Big Bang hits 100, 000 mark in Sales

In retrospect, it was probably a smart move for artists to reshuffle their comeback schedules, as Big Bang dominated the Korean music market in both online and offline sales.

On February 28th, Hanteo reported that Big Bang has sold a record-breaking 100,000 units of their latest mini-album. On February 28th alone, they sold 58,000 copies. This is an enormous achievement, as it normally takes top groups a full year to sell 100,000 units.

Big sales numbers in Korea are generally lower than that of other countries thanks to the prevalence and ease of illegal downloading. Last year, B2ST gained attention for being the only rookie group to have sold over 100k units, but that was with the release of four mini-albums and a grueling promotion cycle. According to Hanteo, the top seller in 2010 was Super Junior’s “BONAMONA“, which sold 129,000 units.

Big Bang also accrued another achievement, as they entered the ‘U.S. Top 10 iTunes album charts’ for the very first time, peaking at #6. Congratulations to Big Bang!

Inside YG Entertainment Headequarters

Another Soompi feature about YGE. See the photos here: Exclusive Look into YGE Headquarters.

More Big Show 2011 Goods

[MV] Big Bang - Tonight

More Big Bang @ Big Show 2011 [110225-27]

It's a bit difficult now to distinguish which photos were taken from what day (of the concert) so we'll just post the photos by batch regardless if they're from Day 1, 2 or 3. We'll just try organize them per member when we find time within the week. To view all the photos that have been shared so far, you can check them out at the Big Show 2011 album on our Facebook :)

 

Updated! celebrities who attended Big Bang's Big Show 2011

Celebrities who were spotted at BIGBANG's Big Show concert:

DAY 1
Beast, Teen Top, TVXQ (not sure which members), Choi Jong Hoon, Eugene, Gain, Choi Tae Joon, Sandara Park, Gong Minji, Park Bom

DAY 2
Ahn Seon Young, Lee Min Woo, Park Bom, Gain, Jang Hyun Seung, Kim Yoo Jung

DAY 3
Shim Eun Ha, Ha Ji Won, Brian, Colleen Park, Lee Soo Hyuk

Last year, a lot of celebrities watched the concert too. See list here.

110228 Big Bang : The Big Show Intro

SBS sell out ads for "The Big Bang Show"

SBS is advertising its one-hour special program ‘The Big Bang Show,’ which will air on the 27th at midnight, during midnight TV programming.

According to SBS, the network sold all of its ‘The Big Bang Show’ commercials even for late-night time blocks. This shows that advertisers have recognized the value and power of Big Bang’s come back in two years and three months.


It is often difficult to spot commercials for popular programs, except for sports, during midnight TV programming.

This will be Big Bang’s first TV appearance since ‘Big Show’ come back. They will kick off the show with ‘Lie,’ ‘Sunset Glow’ and the latest song ‘Tonight,’ and also reveal their new music video.

Big Bang members will also take on acting in parodies. They will reveal ‘Secret Big Bang,’ their parody of SBS drama ‘Secret Garden.’
In the parody, G-Dragon plays Gil Ra Im, TOP plays Kim Joo Won, Daesung plays Joo Won's secretary and Kim Joo Won's mother and Seungri plays Oskar.

Fans are buzzing over G-Dragon and TOP’s acting skills. Top has already starred in TV drama ‘Iris’ and movie ‘Into the Fire.’ But G-Dragon has only focused on activities as a musician.

It has also been rumored that the ‘Tonight’ music video includes Daesung’s first bed scene. At the ‘Big Show’ concert, held this weekend for 3 days,’ TOP had apparently told fans that “Daesung got his first lead role in the ‘Tonight’ music video and he has a scandalous scene.”
Then Daesung explained, “Top means a ‘bad scene,” and added onto the mysteries about the music video.

SBS’s one-hour special ‘The Big Bang Show’ will perform all six songs from their minialbum that topped the music charts and was filmed over 2 days (18th and 23rd).

According to the producer, Big Bang showed an awesome stage despite being idle on broadcasts for a long time. They also staged dynamic fashion style for each song, and impressed the staff members.

“Many staff members couldn’t hide their amazement over Big Bang’s stage and charisma that stands apart from other idol groups,’ said one staff member.

Big Bang [Big Show 2011] Concert

Big Bang made their fans go wild by having an epic concert, which marked their official comeback in two years.

On February 25th, the ‘Big Bang Concert Big Show 2011‘ was held in Seoul Olympic Gymnasium, showcasing Big Bang’s upgraded talents and vocals in their passionate performances.

They performed the songs from their new mini album, ‘Tonight‘, including ‘What is Right‘, ‘Cafe‘, and ‘Somebody To Love‘, as well as their past hits such as ‘Haru Haru‘, ‘Lies‘, and ‘Last Farewell‘. G-Dragon started off their ‘Tonight’ performance by strumming chords on a guitar, surprising the unsuspecting crowd.

The other members also performed their solo songs, with Seungri performing ‘VVIP’ and ‘How Come‘. Daesung revealed his new unreleased song, ‘Baby Don’t Cry’, delighting the crowd with his sweet vocals. While GD & TOP were performing ‘Knockout‘, a military tank was placed on the stage, making the performance even more memorable. 2NE1’s Park Bom also made a guest appearance during their performance of ‘Oh Yeah‘.

During the concert, the members made sudden random appearances in the crowd, sending the 14,000 fans into a frenzy.

In addition, the members parodied the popular drama ‘Secret Garden‘, renaming it to ‘Secret Big Bang‘. Seungri starred as Seung-ska, TOP as Kim Joo Top, GD as G-Raim, and Daesung as Secretary Kang and the mother, Kang Bunhong.

GD stated, “We came back after 2 years and 3 months, it’s been a long two years. We’re so happy we finally get to show you our charms on stage. Because we made you wait for so long, we’ll work that much harder. We increased our strength a lot because of you. You should be pumped up!“.

Daesung jokingly added, “The reason why we made all the fans wait for 2 years and 3 months is because we’re going to perform nonstop for 2 years and 3 months“. TOP said, “Our CEO even said, ‘I haven’t seen you guys work this hard in a long time’ to us when we were preparing for our album“.

The encore stage also didn’t disappoint the fans. Before the stage started, the members made a quick appearance by responding to the fans’ “I love you” chant.

Big Bang is holding a second ‘Big Show’ on February 26th, marking the start to the promotion for their new mini album.