[Oh!Ssen Focus] From Inifinite Challenge to Show Me The 4, YG’s Music Selling Power is Indeed “mapsosa” (an exclamation of surprise in Korean)

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[OSEN=??? ??] It is “mapsosa” indeed. The songs made for the Music Festival of MBC’s Infinite Challenge are sweeping the charts once again. On top of this, the songs of Mnet’s Show Me The Money 4 have been high on the charts for quite a while now. YG Entertainment is at the center of this latest trend on the charts.

The songs of Infinite Challenge’s Yongdong Highway Music Festival were officially released right after the festival was aired on August 22. Upon release, they are rocking major Korean charts such as Melon, Genie, and Bugs Music. “MAPSOSA” by Whangtaiji (Kwanghee & GD & TAEYANG) is competing with Park Myeong-su & IU’s “Leon” for the No. 1 spot.

“MAPSOSA” is an upbeat hip hop song made by Teddy – a producer at YG Entertainment – and GD. It is about the close friendship between the three members of Whangtaiji, who are all of the same age born in 1988. “MAPSOSA” is the hook part of this addictive song, and it catches the ear of the listener and lifts up the mood.



BIGBANG is surely doing well at Infinite Challenge’s Music Festival, and so is SONG MIN HO on Show Me The Money 4. At the semifinals aired on August 21, SONG MIN HO was put up against Black Nut, and he performed “FEAR” on the stage with the help of TAEYANG for the vocal part.

“FEAR” is about the feelings that SONG MIN HO had during the past six years after he stepped foot in the music business.  It touched the hearts of the fans even more since it was the first time that SONG MIN HO frankly expressed his innermost feelings in front of the fans.

Until now, all the songs of YG Entertainment musicians, from “senior” artists such as BIGBANG, GINUSEAN, EPIK HIGH to “junior” artist such as WINNER, LEE HI, AKMU, and 2NE1, gained much popularity. This year is not an exception. BIGBANG has been sweeping the charts with their singles released every month and their songs made for variety shows.

YG Entertainment certainly has great music selling power.

2015. 8. 23.
Source: http://www.yg-life.com/archives/54595?lang=en

[????=??? ??] BIGBANG and EPIK HIGH rocked Japan with their performances.

On August 22, BIGBANG and EPIK HIGH performed at the A-Nation festival organized by Avex Group and held at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, capturing the hearts of 55,000 Japanese fans. It was EPIK HIGH’s first time to perform at the A-Nation festival. BIGBANG has participated in the festival for the second year in a row as the headliner.

EPIK HIGH kicked off their performance with their “BORN HATER” song and continued to sing their hit songs such as “FLY” and “LOVE LOVE LOVE.” Their finale song was “DON’T HATE ME.” Together with their SUMMER SONIC 2015 concert recently held in Tokyo and Osaka, EPIK HIGH’s performance at the A-Nation festival left a strong impression on Japanese fans.

BIGBANG did the finale stage for the festival. This was the third time for BIGBANG to participate in the A-Nation festival and the second time as the headliner. BIGBANG kicked off their performance with “BANG BANG BANG” from their “MADE” album. After that, they sang their recent and old hit songs such as “LOSER” to “WE LIKE 2 PARTY”, “BAE BAE”, “SOBER”, “TONIGHT”, “HANDS UP”, and “FANTASTIC BABY.” They performed 12 songs in just an hour, enthralling the 55,000 fans at the festival.

Starting from November, BIGBANG will be holding their BIGBANG 2015 World Tour ~2016 MADE IN JAPAN. Ending their performance at the A-Nation festival, BIGBANG announced, “Our “MADE” album will be completed soon. See you again in November in our dome tour.” This was good news to the fans that were sorry to ir performance end. BIGBANG is the first foreign artist in history to hold a dome tour in Japan for three years in a row. They will be holding 14 concerts from November until January next year in four cities, and their concerts are expected to draw 701,000 Japanese fans.

BIGBANG’S GD&T.O.P will appear on SBS’s Inkigayo on August 23 and perform “ZUTTER” for their fans in Korea.

2015. 8. 23.
Source http://www.yg-life.com/archives/54602?lang=en