Thursday, March 8, 2012

[PIC] TAEYANG TWEET ABOUT G-DRAGON'S CAP


Source : @Realtaeyang,@MINAKWON

[PIC] BIGBANG @INKIGAYO RECORDING [120308]


Source : weibo/luxiaofei121,weibo/jenny35,YB-518%@GDjuaing

[NEWS+CLIP] BIGBANG WIN #1 ON MNET M!COUNTDOWN [120308]


Competing for the #1 spot, it was a hot battle between Big Bang, miss A, and John Park, but in the end, it was Big Bang who clinched the win tonight!



Translation:
GD: Hello, I bid you hello after a long time of rest. We are BIG BANG! We are so thankful and we’re working well, since you give us so much love. If you can wait just a bit longer for us, we’ll do a great show on M! Countdown..

TOP: just a few moments!

Note: GD is using more-polite-than-usual forms of words

Source : allkpop,ckim1986,happyrichlifebbxxx
Translation: ygfamilyy@tumblr.com

[PIC] G-DRAGON SCREENCAP FROM FANTASTIC BABY MV


Source : DCGD

[CLIP] BIGBANG - BAD BOY M/V (Japanese Short Ver.)


BIGBANG New Album『ALIVE』
2012.03.28 on sale in Japan

YGEX OFFICIAL SHOP
http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/list1?jsiteid=YGSP&categ_id=6126

★Get More Info at:
☞ BIGBANG Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BIGBANG
☞ YG Family Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ygfamily
☞ YG Family Twitter: http://twitter.com/ygent_official
☞ YG Family Me2day: http://me2day.net/ygonair

Source : BIGBANG's Youtube

[CLIP] BIGBANG - BLUE M/V (Japanese Short Ver.)


BIGBANG New Album『ALIVE』
2012.03.28 on sale in Japan

YGEX OFFICIAL SHOP
http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/list1?jsiteid=YGSP&categ_id=6126

★Get More Info at:
☞ BIGBANG Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BIGBANG
☞ YG Family Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ygfamily
☞ YG Family Twitter: http://twitter.com/ygent_official
☞ YG Family Me2day: http://me2day.net/ygonair

Source : BIGBANG's Youtube

[NEWS] BIGBANG : South Korea’s Greatest Export: How K-Pop’s Rocking the World


The members of K-Pop Fans Kuwait seem a little blue. The angsty poem attached to their tower of fan rice at the kickoff of Big Bang’s world tour in Seoul was a bit of a downer for a pop show. The fan rice paid for by a club in Indonesia, on the other hand, was more in the spirit of things, adorned with a message to the band that could even double as a tourism slogan: “DON’T THINK TOO MUCH. JUST COME TO INDONESIA.”

What’s a fan rice tower? What’s Big Bang? I asked the very same things when I arrived in South Korea last week and attended my first K-pop concert in Seoul’s Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium. Fan rice is pretty much what it sounds like: rice, from fans. As a way to show their devotion, fans of Korean pop music — or K-pop — buy bags of rice and donate it to their favorite bands, who, in turn, donate the rice to a charitable cause.

In a linoleum hallway in the Seoul stadium, stacks of rice bags festooned with ribbons and signs boasting how many kilograms each club purchased (100kg, 500kg, 1000kg) were lined up like shrines to the K-pop gods that were about to go on stage: T.O.P., G-Dragon, etc. Big Bang is one of the biggest acts on the K-pop roster. For their first show in months, 12.7 tons of rice were donated from 50 fan clubs around the world.

How do I know this? Because there are entire businesses dedicated to making sure the rice gets there. Seung-gu Roh, whose staff took two days to build all the rice bag towers on display for the Big Bang show, got into this industry when fans just bought bouquet towers for the bands. (Passé.) Now he was 24 offices around the country helping source and ship rice from South Korean farmers to venues. For the last five years, his sales have grown 100% every year, though he still insists its not a particularly profitable venture. “I’m not making anything off this,” Roh says. “I just do it because it’s a good thing.”

That would certainly make him the exception. In Seoul, everybody seems to be cashing in on the K-pop boom. As the fanbase for the catchy melodies performed by polished dance groups, pop bands, and soloists is growing, the spinoff industry around their pretty ranks is growing even faster. Tours from Japan and China bring busloads of teenagers and middle-aged women to come see K-pop concerts and do some shopping while they’re at it. Fashion houses pump out imitations of designer items that K-pop stars are spotted in. Reality shows looking for the next big talent are popping up on every channel, while dozens of cram schools in Seoul teach students how to prepare for the rigorous auditions held by management companies. Kim Hyung Seok, a celebrated composer and producer who runs a music school where aspiring stars come to train, admits he feels conflicted about taking course fees from students who might not make it in the business. “I ask myself, is this the right thing to do morally?” In the end, he decided, education is not about commercial success. “You can’t stop people from doing what they want to do.”

Even for the companies that manage K-pop royalty, the ancillary businesses bring in more money than the music itself. With a population of only 48 million, South Korea is a relatively limited market, compared to, say, Japan, which accounts for most of K-pop albums’ overseas sales. That’s why a lot of K-pop bands learn and sing in Japanese, among many, many other things. According to CJ&Em, a major media company in Seoul that produces the reality show Superstar K, record sales account for about 40% of the major management companies’ revenue. The other 60% comes from having their stars appear on everything from energy drink labels to soap operas.

The limited revenue stream from record sales is part of the reason that the Seoul’s “Big 3″ management companies — JYP, YG and S.M. — have been making moves to break into Latin America, Europe and North America. If the rice towers at the Big Bang show any indication, they’re on the right track. Fans from over 60 countries donated rice to the show last week. The rise in international donations, says Koh, has been “very dramatic.” The question he cannot answer is what kids in Kuwait love about K-pop. “I don’t know,” he says, laughing. “I was going to ask you the same thing.”


Source : globalspin.blogs.time.com

[INFO] G-DRAGON & TOP WITH PIXIE LOTT - DANCING ON MY OWN


Pixie Lott
Young Foolish Happy (Japanese Edition)
Regular price (tax incl.) : ¥2,200
Release Date : 21 Mar 2012
Genre: Rock & Pop
Catalog Number: UICR1095
Format: CD
Label: Universal
Release Date: 21 Mar 2012
Release Country: Japan
Number of Discs: 1
First Press Limited Novelty: Mobile Phone Cleaner

Songs

Come Get It Now
All About Tonight
What Do You Take Me For? Feat.pusha T
Nobody Does It Better
Kiss The Stars
Stevie On The Radio
Everybody Hurts Sometimes
Dancing On My Own with GD&TOP (from BIGBANG)
Love You To Death
Birthday
Bright Lights (Good Life)
Perfect
You Win
We Just Go On
Till The Sun Comes Out
The Thing I Love
I Throw My Hands Up
Black As Rain
Paper Planes
What Do You Take Me For?
Mama Do (Uh Oh. Uh Oh)
Cry Me Out
Boys And Girls
BIGBANG badass rappers unit,GD&TOP,is back for a collaboration with the British popstar Pixie Lott (21).She was nominated 2012 BRIT Awards for British Single “All About Tonight”.

Source : UNIVERSAL JAPAN (via teambigbang)

[PIC] BIGBANG @2012 BIGSHOW PARTY


Source: BBOYGATE’s cyworld via !YGLzeelisious (via bigbangupdates)

[NEWS] Big Bang did shuffle dance at Incheon International Airport for a CF


The shuffle dance of Big Bang has seized the attention of the public.

Big Bang was chosen as the model of a beverage brand and they have recently shot a TV CF. This commercial will be aired on the coming 10th. Through their shuffle dance, Big Bang will deliver the message of the advertisement which is 'Fresh Switch'.

The filming of their shuffle dance in Incheon International Airport has attracted much attention. After Big Bang had done their shuffle dance, their fans followed them and did the flash mob there.

Despite the fact that they are already very tired because of their comeback promotion activities for their 'Alive' comeback, they still have practiced their choreography smoothly and showed their cheerful side. Moreover, there were many fans whom directly participated in the flash mob, the onlookers praised the group as ' Worldstar Big Bang.'

After filmming the CF , Big Bang said, ' it has been a long time since we received love by being a model of this brand and we are going to carry out some more activities for the brand.'

Source: tvreport
Translated by: Rice @bigbangupdates.com

[NEWS] Big Bang’s 5th mini album ‘ALIVE’ ranks #1 in Taiwan



It has been revealed that Big Bang‘s new album is enjoying explosive popularity in Taiwan and is #1 on Taiwan’s album charts.

According to Taiwan’s online music sales site books.com, Big Bang’s mini album ‘ALIVE‘ is #1 on the Asia album sales chart.

On Taiwan’s online chart rankings, it seems that ‘ALIVE,’ released in 6 different versions, is doing extremely well. The #1 spot is taken by the “Big Bang version,” followed by “T.O.P. version” at #2, “G-Dragon version” and “Seungri version” at #5 and #7, respectively, and “Taeyang version” and “Daesung version” coming in at #11 and #13, respectively. With four versions in the top 10 and all six versions in the top 20, the group’s international popularity is evidenced once again.

Also, G-Dragon’s imported Korean version of the album is ranking at #18, setting a remarkable record as both his Korean and Taiwan versions are ranked within the Top 20.

Big Bang, who has yet to visit or tour Taiwan, caught people’s attention for taking the #1 spot on 13 different charts last year, and they are continuing to prove their immense popularity with this feat.

Big Bang has already overwhelmed the online and offline music charts of South Korea, and even made it to the #7 spot on the U.S. iTunes chart. Additionally, the MV for “Blue” received millions of views in a short period of time, proving Big Bang’s popularity overseas and cementing their status as global K-Pop representatives.

Big Bang completed the first concert of their 16 country-25 city world tour in Seoul last weekend, and plans to promote through various broadcast appearances starting with the ‘Big Bang Comeback Show‘ on March 9th, in addition to shows like ‘Inkigayo‘ and ‘Running Man.’

Source : allkpop

[CHART] BIGBANG'S BLUE RANKS 1st ON MYX PHILIPPINES DAILY TOP 10 CHART



Source : myxph.com

[NEWS] Big Bang’s Music, Album Signal a Big Hit


Big Bang is showing off their great potential as they draw much interest of their domestic and international fans.

With the release of their fifth mini-album ‘Alive’ on February 29, the group has been dominating various music sites, as well as offline charts.

After the news of the release of Big Bang’s new album they have surpassed 250,000 pre-orders followed by additional orders. Especially with the attention of large number of international fans the album has been requested overseas.

YG Entertainment shared, “Big Bang’s fifth mini-album had 250,000 copies pre-ordered out of which 150,000 has been sold out and 100,000 were requested from overseas.”

“We have put in additional orders. This is the result of fan’s eager interest. It’s unique to have all the title tracks to be equally loved and also to have large number of album sales.”

This is extraordinary result as music fans have changed their method of consuming music towards single tracks rather than purchasing a full album. The group is off to a smooth successful comeback through their songs, album and concerts.

Big Bang will have their comeback in SBS ‘Inkigayo’ on March 11. Also will embark on their world tour ‘2012 BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR’ to 25 cities in 16 countries.

Source : kpopstarz.com

[NEWS] BIGBANG - FANTASTIC BABY MV OVER 1 MILLION VIEWS IN 1 DAY



Source : Youtube

[NEWS] BIGBANG TALKS ABOUT THEIR COMEBACK + YG'S NEW DIET ON HANBUM TV


Big Bang talked their comeback plans for 2012, and also revealed that YG CEO Yang Hyun Suk is on a diet.

On the March 7th episode of SBS 'One Night of TV Entertainment'(Hanbum TV), the members shared their thoughts on returning to the K-pop scene after a long 10-month hiatus.

“We went through a lot of things last year, but like the lyrics to "Blue", the winter has passed and Spring is now upon us,” they said. “We hope that 2012 will only be full of warm Spring days for us.”

“This is the first time in a long while that the five of us are promoting together, and we hope this year will be full of abundant promotions and activities,” they continued.

When the reporter began talking about their CEO Yang Hyun Suk who is a panel judge on ‘K-POP Star‘, rapper T.O.P remarked, “I think he is trying to properly manage his image these days.”

Seungri added, “He is very concerned about his appearance. I think he even started going on a diet.” Seungri also continued to do his impersonation of YG, causing his fellow members to have a good laugh.

Additionally, some footage from their ‘2012 Big Show Big Bang Alive Tour‘ in Seoul this past weekend was shown. Famous choreographer Laurieann Gibson was seen in attendance and she also gave a brief interview with the program.


Source : KoreaTimes via Nate, TVDaily via Nate,DCTOP+topramel (via allkpop)

[NEWS] BIGBANG UNSEAT LYN


As predicted last week, BIGBANG and miss A were the two acts to watch as both their new singles made big strides up the K-Pop Hot 100 at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, pushing four-week chart topper Lyn and her soundtrack single, "To Turn Back Hands of Time," to No. 3.

The eclectic boy group BIGBANG (who beat Britney Spears for the MTV European Music Award for "Worldwide Act" last year ) released their long anticipated 5th mini-album, "Alive," recently with the first track from the project, "Blue," immediately jumping to the top spot on the chart, beating Lyn's quest to stay atop for her fifth week and tie IU's chart record set in January. After staying away from the spotlight for a year, and going through some controversies with the law, the group has returned stronger and more mature. "Blue" is a collaborative effort of YG Entertainment producer Teddy and the group's flamboyant leader G-dragon. The electronic ballad's (which sees a departure from their usual poppy club bangers) NYC-based music video has garnered over 11 million views since its release on February 21st. With six unique title tracks that they will be promoting from the mini-album, one can expect to see more of their singles to chart in weeks to come.

Source: billboard.com

[CHART] BIGBANG'S BLUE ON THE TOP OF ICHART FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH


Source : Yg-Life

[CLIP] BIGBANG "ALIVE"+"TONIGHT" @2012 BIGSHOW | BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR [120302]


Source : urthesun1