David Choi discography
 David Choi at the Esplanade Recital Studio introducing his new song "This And That". | ||
| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 3 | |
| ↙Singles | 6 | |
| ↙Music videos | 9 | |
| ↙Tribute and cover albums | 2 | |
| ↙Special editions | 2 | |
| ↙Featured singles | 4 | |
| ↙Soundtrack appearances | 2 | |
| ↙Originals (albumless) | 15 | |
| ↙Promotional songs | 1 | |
| ↙Total no. of songs (June 2011) | 55 | |
The discography of independent Korean-American (USA-born Asian) artiste 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, entitled 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.
Studio albums
David released his first studio album, Only You, in August 2008 on iTunes and in October 2008, physically. It was accompanied with his first single Won't Even Start. He released his second album in May 2010, and his third single That Girl, which was written in 2003. He has announced in gigs that he will be unveiling a new album with new songs in the month of October 2011.
2008 | 2010 | 2011 |
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. He has 3 independent singles (singles which were originally accompanied no albums at time of release) and 3 singles released accompanying an album. 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.
By My Side
| Only You
| Other singles |
Music videos
In 2008, David released his first music video, in collaboration with artiste Kina Grannis, for their song, My Time With You, and it has since fetched 1.29 million over views. 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. 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".
Cover albums
David has produced and released a two-part cover album, separated into two albums, entitled YouTube Covers. Altogether, it contains 26 famous tracks covered by him and uploaded on video-sharing website YouTube. It was released in July 2010, 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, Ryan Higa, Kevin Wu, Phillip Wang and even Far East Movement (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.
Originals
David has a few original songs, all of which are albumless. They are released free on his official website David Choi Music, but as they go accompanying the album through the years, they are taken down, like his humorous love song, My Company. Originals also include the time when he made songs out of his YouTube fans' love stories, in which he did with Starburst. He has made 4 songs in this side-project.
The list is shown here in two columns:
Originals |
All songs written, composed and performed by David Choi.
Promotional
As a parody of B.o.B. and Bruno Mars' Nothin' on You, David overwrote the lyrics and did a song for his favourite restaurant Chick-fil-A. It was entitled Nothing on a Chick-fil-A.
References
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Choi_discography
