragon became the youngest person to be listed on The 10 Greatest Korean Composers at the age of 20. He was named the Top Songwriter of 2012 by

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. As of July 2022, the

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has 175 songs listed under his name. G-Dragon has written 23 number one songs on the

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Big Bang albums

Solo albums

Other work

References

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