David Choi discography
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| David Choi discography | |
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 David Choi at the Esplanade Recital Studio introducing his new song "This And That". | |
| Studio albums | 3 |
| Tribute albums | 2 |
| Singles | 6 |
| Music videos | 9 |
| Special editions | 2 |
| Featured singles | 4 |
| Soundtrack appearances | 2 |
| Originals (albumless) | 15 |
| Promotional songs | 1 |
The discography of independent Korean-American (US-born Asian) artist David Choi includes a total of 55 songs (as of June 2011), self-written and collaborated, 3 studio albums, with 1 coming October 2011, 5 singles, 9 music videos, 2 cover albums, 2 special editions, 4 collaborations, 3 songs for two soundtracks, 15 albumless originals and 1 promotional song over a span of 11 years (2000–2011). David Choi has released few songs for sale on iTunes and has distributed his 2 studio albums, titled Only You and By My Side, physically.
All releases were and are released independently, without help of any record label. Choi owns all rights to them and the master recordings. He is also the sole songwriter of all 55 songs, also the sole composer and performer, except for some collaborations.
David released his first studio album, Only You, in August 2008[1] on iTunes and in October 2008,[2] physically. It was accompanied with his first single Won't Even Start. He released his second album in May 2010,[3] and his third single That Girl, which was written in 2003.[4] He has announced in gigs that he will be unveiling "Forever and Ever" with new songs in the month of October 2011.
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Singles
Over 11 years, David has released only 6 official singles, many of which have been written earlier than 2008, though many originals are released the way singles are themselves, but free.[5] He has 3 independent singles (singles which were originally accompanied no albums at time of release)[6][7] and 3 singles released accompanying an album.[8] David has also hinted the release of another song, This And That, in his upcoming third album, as a single, though it might not end up as one.
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By My Side
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Only You
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Other singles
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Music videos
In 2008, David released his first music video, in collaboration with artist Kina Grannis, for their song, My Time With You, and it has since fetched 1.29 million over views.[9][10] Since that year, David Choi has released 8 music videos, 7 for singles and 1 for a song. All have fetch a million over views on video-sharing website YouTube. He collaborates with production company Wong Fu Productions most of the time and has produced four music videos with them.[11] He also made a video for a song called "I Choose Happiness" which the instrumental version is what KevJumba and Wong Fu Productions always use in their videos. It will appear in the new 2011 movie "Lucky".[12]
| Song | Single? | Date of release | Special cameo | Producers |
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| My Time With You[13] | Yes (featured) | Aug 12, 2008 | - | David Choi and Kina Grannis |
| Won't Even Start[14] | Yes | May 5, 2009 | Lana McKissack | Wong Fu Productions |
| I Can Get Used To This[15] | No | Aug 31, 2009 | - | David Choi and Jude Weng |
| That Girl[16] | Yes | May 18, 2010 | Julia Chang | Wong Fu Productions |
| Dance To This Song[17] | Yes (featured) | Aug 3, 2010 | Kina Grannis, Jeri Lee and Far East Movement | Wong Fu Productions and KevJumba |
| I'm Hardcore[18] | Yes (featured) | Jan 25, 2011 | Chester See | David Choi, Ryan Higa and JR Aquino |
| The Way You Are[19] | Yes (featured) | Feb 16, 2011 | - | David Choi and Kina Grannis |
| I Choose Happiness[12] | Yes | June 28, 2011 | "Lucky" snippet | David Choi |
| By My Side[20] | Yes | July 7, 2011 | Jenny Ong | Wong Fu Productions |
Cover albums
David has produced and released a two-part cover album, separated into two albums, titled "YouTube Covers". Altogether, it contains 26 famous tracks covered by him and uploaded on video-sharing website YouTube. It was released in July 2010,[21] after his album by My Side.
Special editions
David has released 2 special editions of his 2 studio albums, By My Side and Only You, in Korea. They include nothing more than a different cover, 3 bonus tracks (Only You) and 2 bonus tracks (By My Side). They are only available in Korea.
Collaborations
David has collaborated with semi-notable figures such as Kina Grannis,[13][14] Ryan Higa, Kevin Wu, Philip Wang and even Far East Movement[23] (though not actually doing a song). He has produced 4 singles out of these collaborations, 2 were released on iTunes, 1 taken down from iTunes and another released free. All four singles are accompanied with a music video.
Soundtrack appearances
He has appeared on 1 soundtrack, for Korean Drama All My Love. The original soundtrack contained two of his albumless songs, Happily Ever After and its Korean counterpart. Also, in 2011, he might appear on a soundtrack for movie Lucky for his song I Choose Happiness.