[동아닷컴=전효진 기자] Singer G-DRAGON and group TWICE took No.1 and No.2 on Melon’s chart for June, respectively.

Music platform Melon has released the rankings of its monthly chart for June. Influential artists including G-DRAGON, TWICE, PSY, SISTAR, and Bolbbalgan4 fiercely competed to take top ranks on Melon’s chart for June.

G-DRAGON who came back with solo album “KWON JI YONG” released in June took No.1 on the chart for June with “UNTITLED”, the title track of the album. Two songs of PSY including “New Face” and “I LUV IT” entered top 10 of the chart, to show PSY’s remarkable influence on music charts for two months in a row.

Girl group TWICE’s “SIGNAL” also showed substantial power on the chart, taking No.2, eight notches higher than in May’s chart. “LONLEY”, the last song of “summer queen” SISTAR took No.8 on the chart for June, to mark the successful finale of the team’s career.

Bolbbalgan4 also showed great power on the chart, with “We Loved” for which the duo collaborated with singer-songwriter “스무살” and “You and I from the Beginning” which is one of the original sound tracks of drama series “The Emperor: The Owner of Mask”, both of which are ranked in top 10.

June’s chart of Melon drew greater attention, as “Shape of You” of famous British pop artist Ed Sheeran who has recently announced the news of his concert in Korea is ranked in the fifth place.

An insider of Melon said, “The ranks on the June chart fluctuated a lot, with the comeback rush of famous artists who always exert great influence on charts. Notably, the chart enjoyed great diversity, with songs of solo artists, idol groups, original sound tracks, and pop music ranked in top 10.”

The rankings of Melon’s monthly chart are calculated by combining 40% of streaming volume and 60% of download volume.

The top 5 on Melon’s monthly chart are as the following.

▲ No.1 G-DRAGON – “Untitled” ▲ No.2 TWICE – “SIGNAL” ▲ No.3 Bolbbalgan, 스무살 – “We Loved” ▲ No.4 PSY – “New Face” ▲ No.5 Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”

2017. 7. 4.

BIGBANG’s Taeyang will hold his second world tour “Taeyang 2017 World Tour ‘White Night'”!

Beginning the world tour on July 8, he will have four concerts as part of a Japanese stadium tour in Chiba and Kobe of Hyogo Prefecture and is expected to gather 140,000 fans. The rest of the concert dates and cities have yet to be revealed.

In 2014, Taeyang took second place in the Oricon album weekly chart with his first Japanese solo album “Rise [+ Solar & Hot]” and held a successful solo tour, raising anticipation for this year’s stadium tour to be a success as well.

Taeyang’s first world tour “2015 Taeyang World Tour ‘Rise'” began with a Japanese tour and visited 18 cities in 8 countries including Hong Kong, Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and Taiwan, gathering 117,400 fans.

Meanwhile, YG has recently confirmed Taeyang’s solo comeback, and he was revealed to be working on his new music video.

Stay tuned for updates on the tour dates and cities!

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