Group Big Bang won the category for best fan of the 2012 MTV TRL Awards, making them the first Asian artists to do so. On the 5th in Florence, Italy, Big Bang won for the best fan category at the 2012 MTV TRL Awards, beating world stars Avril Lavigne and One Direction. The MTV TRL Awards started in 2006 in Italy and is for artists … Continue reading Big Bang wins Italy MTV TRL ‘Best Fan’ category (120506)[NEWS]
(Part 1 Here) Starting from “love at first sight” then becoming lovers… Q: The album includes songs in various types/genres. Please describe them. V.I: FANTASTIC BABY is the most energetic song in the album. You won’t only see it in our outfits. We filmed the music video with a fantastic feeling too. T.O.P: For this song’s PV (MV), we held a few meetings to come … Continue reading Big Bang’s Interview with Oricon Style Japan (Part 2) [NEWS]
Big Bang has taken over the Taiwan music chart as well. Big Bang has topped Taiwan’s G-Music and Five Music weekly chart with fifth mini album ‘Alive.’ G-Music includes Korea and Japan music chart but also topped the chart with albums released in Taiwan as well. The share is almost 22.28%. The group topped the charts stepping over Taiwan’s popular singer Huang Xiaohu with an … Continue reading Big Bang tops Taiwanese charts, “Overwhelming Popularity” [NEWS]
BIGBANG 『Pressured!? Opening up about their mindset and thoughts on their new album!』 A turning point album for BIGBANG Q: Before this interview, you were on the Telephone Shocking corner of ‘Waratte Iitomo’ (Fuji TV). Weren’t you nervous? V.I: We’ve been on the show ‘Waratte Iitomo!’ before, so we were not that nervous. Q: Unfortunately, you guys didn’t get the phone strap. V.I: Yeah. Since … Continue reading Big Bang’s Interview with Oricon Style Japan (Part 1) [NEWS]
March was the month of Big Bang. Looking at the music charts for March that Melon posted on the 1st, Big Bang’s mini album “ALIVE” was by far the most popular. The mini album was released on February 29th. “BLUE” took 1st place, with “FANTASTIC BABY” at 4th, “BAD BOY” at 5th, and “LOVE DUST” at 8th. Four songs from their album were in the … Continue reading March was Big Bang’s Month (120401) [NEWS]
YG Entertainment‘s Big Bang and 2NE1 have both topped the iTunes charts in Japan. On March 29th, Big Bang and 2NE1 respectively ranked 1st and 2nd on the Japan iTunes Album chart, additionally KARA placed 4th with ‘Speed Up / Girls Power‘. Ahead of this achievement, Big Bang secured the #2 and 2NE1 the #4 position on the Oricon Daily Album chart for March 28th. … Continue reading Big Bang’s ALIVE #1 on iTunes Japan (120329) [NEWS]
Family groups Big Bang and 2NE1 have ranked high in Oricon for their newly-released Japanese albums. BIGBANG’s Alive took the 2nd place on the Oricon chart, while 2NE1’s Collection was at number 4. When the two albums were released on the same day, they captured the top spots of Oricon which proves their popularity in Japan. Big Bang’s Japanese new album was released today while … Continue reading New albums of Big Bang and 2NE1 rank high on Oricon’s Daily Chart [NEWS]
Popular idols Big Bang and 2NE1 are said to take over Japan at the same time. Both groups will start promotions with new Japanese albums on the 28th. Big Bang with “Alive” and 2NE1 with their first full album, “Collection.” Big Bang’s “Alive” will have two new songs “Ego,” and “Feeling,” along with the songs from the 5th mini album, for a total of 10 … Continue reading Big Bang & 2NE1, Simultaneously targeting Japan with new albums [NEWS]
For the week of March 11th to March 17th: Gaon Chart National Digital Singles Ranking 3. Fantastic Baby 5. Blue 7. Bad Boy 12. Love Dust 21. Ain’t No Fun 30. Wings (Daesung’s Solo) 64. Intro (Alive) Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking 4. Alive Gaon Chart is the national chart of South Korea and is intended to be the equivalent of Oricon in Japan … Continue reading Gaon Chart Rankings (120311-17) [NEWS]
On March 20, The Korea Federation of Copyright Organizations’ Copyright Protection Center revealed Big Bang’s new mini album Alive was illegally circulated on 44 websites. Among these sites, a total of 5,008 songs were found to have been illegally circulated in 659 cases. According to the Copyright Protection Center, it worked with YG Entertainment to work together in preventing illegal distributions of Alive on the … Continue reading Crackdown on illegal distribution of Big Bang′s Alive nets 44 websites [NEWS]
