Finally, the time has come.. After long post about big bnag's album (2006-2008), now its GD time to SHINE..yeah..In 2009, during the hiatus of Big Bang, G-Dragon released his debut solo album Heartbreaker, featuring collaborations with several artists, including Teddy of 1TYM, Taeyang, S-Kush, and CL and Dara of 2NE1. Propelled by its lead-single of the same name, an electronic pop song, the album sold over 248,000 copies[1] and went on to win Album of the Year from the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards.[2] The second single, "Breathe", manage to chart within the Top 20[3] while his other songs — "The Leaders", "A Boy", "Hello", and "She's Gone" — went on to top various charts upon their release. Although initially scheduled to be released in April, the released date was pushed back to August[5] to coincide with his 21st birthday.
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "A Boy" (소년이여, Sonyeoniyeo) | G-Dragon | G-Dragon, Choice37 | 3:28 |
2. | "Heartbreaker" | G-Dragon | G-Dragon, Jimmy Thornfelt | 3:22 |
3. | "Breathe" | G-Dragon | G-Dragon, Jimmy Thornfelt | 3:25 |
4. | "Butterfly" (featuring Jin Jung) | G-Dragon | Choice37, G-Dragon | 3:42 |
5. | "Hello" (featuring Sandara) | G-Dragon | Kush, G-Dragon | 3:17 |
6. | "Gossip Man" (featuring Kim Gunmo) | G-Dragon | G-Dragon, Teddy | 3:31 |
7. | "Korean Dream" (featuringTaeyang) | G-Dragon | G-Dragon, Jimmy Thornfelt | 3:16 |
8. | "The Leaders" (featuring Teddyand CL) | G-Dragon, Teddy, CL | Teddy | 3:48 |
9. | "She's Gone" (featuring Kush) | G-Dragon | Kush, G-Dragon | 3:44 |
10. | "1 Year Station" (1년 정거장,ilnyeon jeonggeojang) | G-Dragon | Kush, G-Dragon | 4:04 |
2009
[09/30] Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Song of the month (September) "Heartbreaker"
[11/21] Mnet Asian Music Awards: 2009 Best Album of the Year "Heartbreaker"
[12/16] Melon Music Awards: 2009 Best Album of the Year "Heartbreaker"
[12/16] Melon Music Awards: Top 10 Award
2010
[03/10] Cyworld Digital Music Awards 2009: Ting's Choice Award
[03/10] Cyworld Digital Music Awards 2009: Best 10
His achievement was considerably very impressive for his as a solo artist that come from a most well known group. but sadly theres also controversy regarding plagiarism in his song. G-Dragon was accused of plagiarism by Sony Music, as his tracks "Heartbreaker" and "Butterfly" are similar to Flo Rida's "Right Round" andOasis's "She's Electric", respectively. EMI1, who also has rights to "Right Round" said that they saw no similarities between these two songs. Sony Korea has denied G-Dragon the ability to promote the track any further without paying reparations. On September 21, 2009,Sisa Magazine, a news program on MBC, stated that officials from Sony reportedly sent YG Entertainment warning letters about plagiarism. Sony's legal representative stated, "It was a hard decision for the music critics." However, they decided that there were similarities and accordingly issued a warning letter to the production company and composers. They have also denied YG Entertainment the permission to promote these songs. However, YG Entertainment claims that nothing has been decided or legally determined and that the "letter" which YG received from Sony is not considered legal action; the company has also stated that they have not received a direct response from the American publishers regarding this matter. On March 6, 2010, YG Entertainment announced that they personally contacted Flo Rida's representatives and Flo Rida is going to appear as a featuring artist in a new version of Heartbreaker, to be released as a bonus track on G-Dragon's Live Concert Album. Then on May 22 G-Dragon appeared as a special guest at Flo Rida's Korea concert and performed the new version of Heartbreaker featuring Flo Rida. For me, i personally thinks that it is just an influence of the western music culture coz there is no similarities at all with those two other music..some netizen are just paranoid of his success and they can just go to hell..GD is awesome on his own and it proven especially with Big bang latest album ALIVE..
Here is his featured Music that own the Korean chart 2009..