Solar is the first full-length solo album by Korean singer
Taeyang, member of
Big Bang. The album was released in two forms: the "Regular Edition" and the "Deluxe Edition" which is limited to 30,000 copies worldwide. The lead-single was "I Need a Girl" featuring his bandmate
G-Dragon. On July 9, 2010, Taeyang's solo album
Solar hit second place on
iTunes' Top R&B-Soul albums chart in the United States and first place in Canada, the first time for an Asian musician. In
Solar, Taeyang put much effort into enhancing his vocal skills as well as his composing, co-writing as many as four songs ("Solar", "Where U At", "Wedding Dress", and "Take It Slow") and writing lyrics for "Take It Slow".