– Takes over China’s largest portal QQ Music #1 to #3- #1 – #3 and #6 on music video chart

  
BIGBANG’s popularity has crossed the border and is being seen in China. 

“BANG BANG BANG” and “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” unveiled both in South Korea and China simultaneously ranked #1 and #2 on China’s largest portal QQ Music, winning against other strong releases by Jay Chou and Taylor Swift. With this, “LOSER” unveiled in May is also ranked at #3, making a hit syndrome in China every time they release a song.

All music charts in China are different to the Korean ones in the sense that people stream the music for free instead of downloading with a charge. YG Entertainment, in prevention of illegal downloading and protection of digital music, came hand in hand with QQ Music and exclusively carried out a system for the first time to listen to music at a cost. And this is the first time to have this as a Korean artist.

“LOSER” and “BAE BAE” unveiled in May, and “BANG BANG BANG” and “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” released in June are sold at a cost as mini albums with two songs each.  

As a result “LOSER+BAE BAE” mini album sold a total of 320,000 copies on June 13 while “BANG BANG BANG + WE LIKE 2 PARTY” album sold 400,000 copies. This is a record-breaking number for a foreign album sold on QQ Music.

“BANG BANG BANG” and “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” also ranked #1 and #2 on China’s K-Pop Chart. 

Music videos on QQ Music and Youku are also attracting much attention. On music video charts of QQ Music “BANG BANG BANG” and “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” ranked #1 and #2 while “LOSER” and “BAE BAE” #3 and #6, making the chart all dominated by BIGBANG.

Meanwhile, BIGBANG has been topping South Korean music charts for 12 days in a row. 

On June 13, “BANG BANG BANG” still stands at the top of daily charts like Melon, Bugs, Monkey 3 and Soribada while “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” is ranked in the top range. 

The music videos on YouTube continue to attract viewers as well. On June 13, “BANG BANG BANG” hit 16.06 million viewers while “WE LIKE 2 PARTY” hit 7.83 million viewers, soon to hit 8 million viewers. 

BIGBANG will be in Hong Kong for their World Tour from June 12 to 14 to meet the local fans. 

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 KBS’ “Producer” portrays variety show production staff as powerful forces within Korean entertainment, whose influence has massive repercussions on the careers of K-pop idols. Several industry insiders denounced the scenarios in the drama as exaggerated works of fiction, but a recent situation involving BIGBANG is playing out like a page from the “Producer” script.

KBS’ “Producer” portrays variety show production staff as powerful forces within Korean entertainment, whose influence has massive repercussions on the careers of K-pop idols. Several industry insiders denounced the scenarios in the drama as exaggerated works of fiction, but a recent situation involving BIGBANG is playing out like a page from the “Producer” script.

On June 14, the 5-member male group was absent from the taping of the SBS music chart show, “Inkigayo.” The group was in consideration to receive a first place award on the program, but they were not included within the performances which aired during the episode. Supporters of the group allege that BIGBANG was banned from the show because G-Dragon and T.O.P were unable to be present for the taping, due to scheduling conflicts.

The real-life scenario involving BIGBANG and “Inkigayo” is reminiscent of the “Producer” plot involving Cindy (IU) and Tak Ye Jin (Gong Hyo Jin). In the drama, Ye Jin is a producer-director who has worked for more than a decade on the chart show, “Music Bank.” She enters into a conflict with Cindy, following a mishap during a live taping. In the midst of their disagreement, Cindy is reluctant to perform on the program. Other debates which could occur between production teams, K-pop stars, and their agencies were dramatically illustrated throughout “Producer.”

“Inkigayo” and YG Entertainment have yet to issue an official statement addressing the situation. However, SBS responded with an unprecedented move of airing the episode with a private taping, with the award results provided online on June 15. In the end, BIGBANG was named as the winner of the June 14 episode. 

This decision by SBS was initially considered as a response to the MERS outbreak, but it appears as though that was not the main factor behind the programming changes.

Industry insiders, who have remained unnamed, have also speculated that the changes made to the “Inkigayo” broadcast could have been preempted by recent conflicts involving EXO and BIGBANG fans. Rumors of bomb threats and photo vandalism by EXO fans (EXO-L) could have prompted the actions taken by “Inkigayo.”

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About the writer: Adrienne Stanley is a contributing editor for KDramastars. She is also a contributing writer for Kpopstarz, MTV Iggy and CJ Entertainment’s KCON blog. Her passions include a love of K-pop and Asian drama. When she is not writing, she is hanging out on Twitter (@retrogirladdy). 

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