[매일경제 스타투데이=진향희 기자] BIGBANG received the Special Award at the 58^th Japan Record Awards, which was announced on November 18. With this award, BIGBANG has won three Japan Record awards. The other two is the Best New Artist in 2009 and the Best Song in 2010.   

iKON was also named as one of the New Artist Award winners and became the only Korean idol group to win the award. 

The Japan Record Awards is a major music awards show that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer’s Association. This year’s award ceremony will be aired live in Japan on TBS on December 30. 

To celebrate its 10^th anniversary, BIGBANG released a DVD and blue-ray titled “BIGBANG THE CONCERT: 0.TO.10 IN JAPAN + BIGBANG10 THE MOVIE BIGBANG MADE” in Japan on November 2. The DVD and blue-ray entered Oricon’s weekly DVD chart, weekly blue-ray chart, and music video ranking for November 14 as the first place. 

Meanwhile, BIGBANG is to make a comeback at the end of this year. The group is currently on a tour titled “BIGBANG THE CONCERT: 0.TO.10 –THE FINAL-“, which kicked off on November 5 at the Tokyo Dome. With this tour, BIGBANG became the first foreign artist to hold dome tours for four years in a row. The group is to hold 16 concerts in four Japanese cities, and some 781,500 people are expected to come to the concerts. 

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[엑스포츠뉴스=김현정 기자] BIGBANG announced its comeback in a surprise teaser.

At 10 AM on November 19, YG Entertainment uploaded a poster titled “BIGBANG MADE FULL ALBUM COMING SOON” on its official blog.

BIGBANG is to make a comeback in December, and the teaser poster has raised the expectations for the group’s comeback.

YG CEO YANG HYUN SUK recently revealed a video showing BIGBANG members shooting a music video on a 5-person bicycle at a traditional market. The video was hashtagged #BIGBANG, #NEWALBUM, and #COMINGSOON.

The album has a special meaning to BIGBANG and the fans.

For starters, it will be BIGBANG’s third regular album. Also, the album, which is titled “MADE FULL ALBUM”, will contain BIGBANG’s first new single in a year and is its first regular album in eight years. It will serve as a grand finale to BIGBANG’s “MADE” project that started last year. The album will be the last chance to see all the five BIGBANG members together as T.O.P will have to go and do his military service soon.

Fans are highly anticipating the album, the finale to BIGBANG’s “MADE” project and its 10^th anniversary celebrations. 

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On November 19, YG Entertainment revealed that BIGBANG is their next agency artist to release new music.

The teaser image says “BIGBANG MADE FULL ALBUM COMING SOON.”

Fans aren’t surprised as Yang Hyun Suk himself teased that BIGBANG’s new album would be coming soon and revealed a video clip taken from the group’s music video set.

A video posted by YANG HYUN SUK (@fromyg) on Nov 16, 2016 at 9:58pm PST

The group’s upcoming full album is their first studio album in eight years. “MADE” will be the finale to the group’s 10-year debut anniversary project.

Stay tuned for updates!

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It was announced today (November 18) that BIGBANG will be receiving a Special Award at this year’s 58th Japan Record Awards. The Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry, and awardees are selected by the Japan Composer’s Association, which sponsors the event. The ceremony will be broadcast live in Japan on December 30.

This is the third time that BIGBANG has been presented with a Japan Record Award. The first time was in 2009, when they received the Best New Artist Award, and the second time was in 2010, when they won an Album Excellence Award.

Following in their seniors’ footsteps, iKON also picked up this year’s Best New Artist Award. YG Entertainment said that the awards are even more meaningful, as these two groups were the only Korean artists on the list.

The Japan Record Award rides on the tails of BIGBANG’s trophy rush earlier this month, where their 10th Anniversary Concert+Movie DVD and Blu-ray took first place on the Oricon Weekly Chart and other ranking charts.

BIGBANG is currently on their Japan Dome Tour, but the group is expected to drop a comeback by the end of the year. Incidentally, this is their fourth Dome Tour, making them the first ever foreign artists to hold four Dome Tours in a row.

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[TV리포트=이지호 객원기자] Group BIGBANG is receiving special prize from Japan Record Awards, Japan’s most representative music awards.

According to reporting by Japanese media outlets including Sponichi on November 18, the judge panel of this year’s Japan Record Awards announced the winners of different segments of the awards on the day before, in Tokyo. The panel announced that BIGBANG was selected as the winner of special prize, along with RADWIMPS and THE YELLOW MONKEY.

In 2009, BIGBANG received the rookie award and best rookie award, and in 2010, best artwork award, from Japan Record Awards.

In Japan Record Awards, Japan songwriter’s association presents prizes to singers, groups, and albums that recorded outstanding achievements for every year. For this year’s best album prize, “Fantome” which is a new album released by Japan’s leading R&B singer Utada Hikaru after eight years of hiatus was selected.

For this year’s special attention prize, Japanese comedian-cum-DJ PICO TARO’s “PPAP (Pen Pineapple Apple Pen)” was selected. The awards will be live-broadcasted on TBS on December 30.

In the meantime, BIGBANG has recently been carrying out Japan dome tour concert “BIGBANG10 THE CONCERT : 0.TO.10 -THE FINAL-“ that began in Tokyo Dome on the 5 this month and continues in Osaka, Fukuoka, and Nagoya.

2016. 11. 18.

BIGBANG has been named by Forbes as one of the highest-earning international celebrities under the age of 30!

On November 15, Forbes revealed the top 30 celebrities to make it into the list, and BIGBANG represented K-Pop in 13th place in the ranking and banking $44 million over the past year.

The full top 30 ranking this year is as follows:

1. Taylor Swift ($170 million)

2. One Direction ($110 million)

3. Lionel Messi ($81.5 million)

4. Adele ($80.5 million)

5. Rihanna ($75 million)

6. Justin Bieber ($56 million; tie)

6. Novak Djokovic ($56 million; tie)

6. Kevin Durant ($56 million; tie)

9. The Weeknd ($55 million)

10. Cam Newton ($53 million; tie)

10. Jordan Spieth ($53 million; tie)

12. Jennifer Lawrence ($46 million)

13. BIGBANG ($44 million)

14. Rory McIlroy ($42.5 million)

15. Russell Wilson ($42 million)

16. Sebastian Vettel ($41 million)

17. Drake ($38 million)

18. Rafael Nadal ($37.5 million; tie)

18. Neymar ($37.5 million; tie)

20.Gareth Bale ($36 million)

21. Marcell Dareus ($35 million)

22. Derrick Rose ($34 million)

23. A.J. Green ($33.5 million; tie)

23. Kei Nishikori ($33.5 million; tie)

23. Ed Sheeran ($33.5 million; tie)

26. James Harden ($33 million)

27. Usain Bolt ($32.5 million)

28. Clayton Kershaw ($32 million)

29. Olivier Vernon ($32 million)

30. Kyrie Irving ($28.5 million)

Meanwhile, BIGBANG also made it into the 2016 Forbes Celebrity 100 list, which ranks the highest-earning celebrities worldwide. BIGBANG became the first K-Pop act to land on the Celebrity 100 list and were revealed to have made more than American band Maroon 5 this past year.

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