Fan threw snacks at T.O.P?

Seoul, Korea – Big Bang’s Seungri talked about a startling occasion of one fan who threw snacks at T.O.P.’s face.

On February 28, on SBS’s broadcast of Night After Night (starring Tak Jehoon, Park Myungsoo, Kim Jaedong, After School’s Uee, CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa, and Big Bang’s Daesung) featured guests from the likes of 90s teen star H.O.T.’s Moon Hee Jun, Sechs Kies' Eun Jiwon, G.O.D’s Kim Tae Woo, and current idol, Big Bang’s Seungri.

Big Bang will hit 100,000 mark in sales?

In retrospect, it was probably a smart move for artists to reshuffle their comeback schedules, as Big Bang dominated the Korean music market in both online and offline sales.

On February 28th, Hanteo reported that Big Bang has sold a record-breaking 100,000 units of their latest mini-album. On February 28th alone, they sold 58,000 copies. This is an enormous achievement, as it normally takes top groups a full year to sell 100,000 units.

Big sales numbers in Korea are generally lower than that of other countries thanks to the prevalence and ease of illegal downloading. Last year, B2ST gained attention for being the only rookie group to have sold over 100k units, but that was with the release of four mini-albums and a grueling promotion cycle. According to Hanteo, the top seller in 2010 was Super Junior’s “BONAMONA“, which sold 129,000 units.

Big Bang also accrued another achievement, as they entered the ‘U.S. Top 10 iTunes album charts’ for the very first time, peaking at #6.

Source: OSEN via Daum
translation: AKP

EDIT: The article's title [Big Bang hits 100,000 mark in sales] is just misleading. The reporter is just predicting that it will pass 100k today judging by the sales trend, but it's a national holiday in Korea so that's not happening. (flibbertigibbet @ 6theory)

Big Bang 4th Mini Album Hanteo Sales + K-Chart Prediction

Total sales of Big Bang's 4th mini-album on Hanteo (based only on the stores/sellers registered in their database) as of end of February 28 is 88,011:

+) Prediction for this week's K-Chart on Music Bank by user Shn0718 at Hanteo, who is usually pretty accurate:

Digital Sales Chart (Digital Chart + Mobile Chart)
1. Best In My Life (Lee Hyun) (3420 + 4490) = (Approx 7910 Points)
2. The Story Only I Didn't Know (IU) (4027 + 2398) = (Approx 6425 Points)
3. Tonight (Big Bang) (3077 + 2540) = (Approx 5617 Points)
4. Black and White (G.na) (2699 + 1843) = (Approx 4542 Points)
5. Tok Tok (Mighty Mouth) (2637 + 1615) = (Approx 4252 Points)
6. Good Day (IU) (1495 + 1599) = (Approx 3094 Points)
7. Shy Boy (Secret) (1845 + 1116) = (Approx 2961 Points)

Viewer Preference Chart (Referenced past scores)
1. The Story Only I Didn't Know (IU) (1200 Points)
2. Good Day (IU) (700 Points)
3. Shy Boy (Secret) (600 Points)
4. Black and White (G.na) (500 Points)
5. Best In My Life (Lee Hyun) (250 Points)
6. Tok Tok (Mighty Mouth) (250 Points)
7. Tonight (Big Bang) (0 Points)

Album Chart (Based on: Hanteo, Referenced: Hot Tracks/Shinnara)
1. Tonight (Big Bang) (10000 Points)
2. The Story Only I Didn't Know (IU) (865 Points)
3. Good Day (IU) (411 Points)
4. Black and White (G.na) (106 Points)
5. Best In My Life (Lee Hyun) (39 Points)
6. Shy Boy (Secret) (0 Points)
7. Tok Tok (Mighty Mouth) (0 Points)

Broadcast Chart (Referenced: Chart Korea/Air Monitor)
*Large margin of error
1. The Story Only I Didn't Know (IU) (2815 Points)
2. Shy Boy (Secret) (2635 Points)
3. Black and White (G.na) (2110 Points)
4. Good Day (IU) (2060 Points)
5. Best In My Life (Lee Hyun) (1975 Points)
6. Tok Tok (Mighty Mouth) (1665 Points)
7. Tonight (Big Bang) (645 Points)

Total Predicted Chart (Digital Chart + Preference Chart + Album Chart + Broadcast Chart)
1. Tonight (Big Bang) (5617 + 0 + 10000 + 645) = (Total 16262 Points)
2. The Story Only I Didn't Know (IU) (6425 + 1200 + 865 + 2815) = (Total 11305 Points)
3. Best In My Life (Lee Hyun) (7910 + 250 + 39 + 1975) = (Total 10174 Points)
4. Black and White (G.na) (4542 + 500 + 106 + 2110) = (Total 7258 Points)
5. Good Day (IU) (3094 + 700 + 411 + 2060) = (Total 6265 Points)
6. Shy Boy (Secret) (2961 + 600 + 0 + 2635) = (Total 6196 Points)
7. Tok Tok (Mighty Mouth) (4252 + 250 + 0 + 1665) = (Total 6167 Points)

Note: Because Big Bang released their album on Thursday, and the week starts on Monday for Music Bank, so Big Bang only gets half of the week counted, while everyone else had a whole week of sales. YG always releases their albums on a Thursday because they know they can win with only half a week of sales, saving more sales for the following week.

Big Bang might get over 25k points in total with digital + album scores alone the following week when they get a whole week's worth of sales recorded.

Sources: Shn0718 @ Hanteo via DCBB + Hanteo Sales via DCGD
Translation from flibbertigibbet @ 6theory
(via bigbangupdates)

Swings to remake "By Instinct" featuring Taeyang

Digital Single out on March 9. Swings originally sang this with Yoon Jong Shin:

Credits: Bestiz via bbvipz / ybmania.com

G-Dragon talks about his "Cafe" experience

 Seoul, Korea — Group Big Bang’s G-Dragon (Kwon Ji Yong, age 23) revealed that he composed a song about his experience of separation.

G-Dragon, making a comeback in two years and three months, revealed on SBS’s special edition The Big Bang Show, airing on the 27th, that “Café,” composed and written by himself, is about his experience of separation.

G-Dragon said, “I have received news of separation at a café. I wrote ‘Café’ with that experience in mind.”

Meanwhile, Big Bang made a spectacular comeback through this program with “Tonight,” the title song of the mini album, stages of their hit songs such as “Lies,” talks, and parodies.

Source: JTN
Translated by Sung Kyu Chang / Korea.com
(via bigbangupdates)