G-Dragon seen partying it up for the new year in Myeongdong

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It sure would be a pleasant surprise to have the cool, suave BIGBANG leader G-Dragon pop in for your new year festivities, wouldn't it? Well, best be careful what you wish for because G-Dragon just might crash your party next. 

The rapper was trying--and failing--to be incognito at a DJ crew 360Sounds party in the trendy Myeongdong district recently, a function that other known names like Beenzinoand DEAN also attended! 

Even with half his face covered by a cap, G-Dragon's profile didn't go unnoticed. Pictures of him were snapped enjoying himself at the party, and he was said to have gone up on the stage to perform alongside Beenzino. 

Those at the party were shocked to see him as G-Dragon's name wasn't on the guest list. But hey, if it's G-Dragon, who wouldn't be welcoming? The guy knows how to get the party started! 












BIGBANG Seungri files lawsuit against female singer after being scammed out of billions of won

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Photo: Bugs (left) / YG Entertainment (right)
Image: Bugs (left) / YG Entertainment (right)

BIGBANG Seungri has allegedly become the victim of real estate fraud and has been scammed out of billions of won.

On January 4th, reports revealed that Seungri is officially accusing singer Shin Eun Sung for fraud after she allegedly scammed him out of 2 billion won. YG Entertainment has also responded to the reports, revealing, “Even though it is Seungri’s personal issue, we will be taking joint action with Seungri,” telling Ilgan Sports, “This is very regrettable. The agency will respond with join action on the issue. With the prosecution, we will reveal the facts.”

Shin Eun Sung is a female singer who initially debuted in 2003 with New Silver Star and her last album was released on October 2004 with Bye Bye. Reportedly, her agency went out of business as of last year, making the media unable to reach her for comment.

According to the prosecution, Shin Eun Sun disappeared with approximately 2 billion won, or $1.6 million USD. She approached Seungri in June 2014 with a real estate investment proposal and because he was acquainted with her, agreed to invest a large sum of money. In August, she approached him once again asking for an additional 50 million won, or approximately $42,000 USD, for a total of 2.05 billion won.

However, after not seeing the return in his investment, Seungri filed a lawsuit against the former singer on December 29, 2015 for scam and fraud.

Source:Sports World, Ilgan Sports and Yonhap News

Source: Koreaboo

EXO, BTS, and BIGBANG Gain Impressive Number of New Subscribers on Naver’s V App

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EXO, BTS, and BIGBANG Gain Impressive Number of New Subscribers on Naver’s V App

During the month of December, several K-Pop groups have made big increases in their number of subscribers on Naver’s V app, with EXO in particular getting a huge number of new fans on V!

According to Top Star News, from December 8 to January 4, the EXO channel gained 404,568 new subscribers and has now reached 1,284,817 in total, putting them in third place on the list of channels with the most subscribers.

219,150 new fans followed BTS on V app in the same month, and the group comes in at second place on the list once again with 1,633,270 total subscribers. BIGBANG has maintained their first place spot on the list with 1,910,961 total subscribers and an increase of 184,132 this past month.

GOT7 comes in at fourth place with a 154,378 increase in subscribers and 1,123,113 in total, while iKON has grabbed 127,011 subscribers this past month, sitting at fifth place after having reached 1,073,021 all together.

A Pink has taken sixth place on the list, INFINITE comes in at seventh place, and WINNER, BTOB, and BEAST take the last three spots in the top 10.

Star channels that rose in position on the list this month include EXO, IU, SEVENTEEN, EXID, Seo In Guk, Epik High, PSY, Seo Kang Joon, and Rain.

Who’s your favorite star to watch on V app?

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Source: Soompi


BIGBANG’s Seungri Files Lawsuit Against Female Singer for Investment Fraud

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BIGBANG’s Seungri Files Lawsuit Against Female Singer for Investment Fraud

BIGBANG member Seungri is suing a female singer on charges of fraud after losing over 2 billion won (approximately $1.67 million) in an investment scam.

According to a report by Channel A on January 4, the singer first suggested to Seungri that he make an investment in her real estate venture back in June of 2014. Seungri gave her 2 billion won at the time, and then another 50 million won (approximately $41,900) in August of that year when she told him further funds were required.

However, more than a year later, there have been no signs of development in the venture, and Seungri has not received any money back from his investment. Seungri therefore filed a lawsuit against the singer on December 29 of last year.

Seungri’s agency YG Entertainment first told Channel A that Seungri’s lawsuit was being filed as an individual and without any consultation with the company. Later that day, YG Entertainment stated to Ilgan Sports, “It’s very unfortunate. We will be taking joint action in this matter.”

The news outlet Sports World has now reported that the female singer is Shin Eun Sung, who debuted in 2003 and released two full albums. She formerly also operated her own talent agency, which closed last year.

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Source: Soompi


Seungri sues female singer for fraud

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BIGBANG’s Seungri has started off the new year with a lawsuit against female singer, Ms. Shin (33), as reported by Channel A on January 4. According to this media outlet, on December 29 last year, Seungri filed a lawsuit against Ms. Shin to the police.

Back in June, 2014, Seungri had received an offer from Ms. Shin to try his hand in investing into a building. He had accepted, giving her 2 billion KRW (~ 1.7 million USD), then added 50 million KRW (~ 43,000 USD) later on when Ms. Shin told him the same year that she also needed money for the building investment corporation. However, he had not been paid back.  

Ms. Shin was revealed to have debuted as a singer back in 2003 and has recently shut down the entertainment agency she had personally owned.  

Regarding this, YG Entertainment told Herald POP at the start of January 5, “His lawsuit is a personal issue, but the company will likewise take action with him. We will definitely unveil the true relationship through many different investigations.”

Source: AllKPop

First Artist Lineup Revealed for 30th Golden Disc Awards

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First Artist Lineup Revealed for 30th Golden Disc Awards

The first artist line-up has been revealed for the 30th Golden Disc Awards, to be held on January 20 and 21 at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China.

According to a Golden Disc affiliate on January 4, artists attending this year’s Golden Disc Awards include BIGBANG, SHINee, BEAST, BTS, f(x), and VIXX.

The affiliate stated, “For the 30th anniversary of the Golden Disc Awards, we are preparing performances on a larger scale than we’ve ever done. Twenty of the top teams/artists in K-pop will be attending the ceremony.”

Voting for the awards is taking place on the official website.

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BIGBANG spends the end of this year and beginning of next year in China… Performing in new year’s concert of Hunan TV

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[?????=?? ??] Idol group BIGBANG will appear in “2015-2016 Hunan TV new year’s concert” on December 31, to present performances that will mark the end of the year 2015 to 1.1 billion Chinese viewers.

“Hunan TV new year’s concert” to be held at the Beijing National Gymnasium will be broadcasted nationwide in China. It is China’s most famous new year’s special show viewed by 1.1 billion Chinese people. Since its first broadcasting in December 2003, every year’s “Hunan TV new year’s concert” has recorded No.1 in the viewership ratings among all those new year’s special shows.

Huang Xiao Ming, Mok Man Wai, Li Yuchun, TFBOYS, and other top Chinese stars will perform in the show.

Notably, BIGBANG will appear as the last artist to perform just before the new year’s countdown on January 1 at 0 o’clock to heat up the atmosphere by performing “BANG BANG BANG”, “WE LIKE 2 PARTY”, “BAD BOY”, and “FANTASTIC BABY”. Usually, the hottest star of the year performs right before the countdown.

BIGBANG is also planning for a special time with local fans in “BIGBANG 2016 Beijing Fan Meeting” that will be held on January 1, 2016, on the day after “Hunan TV New Year’s Concert” at Beijing Mater Card Center. The tickets of the fan meeting were sold out within five minutes of the opening of the sale, proving BIGBANG’s big popularity in China.

After finishing the new year’s concert and fan meeting in Beijing, BIGBANG will continue with their Japan dome tour, to hold concert on January 9 to 11 at Osaka Kyocera Dome, on February 6 and 7 at Fukuoka Yafuoku Dome, and on February 23 and 24 at Tokyo Dome.

2015. 12. 30.

Source: YG Life

BIGBANG is practically No.1 in terms of pull of audience in Japan

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[OSEN=??? ??] Group BIGBANG has proved their formidable pull in Japan.

BIGBANG is ranked 8th in the number of paying audience for concert in Japan, which was recently calculated by Nihon Geizai newspaper (among concerts held until October, 2015).

In terms of the absolute number of audience, BIGBANG drew 708,000 people to their concerts, which made the team get ranked in the 8th place. However, considering the fact that the number of concerts given by BIGBANG is the smallest at 14 out of all the singers ranked within top 10, BIGBANG practically takes the top place on the list.

As for the average number of audience for each session of concert, the number is 50,571 for BIGBANG, 49,400 for Exile, and 49,285 for Arashi.

BIGBANG proved their big popularity in Japan once again by adding one more concert for Tokyo Dome on February 24, next year.

BIGBANG began their Japan dome tour “BIGBANG 2015 World Tour -2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN” with four-day concert from November 12 this year. With the additional Tokyo dome concert scheduled for February 24 following addition of a concert for February 23, BIGBANG will mark the grand finale of the Japan dome tour. With the Japan dome tour for 2015, BIGBANG became the first foreign artist to hold dome tour in the country for three consecutive years.



Meanwhile, BIGBANG dominated the music scene by sweeping No.1 on music charts in and out of the country and TV music shows with their “MADE SERIES” released from May to August this year. BIGBANG earned a quadruple crown by receiving the best artist and song of the year awards which are grand prizes in the 2015 Melon Music Awards which was held in November, as well as the best singer of the year and song of the year awards in 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

2015. 12. 31.
Source: YG Life

Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015

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Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015

American music chart Billboard has wrapped up 2015 with a list of their top 20 K-pop songs, and top 10 K-pop albums of 2015!

The top 20 songs list names some of the usual suspects, as well as some new faces and indie groups. At No. 20 was B1A4 with “Sweet Girl,” followed by Brown Eyed Soul‘s Naul with “Living in the Same Time” at No. 19, SHINee‘s “View” at No. 18, indie group From the Airport featuring KARA‘s Gyuri with “The Little Prince” at No. 17, GOT7‘s “If You Do” at No. 16, and BIGBANG‘s “Bae Bae” at No. 15.

Taking the No. 14 spot was rookie group Oh My Girl with their comeback song “Closer,” followed by Zico and Zion.T‘s “Eureka” at No. 13, 15&‘s Park Jimin with “Hopeless Love” at No. 12, Primary featuring rapper Iron and AOA‘s Choa with “Don’t Be Shy” at No. 11, and miss A‘s “Only You” at No. 10.

Going into the top ten, EXO took the No. 9 spot with “Call Me Baby,” Lim Kim took No. 8 with “Awoo,” G.Soul took No. 7 with “You,” 4Minute took No. 6 with “Crazy,” and Keith Ape took No. 5 with “It G Ma.

Rounding off the top 20 list is Zion.T and Crush at No. 4 with “Just.” BTS came in at No. 3 with “Run.” Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon took the runner-up position with “I,” and Billboard’s No. 1 song of 2015 was BIGBANG’s “Loser.”

For the albums, TVXQ‘s “Rise as God” earned the No. 10 spot, SEVENTEEN‘s debut album “17 Carat” took the No. 9 spot, 2PM‘s “No.5? unfortunately only earned them the No. 8 spot, Red Velvet‘s “Red” came in at No. 7, and IU‘s controversial album “Chat-Shire” came in at No. 6.

In the top five, epic rap collaborative MFBTY‘s “Wondaland” came in at No. 5, BTS‘s “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2? earned them the No. 4 spot, Brown Eyed Girls‘ “Basic” came in at No. 3. The runner-up best album was f(x)‘s “4 Walls,” which marked their return as four members. However, it was another revamp album that took the No. 1 spot: Wonder Girls‘ “Reboot.”

Do you agree with Billboard on these lists? What were your top songs and albums of 2015? Hopefully, we’ll have a lot of good things coming in 2016!

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Source: Soompi

Billboard ranks the best K-pop songs and albums of 2015

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The end of the year is here and Billboard has given their opinion by ranking the '20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2015'. There's an eclectic mix of top idol groups, solo singers, collaborations and hip-hop artists. Clearly effort was put in to include both chart-topping and underrated songs of 2015.


1. BIGBANG's "Loser"

2. Girls' Generation Taeyeon's "I"

3. BTS' "Run"

4. Zion.T and Crush's "Just"

5. Keith Ape's "It G Ma"

6. 4minute's "Crazy"

7. G.Soul's "You"

8. Kim Ye Rim (Lim Kim)'s "Awoo"

9. EXO's "Call Me Baby"

10. miss A's "Only You"

11. Primary ft. AOA's ChoA and Iron's "Don't Be Shy"

12. 15&'s Park Ji Min's "Hopeless Love"

13. Block B Zico ft. Zion.T's "Eureka"

14. Oh My Girl's "Closer"

15. BIGBANG's "Bae Bae"

16. GOT7's "If You Do"

17. KARA's Gyuri and From the Airport's "The Little Prince"

18. SHINee's "View"

19. Naul's "Living in the Same Time"

20. B1A4's "Sweet Girl"




And in case you missed it, Billboard also ranked the '10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015' as well.


1. Wonder Girls' 'Reboot'

2. f(x)'s '4 Walls'

3. Brown Eyed Girls' 'Basic'

4. BTS' 'The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.2'

5. MFBTY's 'Wondaland'

6. IU's 'Chat-Shire'

7. Red Velvet's 'The Red'

8. 2PM's 'No.5'

9. Seventeen's '17 Carat'

10. TVXQ's 'Rise As God'




Source: ALLKPop

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