While it was expected that Big Bang's new album would make it tao the top of many of Korea's music charts, the hip hop group has established dominance on Mnet's singles chart, placed on the top ten of iTunes' worldwide album chart, and sold an estimated 100,000 albums on its day of release!
Big Bang's comeback album was certainly anticipated by many, but few would have been able to predict the whirl of albums sold and charts topped within a day of its release. A Korean music store reported first-day sales of Big Bang's fourth mini album to be 58,000, making it very likely that over 100,00 albums were sold in total on its first day.
The effects that Big Bang’s comeback has had on the music industry is proving to be nothing short of extraordinary. The number of pre-orders for their 4th mini album has set a new record and the boys are tearing up all of the major music charts in Korea. But the hype for their comeback isn’t only in Korea, but worldwide. ShareTweet
Ever thought of listening to your daily schedules from the voices of the Big Bang members?... SBS Contents Hub recently launched a ‘2011 Big Bang Voice Calendar’ application that directly uses Big Bang voices. The application comes with a built in calendar and scheduler, and the Big Bang members will directly voice out messages of the schedules you create. Voice messages also include alarm services for new semesters, holidays, festive seasons, Christmas Day, and White Day, as well as morning calls. ShareTweet
In recent months, YG Entertainment and their artists have been scheduling iTunes release dates which coincidewith their Korean release dates, in hopes of convenience to fans living abroad.
By Lina Yoon / Seoul As a child who used to hide from his parents to dance to cassettes of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, Dong Young-bae says he was too shy to tell anyone he wanted to become a famous dancer and singer. Not anymore. Today, the 22-year-old South Korean singer and dancer known Taeyang is facing the spotlight as an international pop star. Thanks in no small part to a long-standing trend in Asia that renders all things Korean cool, Taeyang is going global, riding the so-called Korean Wave all the way out west.