2017–present: White Night and second world tour
In January 2017, YG Entertainment announced that Taeyang is working on his new album, alongside solo concerts. Taeyang commenced his second world tour, , with stadium concerts in Japan. The first two shows were held at and were attended by 50,000 people, which was followed by two shows at . The tour is set to visit 19 cities around the world, including stops in North America, with concerts in eight cities across and the .
Taeyang's third studio album, , was released on August 16, 2017 with dual lead singles "" and "Wake Me Up". "Darling" became a Top 10 hit on the while "Wake Me Up" managed to chart at number five on 's . Additionally, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard's , and remained the following week atop this chart, making Taeyang the second solo K-Pop artist to have an album do so. In South Korea's , the album peaked at number three, with over 57,000 copies sold in August.
On September, it was announced that Taeyang will appear on the upcoming survival audition program Mix Nine as a judge.
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Taeyangs Life Story
Teen FictionDong Young-bae (born 18 May 1988), better known by his stage name Taeyang (meaning Sun) or Sol, is a South Korean singer-songwriter. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12. Af...
