[NEWS] BIGBANG NOMINATED FOR THE 21ST HIGH1 SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS

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.

The Bonsang is the main award for outstanding achievement in music that year. Not to be confused with Daesang, which is the Grand Award for achievement in music that year. Big Bang won the Daesang in 2008. There are 10 Bonsang winners and the Daesang winner is chosen from them. Big Bang won the Bonsang in 2008 and 2009.

To vote, you can either download the iphone/itouch application, or call in, though only those in Korea can vote for these awards.

Source: seoulmusicawards.com
Article Written by: Kimmi (VIP4Daesung) (via bigbangupdates)

[NEWS] BIGBANG TO RELEASE THE NEW ALBUM IN MARCH 2012

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.”

Big Bang will also be performing at the YG Family concerts next month in Osaka and Saitama.

According to representatives, G-Dragon is currently concentrating on the production of the songs for the new album. Without rest, he is at the company recording studio every day to ensure it’s prompt release.

Source: Donga via Naver (via allkpop)

[VOTE] MTV K Top 10 Countdown: Who Are Your Favorite Idols Gone Solo?

G-Dragon of Big Bang
Big Bang’s resident “Gossip Man” had been making news even before his debut Heartbreaker album was released. Despite pointed fingers following recent controversies, you can’t deny G-Dragon’s seemingly-endless arsenal of talents and skills — always full of surprises and never failing to live up to his name.

Taeyang of Big Bang
Taeyang tops off this week’s Top 10 Countdown for his multiple solo endeavors. Beginning with the “Only Look At Me,” which revealed to the public a bolder side of Big Bang’s shy main vocalist, Taeyang has developed into a seasoned solo artist, from charting on iTunes internationally to holding his own headlining concert.

Poll closes Sunday, December 18 at 11:59PM EST.

VOTE FOR G-DRAGON & TAEYANG

Source: mtvk.com