BIGBANG and iKON won five awards and two awards, respectively, in Japan Golden Disc Awards

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[일간스포츠=이미현 기자] Group BIGBANG and iKON made great achievements of winning five awards and two awards, respectively, in Japan Golden Disc Awards. 

In the “31st Japan Golden Disc Awards” whose awardees were announced on February 27, BIGBANG won the best Asian artist award for the first time. BIGBANG also received “album of the year (Asia)” and “best 3 albums (Asia)” award for “MADE SERIES”; “song of the year by download (Asia)” award for “BANG BANG BANG”; and “best music video” award for “MADE”s world tour DVD “LIVE DVD&Blu-ray BIGBANG 2015 World Tour ~2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN”. By winning total five awards, BIGBANG proved their unrivalled popularity once again. 

BIGBANG expressed their gratitude for fans by saying, “We’re really honored to receive these truly meaningful awards and we’ll never forget our first resolution and keep working hard in order to give back to the great love from fans.”

iKON also received two awards: “new artist of the year” and “best 3 new artist (Asia)” award. iKON received the rookie of the year award in this year’s Japan Golden Disc Awards, following the best rookie of the year award that they received in “The 58th Japan Record Awards” last year for the first time in seven years as a Korean artist, to prove their outstanding popularity in Japan. 

By winning the rookie awards in this year’s “Japan Golden Disc Awards”, iKON set an unprecedented record of winning rookie awards in Korea, Japan, and China at the same time. 

iKON expressed their gratitude by saying, “We’re really happy to receive the rookie award which can be won for only once in the lifetime. We can’t thank enough for fans who always support us so warmly. We’ll keep working hard in 2017.”

In the meantime, iKON has been hosting Japan arena tour encore concert “iKON JAPAN TOUR 2016~2017” that began in Osaka on February 10 and 11 to give total nine shows in three cities to entertain 120,000 fans. iKON will hold a Japan dome tour within the shortest period of time of debut as a foreign artist, at Osaka Kyocera Dome on May 20 and at Saitama Seibu Prince dome on June 17. 

2017. 02. 27.

Source: YG Life

BIGBANG received five prizes in Japan Golden Disc Awards, including “Best Asian Artist Award”

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[스타뉴스=길혜성 기자] On February 27, the Recording Industry Association of Japan announced the awardees of the 31st Japan Golden Disc Awards, one of the most prestigious and time-honored pop music awards in Japan, on its official website. The awardees were selected based on the achievements of artists in the year of 2016. K-pop idol group BIGBANG received total five awards in the 31st Japan Golden Disc Awards, including the best Asian artist awards and the album of the year award. 

BIGBANG received the best Asian artist award which is given to the best singer (or team) of the year in Asia. In addition, BIGBANG’s “MADE SERIES” received the album of the year award in the Asian segment, as well as best 3 albums award in the Asian segment. 

BIGBANG also received the most downloaded song of the year award in the Asian segment for “BANG BANG BANG”, as well as the best music video award in the Asian segment for “BIGBANG 2015 World Tour -2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN”, to win total five prizes in the awards. 

BIGBANG achieved great success with “MADE SERIES” album released in Japan last year and the team’s Japan dome concert tour was also finished in a great success. 

In the meantime, iKON received two awards in the 31st Japan Golden Disc Awards: rookie of the year award in the Asian segment and best 3 rookie of the year award in the Asian segment. N.Flying also received the best 3 rookie of the year award. 

2PM and BTS received best 3 albums award in the Asian segment for “GALAXY OF 2PM” and “YOUTH”, respectively. 

Japan Golden Disc Awards is one of the most prestigious music awards in Japan, which is hosted by the Recording Industry Association of Japan in order to award artists and works of art that contributed to the development of the recording industry for each year. The awardees in each segment are selected based on the sales of records, number of on-line streaming, and number of views of music videos. 

2017. 02. 27.

Source: YG Life

BIGBANG, BTS, iKON, 2PM and more awarded at Japan’s ‘Gold Disc Awards’

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Kpop dominated ‘The Japan Gold Disc Awards’ once again with numerous Korean artists taking the honors. 

BIGBANG was the big winner as they took home 5 awards including ‘Best Asian Artist.’

They also won the awards for ‘Album of the year (MADE)’, ‘Best 3 Albums (MADE)’, ‘Song of the Year (Bang Bang Bang Japanese Version – the Korean version was awarded last year),’ and ‘Best Music Video (BIGBANG 2015 World Tour 〜2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN).’
iKON took home two awards, winning ‘New Artist of the Year’ and ‘Best 3 New Artists (Asia)’. FNC’s N.Flying was also awarded ‘Best 3 New Artists (Asia).’
Along with the previously mentioned BIGBANG, BTS (Youth) and 2PM (Galaxy of 2PM) also took home the ‘Best 3 Albums’ award.

Source: AllKPop

Gaon Chart issues official apology regarding BTS and T.O.P’s stage controversy

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Back on February 22, BTS performed “Save Me” and “Blood, Sweat & Tears” at the ‘6th GAON Chart Kpop Awards‘, becoming involved in a “copying” controversy. Claims complained that the stage consisted of similarities to a previous solo performance by T.O.P at BIGBANG‘s concert.

The issue became bloated to the point that BIGBANG fans demanded an apology, while Big Hit Entertainmentaddressed the stage as outside of their responsibility.

As fans began pointing out that the fault belonged to the staff of the ‘GAON Chart Kpop Awards’, the Gaon Chart has stepped up to issue an official apology.

They stated,

“Hello? This is the ‘GAON Chart Kpop Awards’s executive office. 


We would like to make an official statement regarding the “copying” controversy involving BTS’s stage at the ‘6th GAON Chart Kpop Awards’.


After confirming with the outside production team of the said award ceremony, the executive office has validated that the production team failed to thoroughly monitor the used video footage, and that the team further failed to adequately explain the involved footage or provide a preview of the results to BTS and their party. 


We bow our heads in apology to all those whose hearts were negatively affected by this issue. 


We are terribly sorry. 


We also thank you for your love and attention toward the ‘GAON Chart Kpop Awards’. 


Thank you.”

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Source: AllKPop

Big Hit Ent. makes official statement on BTS & BIGBANG’s T.O.P ‘copying’ controversy

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BTS’ agency Big Hit Entertainment made an official statement regarding the recent “copying” controversy involving the group’s performance at the ‘6th GAON Chart Kpop Awards‘!

On February 22, BTS put on performances of “Save Me” and “Blood, Sweat & Tears” at the ‘GAON Chart Kpop Awards’ that have netizens complaining about similarities to a previous solo performance by T.O.P at BIGBANG‘s performance. BIGBANG’s fans demanded an apology, and allegedly, a performance producer at YG Entertainment has expressed disapproval about the similarities as well.
Big Hit Entertainment has now come forward to state the label and BTS are not responsible for the “copying” as the stage design was not set up by them. The agency stated, “Our side did not prepare the production for BTS’ stage in general. These complaints have nothing to do with us.”
Furthermore, BTS fans have now gathered evidence against BIGBANG and YG Entertainment to prove that T.O.P’s performance and stage design, including the SMPTE colors bars, were not unique.

Source: AllKPop

Gaon Charts apologize after plagiarism controversy between BTS and T.O.P

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Gaon Charts have apologized after BTS was accused of plagiarizing BIGBANG T.O.P’s performance during their awards show.

BTS was accused of plagiarism after their performance at the Gaon Chart Music Awards on February 22. That night they received the Artist of the Year for album sales in the fourth quarter award and the V LIVE Global Popularity Award.

The group also went onstage to perform the tracks “Save Me” and “Blood, Sweat and Tears”.  The controversy began as BTS performance at the Gaon Chart Music Awards was accused of plagiarizing T.O.P’s stage from BIGBANG’s 10 Year Anniversary concert. The part in question is when the “no signal” bars come on the screen with videos of the BTS members flashing on the screen behind them.

T.O.P’s solo stage was from a special performance at BIGBANG’s 10 Year Anniversary concert, and it is a fact that this was a very carefully thought out concept that BIGBANG’s production had worked very hard on.

BIGBANG’s director Rachel Cholong, who worked on the BIGBANG MADE tour posted about this as well, using hashtags like #latenightwork and #nosleep to indicate that they spent a lot of time on this stage.

In another more recent post, following the BTS plagiarism accusations, she posted a picture with the caption “Hmmmmmm….Our hard work🤔”. The post was also like by T.O.P’s sister, Choi Hye Youn, leading many to believe that they were referring to the controversy.

Initially, some BTS fans were arguing that this is not a concept that was exclusive to T.O.P and could have been used by anyone. In return, some BIGBANG fans then claimed that that might have been the case if they only used the screen and text. However, BTS’s stage also had images of the members in the back just as T.O.P’s stage had, which made them way too similar for it to be a coincidence.

On February 24, Gaon Charts posted an official statement on their site in regards to the plagiarism accusation. They explain that they used an outside production source and that is why BTS was not aware of the video beforehand.

This is the official statement with regards to the performance plagiarism of BTS that took place at the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards.

After checking with the production (which we outsourced) for the award, the production did not monitor the video used for BTS’s performance carefully enough and they did not explain or show said video to BTS enough beforehand.

We bow our heads in apology to those affected and discomforted by this incident.

We are sorry.

We would also like to thank everyone for their love and support for the Gaon Chart Music Awards. Thank you.

-Gaon Chart Music Awards

 

Source: Koreaboo

Gaon Apologizes For BTS Plagiarism Controversy At 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards

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After the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards, BTS became entangled in a plagiarism controversy because of the video played during their performance at the award ceremony. The footage was at the center of the controversy because of how similar it was to the intro footage for BIGBANG T.O.P’s past solo stages.

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Gaon has since released a statement apologizing for the incident on their official homepage. The company took full responsibility for the controversy and stated, “After checking with the outsourced production company that was responsible for the ceremony, we found that there was insufficient monitoring of the footage used for the performances, which resulted in the incident.”

The statement continued, “Furthermore, the company did not have a chance to thoroughly run the footage by BTS before the ceremony either. We are deeply sorry for any inconvenience we have caused.”

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BIGBANG’s “MADE” album topped Japanese Oricon’s weekly chart

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[헤럴드POP=이소담 기자] BIGBANG’s “MADE” album has topped Japanese Oricon’s weekly chart.

“MADE” album released in Japan on the 15 this month already took No.1 on Oricon’s daily CD album ranking chart upon entering, and now it has topped Oricon’s weekly CD album ranking chart.

“MADE” album proved BIGBANG’s enormous popularity in Japan once again, by recording more than 100,000 sales of the record. With “MADE” album, BIGBANG has set the third consecutive record of 100,000 sales of their album in the first week of release, following the same record set by “THE BEST OF BIGBANG 2006-2014” released in 2014 and “MADE SERIES” released in 2015.

The new “MADE” album is the album that marks the grand finale of “MADE SERIES” that began in 2015 and also the last BIGBANG album before T.O.P joined the police for his mandatory military service. It has total 14 songs including “FXXK IT”, “LAST DANCE”, “GIRLFRIEND”, as well as the Japanese versions of “MADE SERIES”s “BANG BANG BANG”, “LOSER”, and “IF YOU”.

In the meantime, BIGBANG has recently met more than 1.12 million fans by holding their 10th anniversary concert tour which gave 24 shows in six cities in Korea and overseas. This year, BIGBANG members will actively perform as solo artists. Notably, DAESUNG will hold his solo dome tour in Japan in April. Fans are paying keen attention to DAESUNG’s solo performances, as it is known that he will release solo mini-album “D-DAY” before the dome tour. 

2017. 2. 21.

Source: YG Life

Police Protect Seungri from Swarm of Fans in Vietnam

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Big Bang‘s Seungri had to be escorted by police throughout his visit to Vietnam, as fans flooded the streets to get a glimpse of the singer.

Seungri arrived in Hanoi to participate in the handover ceremony of an apartment he was given on his last visit to Vietnam. A security team escorted the stylish singer through the airport where he was enthusiastically welcomed by fans.

Seungri and his security detail.

Throughout his short visit police needed to be called to ensure the safety of fans and Seungri. Traffic police even had to move fans away from the road so Seungri could drive through in his impressive supercar.

Despite his security detail and tight schedule, Seungri was his usual cheerful self and repeatedly stopped to greet the excited fans in Vietnam.

Seungri greets a group of eagerly waiting fans.

Check out more pictures of Seungri’s visit to Vietnam below!

 

Source: Koreaboo

Alleged YG live performance producer is unhappy about the BTS ‘copying’ controversy

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An alleged YG Entertainment live performance producer and creative director has commented on the BTS ‘copying’ controversy.

 

BTS has been accused of copying T.O.P‘s ‘No Signal‘ performance with their performance at the ‘The 6th GAON Chart Music Awards’. The said YG Entertainment concert producer has since uploaded a photo of the BTS stage, and wrote, “Hmmmmmm…. Our hard work“, alluding to the current copying scandal.

 

However, after the post, her Instagram has been now set on private, perhaps due to backlash.

Source: AllKPop

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