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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
GD&TOP’s album receives 200,000 pre-orders
They revealed to Money Today Star News, “The duo’s first album will be released offline on the 24th. As of today, the 22nd, we are surprised to have already received 200,000 pre-orders. This is more than the pre-orders of any past Big Bang album. The window for pre-orders is open until the 23rd, and we expect the sales figure to increase.”
The incredible response to GD&TOP’s unit album is credited to the pre-release of the singles “High High” and “Oh Yeah”, in addition to their SBS “Inkigayo” performance.
It’s also been a long wait for Big Bang fans, as it’s been quite a while since members of the group collaborated to deliver a non-solo release.
Source + Photo: Star News via Daum
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Producer of ‘KBS Music Festival’ reveals thoughts on YGE’s non-attendance
“We received notice of YG Entertainment’s decision to be absent from our ceremony. Their action is extremely hard for us to understand, as they’ve already attended other music award ceremonies, and even won awards. They also told us that YG and 2NE1’s concept does not fit with our music festival. We honestly have nothing to say if YGE makes a decision like that. We do not want to force pressure on teams that cannot attend, so we will just be going our own reasonable way.”YGE officials previously brought up concerns over 2NE1 being the only YGE artist listed on the ‘top 20 nominees’ for the festival. This is because their labelmates,Se7en and Taeyang , had also promoted in the same year as the girl group, but had failed somehow to place on the list. As a result, furious questions abounded over KBS’s standards for the nominations.
Regarding this, the producer went on to state, “YG Entertainment refused to attend even when they didn’t know 2NE1 was the only group of theirs invited as nominees. We don’t believe that they truly have a problem with Se7en and Taeyang not being included in the nominees. There’s honestly no reason for them to be acting like this.”
“We are making our own effort to make the fairest judgment possible. SM Entertainment’s BoA was not included in the rankings, and they have not expressed a problem with that. It’s pressuring to know that the public is viewing this as a problem between KBS and YG Entertainment; we just hope that it’s an enjoyable festival for all,” the producer concluded.
Nominees are decided by “Music Bank’s K-Chart” and feature winners according to album and digital music sales, along with viewer preference votes.
Source: TV Daily via Nate
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Big Bang to attend 52nd Japan Record Awards
As previously mentioned, popular idol group Big Bang will be attending the ‘52nd Japan Record Awards‘ show in Tokyo on December 30th.
Big Bang has been nominated for the highest award of the night, the “Japan Record Awards“. Regarding this, on December 21st, Big Bang’s entertainment company revealed, “Big Bang will be going for the ‘Japan Record Awards’ for the second year in a row,” to Money Today Star News.
Big Bang’s G-Dragon and TOP, are currently busy promoting their first duet album, but the duo will be even more busy towards the end of the year as they are scheduled to appear for ‘SBS Gayo Daejun‘ on the 29th, ‘Japan Record Awards’ on the 30th, and ‘MBC’s Music Festival‘ on the 31st.
On another note, the ‘Japan Record Awards’ is one of the the biggest end of the year music awards show in Japan, and the awards ceremony will be shown live through TBS.
Source: Star News via Nate
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GD&TOP on the set of their next music video
GD&TOP completed a successful debut performance of “High High“ on SBS’s “Inkigayo” this past weekend. But they’re literally rolling with their hot success by working on their next music video.
Earlier today, G-Dragon updated his me2day with a photo of himself and T.O.P on the set of their next music video. He posted, ”Today’s music video filming done!!”
Fans flooded the comments section with, “I’m excited to see how it will turn out!!“, “Wa~! I must see it!!“, and “So cool~ I wish I could see this soon!”
Source: G-Dragon’s me2day
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GD&TOP’s ‘M Countdown’ comeback is the most expensive in Mnet’s history
On December 21st, a representative of Mnet spoke with OSEN and revealed, “G-Dragon and T.O.P will be making their comeback on the December 23rd episode of Mnet’s ‘M Countdown.’ As they are Korea’s best singers and performers, we will be giving them proper treatment. They will be performing ‘High High,’ ‘Oh Yeah,’ and ‘Bbeokigayo‘ at the pre-recording on the 22nd.”
The representative continued, “We had a meeting with the two last week in order to discuss the concepts for the three title songs. We’ve worked hard to make sure that the stage is like a segment of a night club, so that they can enjoy the experience with their fans.”
The three stages have accrued the most expenses in their production.
Source + Photos: OSEN via Nate
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