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[NEWS] BIGBANG expected to be on NHK Uta Gassen, Japan (100916)

| Thursday, September 16



According to the Japanese press, BIGBANG is expected to be on the 61st NHK Uta Gassen. (紅白歌合戰)

It is said that since Korean bands, Kara, Bigbang and Girls Generation are very popular now in Japan, the possibility of inviting them to NHK Uta Gassen is very high.


Sports Hochi has conducted a discussion with 14 reporters from the entertainment business about this issue,at the end of it, they came up a conclusion that these famous Koran celebraties are very likely to be invited to join the prestigious event in Japan, the 61st NHK Uta Gassen (红白 歌 合 战).

These celebraties continued to surprise the Japnese press with their huge popularity in Japan.

'After Big bang and TVXQ, now Girls Generation has also stepped their foot in Japan, that is why it is expected the local singers have to engage in fierce competition with singers and even non-singers in Korea,'the represtative elaborated.

Girls Generation has just released their Japanese debut singer 'Genie' and it has already sold 45000 pieces and they have already claimed the fourth position on Oricon Weekly Chart which has attracted great attention.


Kara has also released their debut single ' Mr ' there which had been put on the Oricon Weekly Chart 5 Kara also introduced two months on the 1st Blu-ray Disc (Blu-ray Disc, or less BD) ' Kara Vacation (KARA VACATION) 'has won in the Idol Picture Division of the Oricon ranking BD Weekly chart while obtaining the 11th place in the general category.


Big Bang officially debuted in Japan in June, last year. Despite the fact that they had only debuted a short time, they already claimed ‘the Best Rookie of the year’, ‘MTV World Stage Video Music Awards Japan, ‘The Best Young Artist Video’,’Best Pop Video Award’ abd ‘Best Collaboration Video Award’. Their acheivements are beyond expectation with 3 championships totally.

The three members of TVXQ, Xiah, Hero and Micky are also very active in Japan. They released their new mini- album ‘The…’ on the 8th of this month. In the first week after its release, 140,000 copies were already sold out which made them rise on a weekly chart. A similar phenomenon can be observed on their DVD ‘THANKS GIVING LIVE IN DOME’ as well. Since 119,000 copied were sold which made them the champion of the DVD General Division Weekly Chart, (International Artists)

A Japanese music staff said. ‘In this year, Korea stars have become more and more popular in our music industry.’ ‘In order to prevent the dropping of the viewers of the NHK traditional music event, they want to invite these hot bands, like Kara Girla, Big Bang and TVXQ although it will be a new try since no Korea singers have played a part in this before.’

Source: Yonhap News Agency
Drafted, edited and translated: Rice@ Bigbang World 

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