Pdogg

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Hyo-won (Korean: 강효원; born September 19, 1983), known professionally as Pdogg (Korean: 피독), is a South Korean record producer and songwriter for Big Hit Music.^[1] He has produced and composed for artists such as 8Eight, Baek Ji-young, BTS, Jo Kwon, and Lim Jeong-hee, among others.^[2]

Pdogg 피독
Birth name	Kang Hyo-won
Born	(1983-09-19) September 19, 1983 (age 41) South Korea
Origin	Changwon, South Korea
Occupations	Record producer songwriter
Labels	Big Hit
Korean name
Hangul	강효원
RR	Gang Hyowon
MR	Kang Hyowŏn

Biography and career

In 2007, at age 25, Pdogg established a relationship with Big Hit Entertainment's CEO Bang Si-hyuk—Bang managed an online composing community where Pdogg uploaded some of his own musical compositions.^[3] The music was well received, and Pdogg's tracks "Come Back" and "Love" were included on co-ed group 8Eight's debut studio album, The First, and Lim Jeong-hee's third studio album, Before I Go, J-Lim, respectively—both albums were released that same year.^[3][4] In 2010, with the help of rapper Sleepy, Pdogg discovered a young RM, around whom the formation of boy group BTS later began, and brought him to Big Hit. He eventually became the group's main producer.^[3]

At the Korea Music Copyright Awards held in February 2019, Pdogg was honoured by the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) and awarded the daesang as the highest-earning songwriter and composer of 2018.^[5] He has consecutively won the award every year since then, having earned the most royalties for songwriting and composition out of all Korean composers and lyricists.^[6][7][8] In November 2020, due to his major contribution to BTS' musical career, an episode of Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend was dedicated to his songs.^[9]

Discography

Collaborations

As featured artist

Title	Year	Other artist(s)
"Sai"	2007	8Eight & Ye-eun & Sunye
"Love"		Lim Jeong-hee

Production discography

For other Pdogg works, see Category:Songs written by Pdogg.

All music credits are adapted from the KOMCA database.

Year	Artist	Album	Notes
2007	8Eight	The First	with composer Bang Si-hyuk
	Lim Jeong-hee	Before I Go J-Lim
2011	Lee Hyun	You Are the Best of My Life
	Teen Top	Roman
2013	BTS	2 Cool 4 Skool	with composer Bang Si-hyuk
		O!RUL8,2?
2014		Skool Luv Affair
		Skool Luv Affair Special Addition
		Dark & Wild
		Wake Up
2015		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1
		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2
2016		The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
		Youth
		Wings
2016	Suga	Agust D
2017	BTS	You Never Walk Alone
		Love Yourself 承 Her
2018		Face Yourself
		Love Yourself 轉 Tear
		Love Yourself 結 Answer
2018	J-Hope	Hope World
2019	BTS	Map of the Soul: Persona
	TXT	The Dream Chapter: Star
		The Dream Chapter: Magic
2020	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7
		Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~
	TXT	Minisode1: Blue Hour
	Suga	D-2
	BTS	Be
2021	TXT	Still Dreaming
2022	BTS	Proof
	J-Hope	Jack in the Box
	RM	Indigo
2023	Jimin	Face
	Suga	D-Day
	Enhypen	Orange Blood
2024	Nayeon	Na
	J-Hope	Hope on the Street Vol. 1
	RM	Right Place, Wrong Person
	Jimin	Muse
	Jin	Happy

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee(s)/work(s)	Result	Ref.
Asia Artist Awards	2018	Best Producer Award	Himself	Won	[10]
Gaon Chart Music Awards	2017	Composer of the Year		Won	[11]
Grammy Awards	2023	Album of the Year	Music of the Spheres (as producer)	Nominated	[12]
Korea Music Copyright Awards	2019	Grand Prize	Himself	Won	[6]
	2020			Won
	2021			Won
	2022			Won	[7]
	2023			Won	[8]
Mnet Asian Music Awards	2017	Best Producer of the Year		Won	[13]
	2018			Won	[14]
	2019			Won	[15][16]
	2020			Won	[17]