Big Bang's second Japanese album has ranked among the top selling Japanese albums of 2011. Oricon charts released it's ranking of the 100 top CD albums for 2011, and Big Bang's "BIGBANG2" was ranked in 63rd place. The rankings only count the physical sale of album, not the internet/online purchasing of MP3s. Still, Big bang managed to sell a amazing 98,854 units!
Big Bang has announced that they’ll be releasing a new album in March! On December 16th, representatives of YG Entertainment confirmed, “Big Bang has decided to hold their ‘Big Show‘ concert in March of 2012. Ahead of the concert, they’ll be releasing a new album. They had halted their activities this year because of unpredicted accidents, but they’ll be returning to their official activities for the first time in nearly a year through their ‘Big Show’ next year.”
At this year's 21st Annual Seoul Music awards, Big Bang is nominated in 2 categories, "Popularity" and "Bonsang". There are other categories in the ceremony, though out of the main 3, those are the 2 Big Bang is nominated for. For the Bonsang award, winners are chosen based on album and digital sales, online voting popularity and a final judging from the award ceremony judges.
Arirang TV, an English-language Korean television network, is asking its foreign viewers to vote for their favorite musicians, actors, and songs in such categories as best rookie, best couple from a drama, and the artist they most want to visit their country. Fans can easily sign up for the website and vote, as Arirang is available in both English and Korean. The voting period lasts until December 31st, and it appears Arirang will select winners from the voting pool, who will then receive prizes. Check the categories below to see if your favorite group or actor is nominated:
From the "Guardian" article "Bored by Cowell pop? Try K-pop"
The biggest surprise at last month's MTV European Music awards didn't come from the outfits chosen Lady Gaga, or that weird naked man roaming around the stage. In fact, the most unexpected moment arrived towards the end of the ceremony, when the winner of best worldwide act award was announced. The winners of the fan-driven award were Korean group Bigbang, who won 58m votes to beat Britney Spears. This was the one act that night most viewers wouldn't have known.
Big Bang sub-unit, GD&TOP, are preparing for their new promotions in Japan. The duo recently released their official trailer for the Japanese “OH YEAH“ MV via their official Youtube & Facebook pages, which featured some footage of the MV in the making. The original version of “Oh Yeah” from GD&TOP’s first album was released last December, and a Japanese version of the song was recorded as the boys began preparing for their debut in Japan. The trailer also features writing that reads, ‘YG Family Concert Celebrating Single Release’.
Boy groups Big Bang and Super Junior garnered a lot of international interest in 2011, having beat out international pop icon Britney Spears to achieve their titles as world stars.
First, Big Bang attended the 2011 MTV EMA‘s which were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland back in November.
The boys were nominated under the “World Wide Act Asia Pacific Nominees” category for the EMAs and won, advancing to the “Worldwide Act Nominees” category alongside famous international artists such as Abdelfattah Grini(Africa/India/Middle East), Lena (Europe), Restart (Latin America), and Britney Spears (North America).
With 2011 counting down to a close, the industry is slowing down to look back at its achievements over the past year. Following a list of the most successful producers, Star News has followed up with a ranking of the most popular digital tracks over the past months. The list was compiled by Olleh Music and ranks the top 50 songs this year which performed the best in the digital form. The number was determined by combining the number of downloads + the number of streams the song received on its website. (Parts ommited)
