1. Seungri then released his first Korean studio album, The Great Seungri.
55 Facts About Seungri
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Seungri started in television with the Japanese drama Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo and the South Korean television series Angel Eyes.
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The military trial of Seungri began on September 16,2020, during his mandatory military service in South Korea.
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Seungri dropped out of Chung-Ang University in 2012 after being placed on academic probation several times due to his demanding schedule with BigBang, opting instead to enroll at Gukje Digital University so he could take online classes and attend his schedules at the same time.
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Seungri was noted for his dancing skills growing up, with the singer participating in the dance group II Hwa.
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Ultimately Seungri was chosen to stay, while Hyung-seung was dropped before the official debut.
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Seungri recorded his first solo song "The Next Day" for the album.
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Seungri continued to hone his dancing skills by competing against bandmate Taeyang in several dance competitions, as well as against Super Junior's Eunhyuk, TVXQ's Yunho and Shinee's Taemin.
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Seungri became the first member of BigBang to act in a musical with Sonagi in 2008.
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Seungri won his first triple crown for "Strong Baby" on SBS's live music show Inkigayo.
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Seungri then starred in his second musical Shouting, alongside bandmate Daesung, who was unable to perform at the last minute due to a car accident.
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Promotional activities were cut short in order for Seungri to focus on BigBang's comeback.
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In 2012, Seungri started his first Japanese promotions by appearing on variety shows, such as hosting a Japanese radio program entitled Big Bang's All Night Nippon.
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Seungri appeared in his first Japanese show Seungchan's Complete Victory Declaration on Space Shower TV.
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Seungri later appeared in the Nihon TV special drama Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Japanese broadcasting company, NTV.
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Seungri would revisit the scandal one year later on SBS talk show Incarnation, discussing how it helped him grow up and how fans began to view him more as an adult.
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Seungri promoted the singles "Gotta Talk to You" and the eponymous title track.
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From 2013 to 2014, Seungri starred in the Japanese drama Yubikoi ~Kimini Okuru Message~ - A Message Send To You.
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Seungri then took a supporting role in the Korean medical drama Angel Eyes alongside labelmate Ku Hye-sun, playing the role of a Korean-American teen with the dream of becoming an emergency rescue worker.
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Seungri produced the song "36 Tricks of Love" for the show, a remake of the Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai's song under the same title.
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Seungri recorded the song "We Run Dis" with PKCZ for the soundtrack.
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In May 2018, Seungri announced his first solo tour The Great Seungri, twelve years after his debut, with shows announced in South Korea and Japan to support his first studio album.
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Seungri was highly involved in the production of the album, co-composing and writing for all tracks.
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Meanwhile, Seungri was featured on the single "Combo" by TPA, with Al Rocco and Ivy.
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Seungri was featured on the single "Ignite" by K-391, he was featured along with Alan Walker and Julie Bergan.
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Seungri starred in YG and Netflix's sitcom-variety show, YG Future Strategy Office, playing a fictionalised version of himself appointed as senior adviser to the fictional division of YG Entertainment.
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However, Seungri denied the allegations and journalists later admitted that they manipulated some of the chats, presenting some private conversations as part of group chats.
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On March 11,2019, Seungri announced on his Instagram account his retirement from the entertainment industry, stating that the criticism and hate he received in the past month had driven him to this move in order to protect BigBang and YG Entertainment.
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Seungri stated that he would fully cooperate with the investigation.
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The hotel bill was reportedly paid using a YG Entertainment corporate card, however Seungri denied knowing about the occurrence of prostitution.
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Seungri enlisted in the military on March 9,2020, and his case was transferred to the military court.
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Seungri denied all charges except one, violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, for which he stated he was deeply reflecting on his mistake.
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The charge of embezzlement is divided in two different charges, for which Seungri's side declared that Seungri had no motive or intent to commit embezzlement.
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Seungri's charges include Violation of Food Sanitation Act.
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The prosecution claimed Seungri conspired with Yoo thus charging him as instigating co-conspirator.
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However, Seungri claimed that he didn't have anything to do with the gangsters, and during the 15th hearing one of the alleged victims said that he didn't feel threatened at the time, while the other one stated that he didn't know at all that Seungri could be related to the incident.
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Seungri's sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court of Korea on May 26,2022, whereupon Seungri was discharged from the military and transferred to a civilian prison to serve the remainder of his term.
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On February 6,2023, it was reported that Seungri would be released from prison on February 11.
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Seungri has helped establish two branches of a music and dance academy called "Plug In Music Academy," known as "Seungri Academy".
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Seungri opened his private bar called Monkey Museum night club in Changsha, Hunan, China in partnership with Luk Hing Entertainment.
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Seungri founded a record label Natural High Record alongside other DJs.
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Seungri now has a company name for all his investments under YURI HOLDINGS.
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In 2018, Seungri was revealed to be collaborating with Liquid State, an electronic dance music label newly launched by Sony Music Entertainment and Tencent Music Entertainment.
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Seungri would serve as the label's ambassador and be involved in music collaborations.
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In May 2015, FC MEN announced through their Instagram that Seungri would be joining their celebrity soccer club.
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Seungri was given the forward position and the number 11.
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Seungri won two medals, silver medal in adult white open-weight class and bronze medal for adult white featherweight class.
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In 2015, Seungri joined label-mate Sean for a briquette charity.
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Seungri had previously promised fans to deliver and donate 30,000 briquettes but donated a total of 130,000.
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Seungri donated 100 million won to global children welfare agency ChildFund Korea.
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Seungri was set to enlist in Nonsan Army Training Center on March 25,2019, despite ongoing controversies regarding the Burning Sun scandal.
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On March 9,2020, Seungri enlisted in the military at the 6th Infantry Recruit Training Center in Cheorwon County, Gangwon Province.
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Seungri did not answer any of the press' questions on his way to the training center.
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On June 8,2022, the Army Headquarters' Human Resources Division fired Seungri, who was sentenced to one year and six months in prison based on the Supreme Court verdict.
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Seungri was transferred from the Military Prison in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do to the nearest civilian prison, Yeoju Prison.