Topp Dogg
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First Showcase 2015 Live in U.S., Houston
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| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Website | www |
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ToppDogg (Korean: 탑독) is a nine-member hip-hop boy group from South Korea formed by Cho PD formerly under Stardom Entertainment in 2013, and is now under HUNUS Entertainment. ToppDogg have released 1 full album, 4 mini-albums and 3 repackage albums.
Mixtapes were released in March and April 2012 to promote the group before debut. The members were officially introduced in October 2013 and the group held a debut showcase on October 22, 2013.
On October 22, 2013, they released their debut music video for lead single "Follow Me (말로해)", and a day later released their debut mini-album, Dogg's Out. ToppDogg released a repackaged version of Dogg's Out on December 12, which included title track "Cigarette" and a Chinese version of "Say It".
On January 13, 2014, Stardom Entertainment released a teaser for ToppDogg's second mini-album. On January 15, ToppDogg made their comeback with the release of the music video to title track "Open the Door" and released Arario, their second mini-album, the next day. They released the music video to "Arario" on February 12, serving as the title track of their second mini-album repackage—the repackage was released on February 24.
On June 9, it was revealed that ToppDogg would be releasing their third mini-album, AmadeuS, with the title track "TOPDOG". However, a few days before the official release, the entire album was leaked on the internet. The label attempted to remove the songs as fast as possible, and later took legal action against the culprit.
On August 25, ToppDogg released a repackage of AmadeuS with 3 new tracks and a short film showing fans the behind the scenes footage of the AmadeuS photoshoot.
On September 25, member Kidoh released his first solo mini-album with a music video for title track "Taxi on the Phone" being released on the same day.
For their first anniversary ToppDogg released a new "old school" song, "Annie" (short for "Anniversary"), on October 16.
After months of Seogoong seemingly being on hiatus, he released a message on Twitter and on ToppDogg's official fancafe revealing that he would be moving from ToppDogg to its sub-unit "Under Dogg" so that he could "cover a broader musical spectrum". He began working under the sub-unit on January 16.
Concerts for their American tour were held in Houston, Texas; Miami Beach, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia during February 2015. In July 2015, Stardom signed with Hunus Entertainment.
On July 28, 2015, former Under Dogg Member Leon (Cavan Chen) posted on his Instagram account regarding his departure from the group. He cited racism, physical and verbal abuse from a certain ToppDogg - G member and management as his reason for leaving the group.
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