[엑스포츠뉴스=전아람 기자] Group BIGBANG is proving their ‘world-class’ popularity.

Along with their ‘all-kill’ in Korean charts and their no. 1 in China’s biggest music platform, BIGBANG dominated the top spots in Japan’s iTunes and Oricon Charts.

As of March 15, BIGBANG’s new single ‘FLOWER ROAD’ was placed at no. 1 in Japan’s iTunes ‘TOP SONG’ Chart, showing off their presence in global music charts.

Furthermore, the ‘BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2017 -LAST DANCE-‘ DVD, released on the 14^th was ranked at no. 1 in Oricon Daily Comprehensive DVD Rankings. The DVD contains live footage from BIGBANG’s last Japan Dome Tour before enlistment, and proved BIGBANG’s popularity in Japan by being ranked at no. 1 from the date of its release.

BIGBANG’s influence is beyond imagination in countries with large music markets including the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and China.

Well-known foreign press including Billboard, Time, and BBC covered the news on BIGBANG’s new single release, while the song won 2 titles in China’s QQ Music, a platform with 400 million users.

BIGBANG, who held their 5^th consecutive dome tour in Japan for the first time as foreign artists, drew 696,000 audiences in their tour consisting of 4 cities and 14 concerts, and had parted with their fans.

4 members of BIGBANG are currently serving their military duties except for SEUNGRI, who is active with his schedules in and out of Korea.

2018. 3. 15.

[엑스포츠뉴스=김미지 기자] Group BIGBANG’s ‘FLOWER ROAD’ is still dominating music charts, although it has been 3 days since the song was released.

As of March 15, 8 AM, BIGBANG’s ‘FLOWER ROAD’ achieved an ‘all-kill’ in 8 major music charts including Melon, Genie, Bugs, Mnet, Olleh, Monkey 3, Soribada, and Naver Music. They have also hit the roof 4 times in Melon, gathering keen attention from related personnel.

The song ‘FLOWER ROAD’ also renewed BIGBANG’s previous record on the number of accumulated listeners for 24 hours. BIGBANG’s ‘FXXK IT’ had the previous record among songs released by all boy-groups with 1,210,585 users, while ‘FLOWER ROAD’ renewed the record with 1,269,006 users.

‘FLOWER ROAD’ also beat EPIK HIGH’s ‘LOVE STORY’, the song that used to hold the record among all songs released after the music chart reformation. Including all existing records before and after the reformation, the song was placed at 5^th in the number of accumulated listeners in 24 hours.

Meanwhile, ‘FLOWER ROAD’ is a song for the fans released to soothe the frustration on BIGBANG’s vacancy due to the members serving their military duties.

2018. 3. 15.