Daesung’s Japanese solo mini album “D-DAY” rose to first place on the Oricon Daily CD Album Chart on April 12, the day of its release.
“D-DAY” is Daesung’s first Japanese album release in two and a half years since “Delight” in October 2014. Daesung was the main producer for this newest album, in which he collaborated with several top Japanese artists such as Motohiro Hata, Yoshiki Mizuno, and Ayaka.
This album was pre-released digitally on March 28 and already ranked no. 1 on several charts such as the Japan iTunes Album Chart, Recochoku Digital Album Daily Ranking, Mu-mo Album Daily Ranking, and Mora Album Daily Ranking on its day of release.
This new release marks the start of Daesung’s dome tour “D-LITE JAPAN DOME TOUR 2017 ～D-Day～.” A total of 200 thousand fans are expected to attend the concerts on April 15-16 at MetLife Dome and April 22-23 at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
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BIGBANG may currently be on a break as a 5 member group, but they are still managing to score some prestigious music award nominations!
The Daf BAMA Music Awards recently announced the nominees for its 2017 event, and not only were BIGBANG among those in the running for an award, they are the only K-pop group to be nominated this year.
For those who are unaware, the Daf BAMA Music Awards is an event based in Germany that aims to unite both Eastern and Western culture by honour artists around the world for their creativity and work, particularly those from eastern European countries.
Congrats to BIGBANG for yet another music award nomination!
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Popular EDM duo The Chainsmokers picked BIGBANG and CL as their favorite K-Pop acts.
The Chainsmokers recently held an interview with Korean media following the release of their first full album “Memories…Do Not Open”and the duo talked about their love of K-Pop.
They first talked about how much they listen to it and their favorite artists, saying,
“We really do listen to K-Pop a lot. It seems like really great music. Our favorite artists are BIGBANG and CL.”
— The Chainsmokers
They also expressed interest in potentially collaborating with a K-Pop artist in the future.
“We want to work and collaborate with a K-Pop artist that shares the same visions that we have. We’re just waiting for the best timing for that.”
— The Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers visited Korea in 2015 for the EDM festival Global Gathering Korea. They expressed their wishes to return to Korea to perform, saying,
“We really want to be able to see our Korean fans again sometime in the near future. We really want to show you the best performances.”
— The Chainsmokers
The duo closed out the interview by talking about their group name, The Chainsmokers, mentioning that neither of them smokes and joked that they should have chosen a different group name.