[엑스포츠뉴스=김주애 기자] G-DRAGON who already holds many unprecedented records has written another new history.

As of June 9 at 6AM (Korean time), G-DRAGON’s new solo album “KWON JI YONG” is in No.1 on the iTunes albums charts of 39 countries including the United States, the biggest pop music market in the world (Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, United States, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and Vietnam).

That is an unprecedented record ever set by a Korean artist, which proves G-DRAGON’s unrivalled influence in the global music scene going beyond Asia. In Japan, G-DRAGON’s new songs will be released on one after another music-streaming websites, after its release on iTunes at 0 o’clock today.

That is not all. The success of G-DRAGON’s new album is also proven on YouTube, the most objective benchmark of an artist’s popularity and recognition overseas. Title track “UNTITLED” is enjoying an explosive popularity on YouTube, surpassing 4,078,661 views within 14 hours of release.

As of the same day at 8AM, “UNTITLED”, the title track of G-DRAGON’s new album, took No.1 on the real-time charts of eight music streaming websites in Korea including the biggest one Melon, Mnet, NAVER Music, Olleh, Monkey 3, Bugs, Genie, and Soribada. Notably, G-DRAGON surpassed the traceable range of the amount of streaming for as many as nine times on the chart of Melon, boasting his formidable influence on charts.

All the songs of the new album―intro track “MIDDLE FINGERS-UP”, “BULLSHIT”, “SUPER STAR”, “UNTITLED”, and “DIVINA COMMEDIA”―are enjoying great popularity on charts, staying in high ranks.

G-DRAGON will meet fans around by world by hosting his solo world tour “ACT III, M.O.T.T.E” that will start on June 10 at Sang-am World Cup Stadium in Seoul. Other cities will be added to the list of the cities where G-DRAGON’s solo tour will be hosted later on.

2017. 6. 9.

[OSEN=선미경 기자] G-DRAGON is sweeping No.1 on music charts again.

Even though it was expected by everyone, the scale of G-DRAGON’s success is still surprising. G-DRAGON is boasting his formidable influence in the music scene, going beyond Asia to captivate the world. G-DRAGON’s first solo album in four years is making everyone utter an exclamation.

G-DRAGON drew keen attention with his new solo album “KWON JI YONG” released on June 8 at 6PM. Because of the recent issue of another BIGBANG member T.O.P, G-DRAGON did not implement any specific promotion for his new album, but he still proved his full potential. He was still super popular and the whole world spotlighted the “GD Style”.

G-DRAGON’s domination of music charts has long been expected by Korea’s music scene. The brand G-DRAGON is so powerful and his music has always appealed to both of the general public and his fandom. G-DRAGON’s music has always presented a new and bold but appealing style.

As everyone expected, G-DRAGON swept No.1 on major music charts upon the release of his new album and “UNTITLED”, the title track of the album, is dominating the top rank on eight music-streaming websites. Notably, not only “UNTITLED” but also the intro track, “BULLSHIT”, and “SUPER STAR” are staying in high ranks on charts. Even though the entry barrier was high for G-DRAGON’s new songs as they were released at 6PM after the reform of charts, G-DRAGON exerted his full potential.

The success of G-DRAGON’s new songs on charts proved his unmatched status and brand power in the music scene. G-DRAGON still stays at the center of everyone’s attention with the music of his unique style and his value has been proven once again with the success on charts.

G-DRAGON’s popularity that is going beyond Asia to spread throughout the world is also drawing keen attention. G-DRAGON’s new album “KWON JI YONG” topped the iTunes albums charts of 35 countries within six hours of release, including the United States, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Chile, Czech Republic, Columbia, Finland, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey. As such, G-DRAGON is captivating music fans not only in Asia but also in Europe and North America. The record is an unprecedented one, so it bears all the more significant meaning.

In his new album, G-DRAGON tried to talk about the stories of Kwon Ji Yong as an ordinary man, not G-DRAGON as the leader of BIGBANG and a solo artist. He created the new album by expressing his stories and thoughts like any other man whose thirties have just begun. The sincere music of the new album which was made to talk about Kwon Ji Yong’s stories rather than to create another hit sounds outstanding. As the album that marks the beginning of his thirties draws keen attention worldwide, G-DRAGON’s unrivalled potential and status in the music scene have been proven once again.

2017. 6. 9.

[엑스포츠뉴스 김미지 기자] G-DRAGON popularity extends beyond Korea into China.

As of 11 AM on June 9, G-DRAGON’s new album “KWON JI YONG” became No.1 on five of QQ Music’s charts: it’s all new song, all music video, K-pop music video, popularity index, and realtime popularity vote chart.

On QQ Music’s all new song and popularity index charts, all the songs in G-DRAGON’s new album took the top spots, demonstrating G-DRAGON’s tremendous popularity in China.

G-DRAGON’s new album “KWON JI YONG” was released on June 8, and upon release, it swept all the major charts in Korea. The title track of the album “UNTITLED” is currently No.1 on all the major charts. Not only that, the song became No.1 on the iTunes charts of 39 countries, a first for a Korean musician.

According to Kworb, a website that collects and analyzes music data from around the world, G-DRAGON’s new album beat Coldplay and Ed Sheeran and took the No.1 spot on Worldwide iTunes Album Chart.

The pre-order of the “KWON JI YONG” album will begin at 11 AM on June 9. From June 19, the album will be sold in all the online and offline music stores including YG E-shop. A limited number of the album will also be sold at G-DRAGON’s solo concert, which will be held at the Sangam World Cup Stadium on June 10.

G-DRAGON’s new album will be sold as a USB, something that has never been done before.

Limited copies of “KWON JI YONG MAKING COLLECTION”—a photo book containing pictures of the “ACT III, M.O.T.T.E” concert in LA, the music video makings, and the album cover shooting—will also be out in the stores soon.

2017. 6. 9.