BIGBANG is practically No.1 in terms of pull of audience in Japan

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[OSEN=??? ??] Group BIGBANG has proved their formidable pull in Japan.

BIGBANG is ranked 8th in the number of paying audience for concert in Japan, which was recently calculated by Nihon Geizai newspaper (among concerts held until October, 2015).

In terms of the absolute number of audience, BIGBANG drew 708,000 people to their concerts, which made the team get ranked in the 8th place. However, considering the fact that the number of concerts given by BIGBANG is the smallest at 14 out of all the singers ranked within top 10, BIGBANG practically takes the top place on the list.

As for the average number of audience for each session of concert, the number is 50,571 for BIGBANG, 49,400 for Exile, and 49,285 for Arashi.

BIGBANG proved their big popularity in Japan once again by adding one more concert for Tokyo Dome on February 24, next year.

BIGBANG began their Japan dome tour “BIGBANG 2015 World Tour -2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN” with four-day concert from November 12 this year. With the additional Tokyo dome concert scheduled for February 24 following addition of a concert for February 23, BIGBANG will mark the grand finale of the Japan dome tour. With the Japan dome tour for 2015, BIGBANG became the first foreign artist to hold dome tour in the country for three consecutive years.



Meanwhile, BIGBANG dominated the music scene by sweeping No.1 on music charts in and out of the country and TV music shows with their “MADE SERIES” released from May to August this year. BIGBANG earned a quadruple crown by receiving the best artist and song of the year awards which are grand prizes in the 2015 Melon Music Awards which was held in November, as well as the best singer of the year and song of the year awards in 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

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Source: YG Life

Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015

Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015

American music chart Billboard has wrapped up 2015 with a list of their top 20 K-pop songs, and top 10 K-pop albums of 2015!

The top 20 songs list names some of the usual suspects, as well as some new faces and indie groups. At No. 20 was B1A4 with “Sweet Girl,” followed by Brown Eyed Soul‘s Naul with “Living in the Same Time” at No. 19, SHINee‘s “View” at No. 18, indie group From the Airport featuring KARA‘s Gyuri with “The Little Prince” at No. 17, GOT7‘s “If You Do” at No. 16, and BIGBANG‘s “Bae Bae” at No. 15.

Taking the No. 14 spot was rookie group Oh My Girl with their comeback song “Closer,” followed by Zico and Zion.T‘s “Eureka” at No. 13, 15&‘s Park Jimin with “Hopeless Love” at No. 12, Primary featuring rapper Iron and AOA‘s Choa with “Don’t Be Shy” at No. 11, and miss A‘s “Only You” at No. 10.

Going into the top ten, EXO took the No. 9 spot with “Call Me Baby,” Lim Kim took No. 8 with “Awoo,” G.Soul took No. 7 with “You,” 4Minute took No. 6 with “Crazy,” and Keith Ape took No. 5 with “It G Ma.

Rounding off the top 20 list is Zion.T and Crush at No. 4 with “Just.” BTS came in at No. 3 with “Run.” Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon took the runner-up position with “I,” and Billboard’s No. 1 song of 2015 was BIGBANG’s “Loser.”

For the albums, TVXQ‘s “Rise as God” earned the No. 10 spot, SEVENTEEN‘s debut album “17 Carat” took the No. 9 spot, 2PM‘s “No.5? unfortunately only earned them the No. 8 spot, Red Velvet‘s “Red” came in at No. 7, and IU‘s controversial album “Chat-Shire” came in at No. 6.

In the top five, epic rap collaborative MFBTY‘s “Wondaland” came in at No. 5, BTS‘s “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2? earned them the No. 4 spot, Brown Eyed Girls‘ “Basic” came in at No. 3. The runner-up best album was f(x)‘s “4 Walls,” which marked their return as four members. However, it was another revamp album that took the No. 1 spot: Wonder Girls‘ “Reboot.”

Do you agree with Billboard on these lists? What were your top songs and albums of 2015? Hopefully, we’ll have a lot of good things coming in 2016!

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Source: Soompi