[OSEN=김은애 기자] TAEYANG topped American Billboard’s world albums chart for two weeks in a row.
According to American Billboard chart released on August 29 (local time), TAEYANG’s new album “WHITE NIGHT” topped Billboard’s world albums chart for this week again following the same rank recorded last week, to prove his worldwide popularity once again.
It is the second time for TAEYANG to take No.1 on Billboard’s world albums chart. The first album with which TAEYANG topped the chart was “RISE”. With such record, TAEYANG became the second K-Pop solo artist who took No.1 on the chart more than twice, following the same record set by G-DRAGON, another member of BIGBANG.
TAEYANG has been enjoying explosive popularity both in and out of the country since his comeback with a new solo album on August 16 three years and two months after his last solo album, sweeping No.1 on major music charts in Korea, as well as on the iTunes charts of 26 countries around the world. He also took the second place on the iTunes albums chart of the United States, the biggest pop music market in the world.
On August 26 and 27, TAEYANG successfully hosted his solo concert “WHITE NIGHT IN SEOUL” at Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, to kick off his new world tour.
With the end of the Seoul concert, TAEYANG wrapped up his performances for the new album in Korea. Now, he will continue with the North American tour in total eight cities including Toronto, Canada, in which a show is given today, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, San Jose, and Los Angeles in the United States, and then Vancouver in Canada.
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