T.O.P (singer)

Choi Seung-hyun (Hangul: 최승현, born November 4, 1987), better known by his stage name T.O.P, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang and has also participated in various dramas and films, such as I Am Sam, Iris, Nineteen, 71: Into the Fire, Commitment and Tazza: The Hidden Card.

Jeff Benjamin of Billboard K-Town columnist noted that T.O.P is well known for his low-bass timbre rapping.

Life and career

2005–06: Early life and debut with Big Bang

High

High may refer to:

Science, technology and economics

Height

High (atmospheric), a high pressure area

High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory

High (technical analysis), or top, an event in market-price fluctuations of a security

High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place

Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high"

Sugar high, a misconception about the supposed psychological effects of the molecule sucrose

Music

Albums

High (Flotsam and Jetsam album)

High (New Model Army album)

High (The Blue Nile album)

Songs

"High" (David Hallyday song)

"High" (Feeder song)

"High" (James Blunt song)

"High" (Knut Anders Sørum song)

"High" (Lighthouse Family song)

"High" (Peking Duk song)

"High" (The Cure song)

"High" (Young Rising Sons song)

Other uses

High (comics), a fictional character in the Wildstorm universe

High (film), a 1967 Canadian film

High (play), a 2011 play by Matthew Lombardo

TOP

TOP may refer to:

Business

Top (rolling papers), a brand of cigarette rolling papers

Tedcastles Oil Products, an Irish petrol company founded in 1960

Gaming

Tales of Phantasia, a video game for the Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable

Tales of Pirates, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Music

Twenty One Pilots, an American musical duo from Columbus, Ohio

T O P Tower of Power, a horn-based soul band from Oakland, California

T.O.P (singer), South Korean rapper from the boy band, BIGBANG

Albums

T.O.P. (Tower of Power album), 1993 soul/funk album

T.O.P. (album), 1999 pop album by Shinhwa

Songs

"T.O.P.", a 1999 single by S.E.S from the album Prime: S.E.S. the Best

Other uses

Test Of Proficiency-Huayu, a Chinese language proficiency test in Taiwan

Tobago Organisation of the People, a political party in Tobago

Tongan paʻanga, the ISO 4217 code for the currency of Tonga

GD & TOP

GD&TOP is the debut album of South Korean artists G-Dragon & T.O.P, members of Big Bang. Released on December 24, 2010, the album marks the first collaboration between the two away from their group. The duo promoted the album extensively, including a world-wide premiere showcase and numerous performances. Three singles were released for promotion: "High High," "Oh Yeah," and "Knockout." While "High High" went on to become a chart-topper, the latter two singles charted in at #2 and #3 respectively. GD & TOP were featured in British singer Pixie Lott’s song ‘Dancing On My Own’ on the Japanese Edition of Young Foolish Happy which was released on March 21, 2012.

The album is listed, by Gaon Album Chart as the fifth best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, with 130,000 copies sold.

Background

While working on materials with their bandmates for their next album, G-Dragon and T.O.P began to experiment with different styles. According to G-Dragon, the members were trying new "combination" with their music, in which the vocalists — Taeyang, Daesung, and Seungri — were to record their own music as a trio while G-Dragon and T.O.P were to branch off as a duo since they "hadn't been with our fans for the past two years." Although the division of the group was initially for Big Bang's materials only, G-Dragon and T.O.P saw positive response to their materials from the fans and went to Yang Hyun-seok, the CEO of YG Entertainment, to allow the duo to release an album. After receiving Yang's approval, news of their collaboration was announced in November 2010.