[스포츠조선=이유나 기자]  ‘Brother-groups’ BIGBANG and iKON, proved their status as performance artists.

Nikkei Entertainment recently announced a list of ‘2017 Concert Mobilization Power Ranking’ from 1^st to 50^th place. Among many artists, BIGBANG and iKON from YG Entertainment made it into the top list, proving their ‘world-class’ popularity.

According to the chart, BIGBANG was placed at 2^nd with a total of 20 concerts and 1,022,000 audiences. iKON was placed at number 12 with a total of 33 concerts and 463,000 audiences. Also, individual members of BIGBANG who actively worked as a solo artist in Japan, DAESUNG and G-DRAGON, took the 30^th and 34^th place.

BIGBANG was placed at number 1 for two consecutive years, in 2015 and 2016. The rankings this year include not only foreign artists but also local artists of Japan, which makes the list even more meaningful.

Furthermore, YG mobilized 2 million audiences in Japan alone, due to the support and love from fans.

The reasons why artists from YG have high concert mobilization power globally include unique performances, live quality, and the huge scale which is considered to be on another level. 

BIGBANG also set a milestone in Japan as the first foreign artist to have a 5-year consecutive dome tour, drawing 4,205,500 audiences.

As BIGBANG successfully wrapped up their dome tour in Japan, they will hold a year-end concert at Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome for two days, starting from today (December 30). As the members will not be able to perform as a team for a while, they are planning to make the concert epic, covering the past 11-year history of BIGBANG.

Meanwhile, iKON who set the record for having the longest tour with the most number of concerts in the history of Japanese tours, will be coming back to the K-Pop scene on January next year. They are planning to accept the wishes from fans and will therefore focus on activities in Korea.

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Nikkei Entertainment released the top 50 artists of their “2017 Concert Crowd-Pullers” rankings and various Korean artists have had great results on the list!

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According to the statistics, BIGBANG came in at second place with a total of 1.022 million people attending a total of 20 concerts. TVXQ was in seventh place with 571,000 people at 11 concerts and SHINee was close behind in eighth place with 539,000 people at 29 concerts.

There were other Korean artists who made the top 50. iKON came in at 12th place with 463,000 people attending their 33 concerts while BTS came in at 26th place with 309,000 people at 15 concerts. BIGBANG members Daesung and G-Dragon also made the list as solo artists, ranking 30th with 273,000 people at 43 concerts and 34th place with 259,000 people at 5 concerts respectively, and CNBLUE was in 42nd place with 202,000 people at 20 concerts.

BIGBANG previously topped the list for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. This year’s first place went to Sandaime J Soul Brothers, who attracted 1.803 million people to their 37 performances.

Congratulations to all of the artists who made the list!

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