# Pdogg

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. He has produced and composed for artists such as 8Eight, Baek Ji-young, BTS, Jo Kwon, and Lim Jeong-hee, among others.

## 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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.

## Discography
### Collaborations
#### As featured artist

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

## Production discography

All music credits are adapted from the KOMCA database.
| Year | Artist | Album | Notes |
| 2007 | 8Eight | The First | with composer Bang Si-hyuk |
| 2007 | Lim Jeong-hee | Before I Go J-Lim | with composer Bang Si-hyuk |
| 2011 | Lee Hyun | You Are the Best of My Life | |
| 2011 | Teen Top | Roman | |
| 2013 | BTS | 2 Cool 4 Skool | with composer Bang Si-hyuk |
| 2013 | BTS | O!RUL8,2? | with composer Bang Si-hyuk |
| 2014 | BTS | Skool Luv Affair | |
| 2014 | BTS | Skool Luv Affair Special Addition | |
| 2014 | BTS | Dark & Wild | |
| 2014 | BTS | Wake Up | |
| 2015 | BTS | The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1 | |
| 2015 | BTS | The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 | |
| 2016 | BTS | The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever | |
| 2016 | BTS | Youth | |
| 2016 | BTS | Wings | |
| 2017 | BTS | You Never Walk Alone | |
| 2017 | BTS | Love Yourself 承 Her | |
| 2018 | BTS | Face Yourself | |
| 2018 | BTS | Love Yourself 轉 Tear | |
| 2018 | BTS | Love Yourself 結 Answer | |
| 2019 | BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | |
| 2019 | TXT | The Dream Chapter: Star | |
| 2019 | TXT | The Dream Chapter: Magic | |
| 2020 | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | |
| 2020 | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~ | |
| 2020 | TXT | Minisode1: Blue Hour | |
| 2020 | BTS | Be | |
| 2021 | TXT | Still Dreaming | |
| 2022 | BTS | Proof | |
| 2023 | Jimin | Face | |
| 2023 | Enhypen | Orange Blood | |
| 2024 | Nayeon | Na | |

## 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 |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2018 | Best Producer Award | Himself | Won |
| Gaon Chart Music Awards | 2017 | Composer of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Grammy Awards | 2023 | Album of the Year | Music of the Spheres (as producer) | Nominated |
| Korea Music Copyright Awards | 2019 | Grand Prize | Himself | Won |
| Korea Music Copyright Awards | 2020 | Grand Prize | Himself | Won |
| Korea Music Copyright Awards | 2021 | Grand Prize | Himself | Won |
| Korea Music Copyright Awards | 2022 | Grand Prize | Himself | Won |
| Korea Music Copyright Awards | 2023 | Grand Prize | Himself | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2017 | Best Producer of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2018 | Best Producer of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2019 | Best Producer of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2020 | Best Producer of the Year | Himself | Won |