On March 22, Gaon revealed chart results for the week from March 11 through March 17.

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BIGBANG topped both the overall digital chart and download chart this week with “Flower Road.” On the digital chart, previous releases remain strong. MAMAMOO’s “Starry Night” is second, followed by Heize’s “Jenga,” iKON’s “Love Scenario,” and MOMOLAND’s “BBoom BBoom.”

On the download chart, GOT7’s “Look” made a strong entrance in third. “Starry Night” is No. 2, “Jenga” is No. 4, and Heize’s “Didn’t Know Me” is No. 5.The streaming chart was mostly dominated by previous releases. “Starry Night” rose five spots to top the chart, and “Jenga” rose six spots to take second. “Flower Road” came in at third, “Love Scenario” took fourth, and “BBoom BBoom” took fifth. “Starry Night” also rose five spots on the mobile chart for ringtones to take first. “Flower Road” took second, and Lee Seung Chul’s “Painful Love” took third. “Love Scenario” and “HandClap” by Fitz & the Tantrums round up the top five. GOT7’s “Eyes on You” topped the album chart recording physical album shipments, and NCT’s “NCT 2018 Empathy” took second. SF9’s “Mamma Mia” rose six spots to take third, and MAMAMOO’s “Yellow Flower” placed fourth. TWICE’s debut album “The Story Begins” returned to the chart to take fifth.Source (1)

On the March 21 episode of “Radio Star,” BIGBANG’s Seungri shared stories about his career.

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During this episode, he jokingly confessed, “I don’t want to say this, but now that my members are in the military, I feel like I’m finally living. All the attention is on me. All the employees of my agency only think of me. When I wake up in the morning, there are 100 messages!” When the MCs asked if he felt lonely, he said, “Why would I feel lonely when they’re going to come back?”

While he gave a lot of funny commentary, Seungri also had some heartfelt advice to share with his Wanna One juniors. He candidly explained, “In the beginning, everything is fascinating, but that doesn’t even last three years. On your third year as an idol, you start to want to do things by yourself,” and talked about his own solo tracks as well as his members’.

The youngest BIGBANG member revealed, “As an eye-catching detail on my stage outfits, I always wore a rose on my suit. I wanted to see how popular I was, so I would always go to a mall in the neighborhood of Cheongdang in my stage outfit. When I went around the cosmetics area, I heard people going, ‘It’s Seungri. It’s Seungri.’ I just went around the area two times.”

Seungri also honestly talked about how arrogant he had been when he was younger. He revealed how he had been so arrogant at one point that the MBC director had come to get him because he wouldn’t come out of the waiting room. When the director had called for him, Seungri confessed he had just replied, “I’ll come after I tie my shoes.”

The BIGBANG member advised, “When you talk informally and drop the honorifics, people start to leave you. However, they don’t say it’s because they hate you. In the blink of an eye, my manager and stylist had changed. They didn’t say it was because of me though.” He added, “However, after I finally came to my senses, then during the seventh year of my career, all kinds of incidents started happening. Even when I was sleeping, something happened. Something that I didn’t even know about would be tied to me.”

“I wondered if I could continue my career after that,” Seungri shared. “I started to create other options. Personally, I wish this moment would last a little longer. You never know what will happen. I’m grateful and enjoying being with Wanna One right now.”

He sincerely concluded, “Rather than becoming stronger, I must have self-control. As someone who is responsible as the face of BIGBANG right now because all of my members are in the military, I plan to be highly active so that their empty spaces will not be felt.”

Watch the latest episode of “Radio Star” with Seungri and Wanna One members below!

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On the March 21 broadcast of Radio Star, BIGBANG’s Seungri and Wanna One’s Kang Daniel, Ong Seong Woo, and Park Woo Jin discussed how lines were distributed for their respective groups.

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Ong Seong Woo explained that if he personally was given a part he wasn’t confident about or was too high for him, he would ask another member if they wanted to take it. He added that he was better at parts where he belts out, similar to his part in “Energetic.”

Seungri revealed, “For BIGBANG, the parts are almost all [decided] by G-Dragon. That’s because he produces them. He just decides the parts beforehand, ‘Here is the part Seungri sings, here is the part where Taeyang sings.’ He decides and makes the song. We can’t change it.”

Kim Gu Ra interjected, “Don’t you have any complaints about that?” Seungri continued, “That’s why I said once. [My parts] are too similar! I keep being assigned parts that have a similar feel to them.” The youngest BIGBANG member demonstrated what he meant, and sang his lines from “BAE BAE” and “FXXK IT.”

“I remember there was a song where you sing in the chorus,” Cha Tae Hyun commented.

Seungri exclaimed, “I did, in a song called ‘Loser.’ But the funny thing is, I did sing the chorus, but GD and T.O.P sing with me at a lower pitch. At music broadcasts, the cameraman will be looking for me but then film GD and T.O.P.” He jokingly added, “What’s the point of me singing passionately when they’re just going to film G-Dragon?”

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On the most recent episode of “Radio Star,” BIGBANG’s Seungri and Wanna One talked about financially supporting their families with the money they earn as celebrities.

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Ong Seong Woo said, “Before, I used my mom’s credit card a lot, but now, my mom uses my card. A few days ago, she spent 100,000 won [approximately $100] at a sushi buffet with a friend. It felt different.”

He also revealed that he bought a house for his family with the first payment he received. He explained, “The house we lived in was cold in the winter and hot in the summer. It was so cold in the winter that we needed heated tents. That’s why I bought a house for my parents first.”

Kang Daniel has also given money to his family. He said, “I sent money to my mother right away. My parents got a divorce when I was younger. I wasn’t in touch with my father because he’s busy, but he recently called me. He said his tooth hurt but couldn’t get it treated, so I sent him money for treatment right away.”

Seungri revealed that he uses the money he earns for his family as well. He stated, “My family was in debt, so as soon as I got money, I gave it all to my them.” He advised Wanna One, “People around you are going to start talking. You shouldn’t listen.”

Seungri also talked about business. He explained, “You should think that 80 percent of your earnings is money you keep and 20 percent is money that will be gone. It will be spent on learning experiences.”

During this episode, Kang Daniel said that the Wanna One members have yet to argue, and Seungri reasoned, “When your income is good, you don’t fight. BIGBANG really hasn’t fought.”

Watch the latest episode of “Radio Star” below!

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[스포츠조선=조윤선 기자] BIGBANG swept the US Billboard, Japan Oricon, and Korean music charts simultaneously. 

Today (21st), BIGBANG’s ‘FLOWER ROAD’ was placed at no. 1 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales Chart. They proved their popularity and influence in the global music market, once again. The song ‘FLOWER ROAD’ is continuing its march at the top. As of today at 10 AM, ‘FLOWER ROAD’ dominated no. 1 spots in 7 major real-time charts in platforms including Melon, Mnet, Naver Music, Olleh, Bugs, Soribada, and Genie. Since the song achieved an ‘all-kill’ as soon as the song was released on the 13th, ‘FLOWER ROAD’ has now maintained its no. 1 spot firmly, for 9 consecutive days

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Furthermore, BIGBANG’s LIVE DVD & Blu-ray ‘BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2017 -LAST DANCE-’ released on the 14th, was placed at no. 1 in Japan Oricon’s Weekly DVD Comprehensive Rankings. They proved their popularity in Japan by selling 33,199 copies in the first week of its release. The number of times BIGBANG topped Oricon’s Weekly DVD Comprehensive Rankings rose to a total of 6 times. People are paying keen attention on what kind of milestones BIGBANG will continue to achieve, as they are currently dominating music charts not only in Korea, but also overseas. 2018. 3. 21.

On March 21, photos of BIGBANG’s Taeyang in the military were shared on online communities and social media.

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One photo shows Taeyang with a mask on and holding a gun, while the other shows him smiling as he poses for the camera with his fellow military trainees.

Taeyang enlisted on March 12 at the recruit training center of the 6th Infantry Division in Chulwon, Gangwon Province. There, he will receive basic training for five weeks before he receives his military assignment.

Taeyang was the third BIGBANG member to enlist after T.O.P and G-Dragon, followed by Daesung the day after on March 13. He will be discharged from the military in December 2019.

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BIGBANG’s new track “Flower Road” is reigning over another chart!

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On March 20, Billboard updated its charts for the week ending in March 24. BIGBANG’s “Flower Road” has proved its popularity once again by coming in first on the World Digital Song Sales chart.

This is only the latest in achievements by the song, which has also scored perfect all-kills on the Korean charts, set a new sales record for Korean releases in China, topped iTunes songs charts in many countries throughout the world, and much more.

Congratulations to BIGBANG!

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