G-Dragon has been named among the list of artists to receive the Prime Minister’s Commendation at the 2016 Popular Culture and Arts Awards.

This is the seventh time the annual awards ceremony has taken place and it is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency.

The ceremony recognizes the achievements of around 30 artists in various pop culture sectors and gives out four different awards (the Medal, the President’s Commendation, the Prime Minister’s Commendation, and the Cultural Minister’s Commendation).

On October 21, Star News reported that G-Dragon was one of the awardees this year. The ceremony will be held on October 27 and broadcast on Naver V live.

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BIGBANG proved their unwavering teamwork by sharing yet another screenshot of their personal group chat. 

On October 18th, Taeyang shared the adorable conversation between all the members and posted the image with the tag, “BIGBANG is full of love today. #IAmHappyToo.”G-Dragon can be seen starting conversation with “Feeling greet, I am happy,” while the rest of the members responding the same. The leader went on to reveal the niceness of his members and described them as a blessing.

The exchange of messages was a big hit to their fans as the members continue to celebrate their tenth year anniversary since debut.

Meanwhile, BIGBANG is highly speculated to return with a full-length album soon after reports of their music video filming. 2016 marked BIGBANG’s tenth anniversary under YG Entertainment which unleashed a series of commemoration including a concert, special exhibition and more.

Image from Taeyang’s Instagram / Dispatch

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[동아닷컴=최현정 기자] Group BIGBANG has kicked off shooting for a new music video, preparing for their upcoming comeback.

According to insiders, BIGBANG shot a new music video in secret on October 18 at a factory located in Cheongju, Chungchengbuk-do.

BIGBANG’s G-DRAGON posted a mysterious photo of an outer wall of an old factory on his Instagram account, which seems to be the place for music video shooting.

BIGBANG is currently working on their third full album “MADE” to be released within this year. In NAVER V-APP live-broadcasting on September 28, SEUNGRI said, “BIGBANG is coming back soon. We’re now working on new songs in secret”, to raise fans’ anticipation.

The exact date of the release of BIGBANG’s new album has not been confirmed yet. However, fans expect that the release will be quite soon, as the music video of a new song is already going on.

BIGBANG released movie “MADE” in June and held 10^th anniversary concert “0.TO.10” at Seoul World Cup Stadium, in celebration of the 10^th anniversary of their debut. Until October 30, 10^th anniversary exhibition “BIGBANG10 THE EXHIBITION: A TO Z” is held for a closer communication with fans. 

BIGBANG’s third full album “MADE” is expected to culminate BIGBANG’s 10^th anniversary project that has been going on from June this year. 

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[OSEN=박소영 기자] BIGBANG is coming back with two “unprecedentedly great” music videos. The double title tracks of BIGBANG’s new album will mark the grand finale of the year 2016.

According to YG Entertainment’s high-ranking official on October 19, BIGBANG shot a new music video on October 18. With more than 300 extras, a fantastic mega-scale music video was completed. YG tried to keep it secret as much as possible, but the news leaked out inevitably, to raise fans’ anticipation high.

BIGBANG has always presented high-quality music videos that entertain both the eyes and ears of music fans. The new music video is expected to do the exactly same. The outcome of the shooting is quite good, so not only the members of BIGBANG themselves but also YG’s head producer YANG HYUN SUK were satisfied with the video. Such good result has also accelerated the preparation for BIGBANG’s comeback, so fans will be able to listen to BIGBANG’s third full album within this year.

Plus, BIGBANG will shoot the music video of another new song early next month. Rather than hurrying for the shooting, the schedule was set for the next month, to give enough time for BIGBANG to recover their energy for the new shooting. When the shooting for the second music video completes, the time for BIGBANG’s comeback will be determined.

BIGBANG released mini-albums “M”, “A”, “D”, and “E” for four months from May to August last year, to dominate music charts and TV music shows. Beginning from “LOSER” and “BAE BAE”, BIGBANG released two songs every month. “BANG BANG BANG” was the hottest song in the year 2015 and it swept prizes of 2015’s end-of-year music awards. 

BIGBANG created sensation overseas as well. Beginning from the Seoul concert in April last year, BIGBANG held tour concerts in 32 cities in 13 countries including China and Japan in Asia, as well as in North America and Oceania, to entertain 1.5 million fans. The “MADE” tour with the largest-ever scale for a Korean singer was carried out so successfully as such.

BIGBANG is working very hard this year as well, which marks the 10^th anniversary of their debut. Movie “MADE” was released in June and on August 20, the 10^th anniversary concert was held at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Plus, a 10^th anniversary concert will be held until October 30. Now, the complete version of third full album “MADE” will mark the grand finale of the year 2016. 

Fans around the world are now paying keen attention to BIGBANG’s third full album “MADE” to be released eight years after the second full album.

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The year may be ending with a BIGBANG with reports of the group’s upcoming full-length album in the works.

According to a YG Entertainment official on October 19th, BIGBANG began filming their music video the day prior for a new song. It is further revealed that over 300 extras were present for the recording, which took place at an abandoned factory in Cheongjoo. Despite so many extras having attended the filming, it was kept extremely hush-hush.

It is further rumored that the upcoming release will have two title tracks with music videos of their own, and it will be a full-length studio album. This is extremely exciting as it will be BIGBANG’s first studio album release in over eight years! They last released the album Remember in 2008.

From May to August 2015, BIGBANG took over the digital charts with their M, A, D,  and E singles. They have since been busy with not only overseas group tour schedules but individual ones as well.

2016 marks the YG Entertainment group’s 10th anniversary, which has prompted a special exhibition, concert, film and more for fans to enjoy and reminisce over their years together.

No date has been announced yet for BIGBANG’s new album, but it is expected to be released before the end of the year.

Source:OSEN and Sports Donga