Lee Tae-il | |
Native Name: | 이태일 |
Birth Name: | Lee Tae-il |
Birth Date: | 24 September 1990 |
Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
Module: |
Korean name | |
Hangul: | 이태일 |
Rr: | I Tae-il |
Mr: | I Taeil |
Lee Tae-il (Hangul: 이태일, born September 24, 1990),[1] better known by the mononym Taeil (Hangul: 태일), is a South Korean singer, signed under Seven Seasons. He is the main vocalist of Block B and is part of the T2u sub-unit with U-Kwon.
Lee Tae-il was born in Seoul, South Korea, where he lived with his parents, elder sister and younger brother.[1] He graduated from Global Cyber University and previously attended Kim Myung-ki's Vocal Academy.[2] Prior to joining Block B, he was a contestant on MBC's Star Audition 1.[3]
In addition to his work with Block B, Taeil performed two solo concerts in Tokyo, Japan, on January 13, 2017.[4] He also did a seven-show, six-city tour of Japan from August 26 to September 7, 2017, along with fellow Block B member U-Kwon as the special unit T2u.[5]
In March 2018, Taeil was named as a judge for the Blind Musician singing competition, which is sponsored by the Korea Music Copyright Association, the Federation of Korean Music Performers, and the Korean Entertainment Producers' Association.[6]
Taeil's first solo concert in Korea was announced November 2018 and scheduled to take place on December 22 and 23 in Seoul's Olympic Park K-Art Hall. All tickets sold out almost immediately after going on sale November 28.[7] [8]
In April 2019, it was announced that Taeil and Park Kyung would hold two concerts in Seoul together on May 25 and 26.[9] [10]
On June 10, Taeil announced that he would be entering into South Korea's compulsory military duty immediately.[11] After fulfilling his term of service, Taeil returned home on leave December 4, 2020, with his discharge becoming official the following month.[12]
See also: Block B discography.
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
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KOR [13] | ||||
"Inspiring" (흔들린다) | 2015 | 59 |
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"It Was Love" (사랑이었다) | 2016 | 17 |
| Blooming Period |
"A Doll's Dream" (인형의 꿈) | — |
| Woman with a Suitcase OST | |
"Come to Me" (내게 와요) | 2017 | — | Radiant Office OST | |
"Easiest Thing To Do" (가장 쉬운 일) | — | Man Who Dies to Live OST | ||
"Fluttering" (설렘각) | 2018 | — | Let's Eat 3 OST | |
"Love Is Magic" (사랑은 마술) | — | Magical OST | ||
"Later" (잘 있어요) | — | rowspan="2" | ||
"Remaining Star" (머무는 별) | 2019 | — | ||
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
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KOR | |||||
"I Like You, I Don't" (좋아한다 안 한다) | 2017 | 8 |
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"Falling You" | — | Meloholic OST | |||
"Monologue" | 2018 | — | The Call Project, No. 1 | ||
"rainy day" | — | The Call Project, No. 2 | |||
"Duty Free" | — | The Call FINAL Project | |||
"As I Told You" | 2022 | — | Watcha Original | ||
"8282" | — | Watcha Original | |||
"Saturday Night" | — | Watcha Original | |||
"Greetings" | — | Watcha Original | |||
"Me Gustas Tu" | — | Watcha Original | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. **Gaon stopped releasing download sales numbers in January 2018. |
Year | Title | Network | Notes |
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2015 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | Contestant |
2018 | The Call | Mnet | Soloist |
2021 | King of Mask Singer | MBC | Contestant |
Hidden: The Performance | KakaoTV | Muse (with Hanhae) | |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2017 | Melon Music Awards | |||
2022 | Blue Dragon Series Award | |||