BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s long-awaited comeback is off to an exciting start!

On February 25 at 2 p.m. KST, G-Dragon made his highly-anticipated return with his third studio album “Übermensch.” Immediately upon its release, both the album and its songs shot to the top of music charts both within Korea and abroad.

On February 28, his agency Galaxy Corporation announced that as of the day before (February 27 KST), “Übermensch” had already soared to No. 1 on iTunes Top Albums charts in at least 28 different regions—including Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Macau, France, Sweden, Canada, Norway, Russia, Finland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Bahrain, Brunei, Chile, Mongolia, Oman, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

Meanwhile, according to Hanteo Chart, “Übermensch” sold an impressive total of 639,176 copies on its first day of sales alone—managing to break G-Dragon’s previous first-week sales record of 46,397 (set by his second solo mini album “Kwon Ji Yong” back in 2017) within just one day.

With the rest of the week still left to go, it remains to be seen just how much higher G-Dragon’s record will climb by the end of March 3.

Congratulations to G-Dragon!

Watch G-Dragon perform at the 2024 SBS Gayo Daejeon on Viki below:

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The 22nd annual Korean Music Awards has revealed this year’s winners!

On February 27 at 8 p.m. KST, the 22nd Korean Music Awards took place, announcing the winners across various music categories.

Unlike many other South Korean music awards, which typically use sales figures as a major criterion in determining each year’s winners, the Korean Music Awards focuses on musical achievement as its primary criterion. The Korean Music Awards also places greater importance on albums and songs in and of themselves.

This year, aespa took home three awards after receiving five nominations, winning Song of the Year, Best K-pop Album, and Best K-pop Song.

Lee Seung Yoon, who also snagged three awards, was named Artist of the Year, while Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble, the most nominated indie group, earned Album of the Year.

Check out all of the winners below!

Song of the Year: aespa – “Supernova”

Album of the Year: Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Hail to the Music”

Artist of the Year: Lee Seung Yoon

Rookie of the Year: Sanmanhan

Best K-Pop Album: aespa – “Armageddon”

Best K-Pop Song: aespa – “Supernova”

Best Pop Album:John Park – “PSST!”

Best Pop Song:BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”

Best Rock Album: Soumbalgwang – “Fire & Light”

Best Rock Song: Lee Seung Yoon – “Anthems of Defiance”

Best Modern Rock Album: Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – “Hail to the Music”

Best Modern Rock Song: Lee Seung Yoon – “Waterfall”

Best R&B and Soul Album: SUMIN, Slom – “MINISERIES 2”

Best R&B and Soul Song:Jung In, Mild Beats – “Blame”

Best Rap and Hip Hop Album: B-Free, Hukky Shibaseki – “Free Hukky Shibaseki & the God Sun Symphony Group : Odyssey.1”

Best Rap and Hip Hop Song:G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “POWER”

Best Electronic Album: NET GALA – “GALAPAGGOT”

Best Electronic Song: Mount XLR – “Oving”

Best Folk Album: Moher – “Kaleidoscope”

Best Folk Song: Kang Asol – “Anyone But Me”

Best Metal & Hardcore Album: Seaweed Mustache – “2”

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Jihye Lee Orchestra – “Infinite Connections”

Best Jazz Music Album: Nam Yeji – “Old Songs, Tmmm”

Best Global Contemporary Album: BANDO – “Shape of the Land”

Honorary Award: Lee Ho Jun

Committee’s Special Award: LIVE CLUB DAY

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo has snagged her first music show trophy for “earthquake”!

On the February 27 episode of M Countdown, the candidates for first place were BLACKPINK’s Jennie‘s “ExtraL” (feat. Doechii) and Jisoo’s “earthquake.” Jisoo ultimately took the prize with a total of 9,266 points.

Congratulations to Jisoo!

Today’s episode also marked RIIZE’s Sohee’s last day as the show’s MC. Watch a clip of the winner announcement as well as Sohee’s farewell greeting below!

Performers on today’s show included BIGBANG’s G-Dragon, ONF, ZEROBASEONE, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, EVNNE, KickFlip, ONE PACT, ALL(H)OURS, ARrC, LUN8, NouerA, Gyubin, and special performance from MCs Sung Han Bin, Jaehyun, and Sohee.

Check out their performances below!

G-Dragon – “TOO BAD” (feat. Anderson .Paak) + “DRAMA”

Sung Han Bin, Jaehyun, and Sohee – “Love Equation” (Orig. VIXX)

ONF – “The Stranger”

ZEROBASEONE – “BLUE” + “Devil Game”

Hearts2Hearts – “The Chase”

KiiiKiii – “I DO ME”

EVNNE – “HOT MESS”

KickFlip – “Knock Knock”

ONE PACT – “100!”

ALL(H)OURS – “ Graffiti”

ARrC – “nu kidz”

LUN8 – “Butterfly”

NouerA – “N.I.N (New is Now)”

Gyubin – “LIKE U 100”