[BIG BANG] TAEYANG’S DELUXE EDITION SOLD OUT
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The limited edition of Big Bang member Taeyang’s new album has sold out on the day of its release, according to the singer’s agency YG Entertainment on Friday.
Offline and online record stores reported that the deluxe version of Taeyang’s first full-length album “Solar” sold out within moments of going on sale, with the servers of several online retailers shutting down from too many shoppers logging on simultaneously, YG said.
“Some of the fans who were unable to purchase the limited edition even called our suppliers directly to inquire whether more copies would be produced but we were set on releasing only 30,000 copies and have no plans to produce more,” explained YG.
A regular version of the album has been set to go on sale a week later but YG is considering pulling up the release date by a few days due to the high demand.
Meanwhile, the title track “I Need a Girl” and other songs from his album such as “You’re My,” “Just a Feeling,” “Superstar” and “After You Fell Asleep” have placed within the top spots on numerous web-based music charts.
Taeyang, whose real name is Dong Young-bae, made his debut as a member of Big Bang in 2005. He is the first member to debut as a solo artist, releasing his first mini-album “HOT” in May 2008.
He also released two digital singles “Wedding Dress” and “Where U At” last November.
He gave his comeback performance on Mnet’s televised music show “M! Countdown” yesterday, singing “I Need a Girl,” “You’re My” and “Just a Feeling.”
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[BIG BANG] TAEYANG RELEASES FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM TODAY
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Big Bang member Taeyang will release his first full-length album today, according to his agency YG Entertainment.
YG announced in a press release that the deluxe version of his first studio release “Solar” will hit stores today and that the music video for his title track “I Need a Girl,” featuring fellow group mate G-Dragon and 2NE1 member Sandara Park, will be unveiled at 6 p.m.
“I Need a Girl” sings of the ideal woman of every man living in the 21st century such as a ‘girl who looks better in jeans than a skirt.’
YG stated that retail stores have been demanding for more copies of the deluxe edition, limited to only 30,000 copies, since the number of orders has reached 50,000.
Accordingly, the agency is currently in talks to pull up the release date for the regular version, originally set for release on July 9, by two or three days.
Taeyang, whose real name is Dong Young-bae, made his debut as a member of Big Bang in 2005. He is the first member to debut as a solo artist, releasing his first mini-album “HOT” in May 2008. He also released two digital singles “Wedding Dress” and “Where U At” last November.
He will be making his music comeback on Mnet’s televised music program “M! Countdown” later today, performing his title track “I Need a Girl” with G-Dragon. He will also be appearing on other music shows over the weekend to promote his new album.
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[BIG BANG] T.O.P’S ON THE TOP SPOT FOR MNET’S SINGLES CHART
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Big Bang member T.O.P bowed into the top spot on Mnet’s singles chart with his latest single “Turn It Up” during the final week of June.
According to data released by the cable music channel on Tuesday, the rapper knocked out last week’s winners Untouchable to score his first win on the music chart.
The new solo track by the popular boy band member has topped several weekly online music charts since its release on June 21.
Rounding out the top three singles are other recent releases — Navi’s latest collaboration with K. Will “We Really Loved Each Other” at No. 2 followed by “Hurt Likes Death” by MC Mong featuring Mellow.
Meanwhile, the second album “Blue Brand; Trauma” featuring various artists made its debut on the chart in first place pushing back six week winner Vibe down the chart.
T.O.P’s new digital single “Turn It Up” entered the album chart at No. 2, while Vibe’s fourth studio release “Vibe in Praha” dropped two notches to third place.
source: asiae.co.kr
Here’s the MV:
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[KPOP] BIG BANG FIRST KOREAN DANCE GROUP AT JAPAN MUSIC FEST
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Boy band Big Bang will be the first Korean dance group to take the main stages of Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival 2010 in August, according to the group’s agency YG Entertainment.
YG announced in a press release that the group is set to perform on the Ocean Stage of the Maishima Summer Sonic site in Osaka on August 7 and on the Marine Stage of the Chiba Marine Stadium in Tokyo the following day.
The boys will be singing on the stage which is also set to be graced by international recording artists including Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, A Tribe Called Quest and Sum 41.
A representative at YG explained, “We are happy that the boys have been invited to this international music festival. The audience can expect to see an energetic performance.”
The quintet will be the third Korean artists after rocker Seotaiji in 2001 and four-member rock band Nell in 2008, to take part in the event but the first local dance group.
The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two-day rock festival held simultaneously in Osaka and Tokyo. The line-up consists of many Japanese rock musicians as well as international acts.
Big Bang made their debut in 2006 with their single “Bigbang” and is known as one of the biggest cultural icons in Korea. They have released numerous singles and albums featuring their biggest hits “Dirty Cash,” With U,” “Lies” and “Haru Haru.”
The group officially launched their singing career in Japan in June last year and is currently promoting themselves in the country for two weeks.
They are also competing at the MTV World Stage Video Music Awards Japan, which will be held on May 29, under the categories for Best New Artist Video and Best Pop Video.
cre: asiae.co.kr
[KPOP] FLO RIDA CALLS SEOUL CONCERT WITH G-DRAGON A GREAT SHOW
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U.S. hip-hop artist Flo Rida informed his fans via Twitter that he put on a “great show” in Korea with K-pop idol G-Dragon over the weekend.
Flo Rida posted several “tweets,” or messages on popular social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter, during the time he was in Seoul for the concert, where he performed two shows on May 21 and 22.
G-Dragon, the leader of popular Korean boy band Big Bang, had appeared on the show as a guest performer on the latter night.
The American rapper appeared satisfied with the Seoul gig and spoke highly of G-Dragon. In a post dated May 23, he wrote that he performed a “great show with G-Dragon from Korea” and also sent out “Much love to my fans in Korea.”
The joint performance by the two musicians put to bed all the negative criticism that had dogged G-Dragon last year, when he had been accused of plagiarizing Flo Rida’s song “Right Round” in his hit single “Heartbreaker.”
Fans are responding favorably to the Seoul concert as well — one fan commented “You and GD killed the stage!!” while another wrote “GD is a beast,” meaning they both gave fantastic performances.
Julia Beverly, editor of U.S. hip-hop magazine Ozone who accompanied the American singer to Korea, even posted a picture of Flo Rida and G-Dragon together prior to their performance, on her Twitter page.
Flo Rida, whose real name is Tramar Dillard, shot to international stardom with the success of his debut single “Low,” which spent eleven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart.
His sophomore album “R.O.O.T.S.” featured the single “Right Round,” which became an instant hit and sold over 636,00 copies in one week.
cre: asiae.co.kr
[KPOP] T.O.P SAYS VISITS AMUSEMENT PARKS WEARING MASKS
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Korean singer and actor Choi Seung-hyun, better known as T.O.P from idol group Big Bang, has said that he sometimes visits amusement parks with his bandmates wearing masks.
Speaking at a showcase for film “Into Fire,” held Monday at Seoul’s Lotte World Garden Stage, the pop idol remarked, “When I feel stifled, I come [to amusement parks] to have a good time without people knowing. People don’t recognize me because I wear a mask when I come.”
Actor Kim Seung-woo, who also stars in the film, described the young star as “a very serious person who, unlike young people these days, is not calculative.”
Director Lee Jae-han had only praises for Choi and his acting as well, saying that he was “surprised to see a scene where Seung-hyun cries so hard that his nose is running while watching a fellow soldier die.”
When asked who can hold his alcohol the best amongst the film’s cast members, Hallyu star Kwon Sang-woo pointed to T.O.P and answered, “He is the best drinker. He wouldn’t let me go to sleep saying he wanted to hear more about my stories.”
“It was so fun staying in Hapcheon [where they shot the film] with these older guys and listening to their stories,” T.O.P said in response. “It was really great to listen to their advice and learn from them.”
Choi, 22, debuted in 2007 as the rapper of five-member band Big Bang which quickly became one of the hottest idol groups and considered a huge cultural icon for youngsters in Korea.
He also crossed over to acting, appearing in the comics-based TV series “I Am Sam” (KBS2, 2007) and playing an assassin in last year’s smash hit “IRIS” alongside top Korean actors Lee Byung-hun and Kim Tae-hee.
“Into Fire,” which opens in Korea on June 17, is a war pic based on the true story of 71 student soldiers who fought during the Korean War.
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[KPOP] 100416 BIG BANG TO SING JAPANESE SOUDTRACK FOR IRIS
Korean idol group Big Bang will sing the main theme song for the Japanese release of the hit TV series “IRIS,” according to Japanese daily newspaper Sankei Sports on Friday.
Sankei reported that the boy band will be singing a ballad titled “Tell Me Goodbye,” which will be featured in the show’s broadcast next Tuesday on Japanese channel TBS.
“IRIS,” which first aired in Korea on April 21, became a smash hit due to its huge scale, global location shoots and a star-studded cast. Big Bang member T.O.P also appeared in the espionage drama alongside Hallyu star Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee.
This will be the first time for the boys have participated in the soundtracks for both the Korean and Japanese versions of a drama. They received the request from TBS at the beginning of the year and prepared the song in Japan for a month.
The group will be showing a new image to Japan by singing the ballad since they have only released three dance singles in the country.
“We hope that the theme song and the drama cause a synergy effect and that the audience enjoys it,” Big Bang was quoted as saying in the paper.
Meanwhile, in celebration for the premiere of “IRIS” in Japan, an event will be held with stars Lee, Kim and members of Big Bang in attendance. The ceremony will take place at the Osaka Hall on May 26 and June 1 at the Saitama Super Arena.
The five-member group made their debut in 2006 with their single “Bigbang” and are considered one of the biggest cultural icons for Korea’s younger generation in music and fashion. They recently visited Japan to sing the theme song for a local news program.
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[KPOP/JPOP] BIG BANG LANDS AN AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY VIDEO IN JAPAN SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VID AWARD
The complete list of awards are as follows:
- Best Video of the Year: “FAST CAR,” Namie Amuro
- Best Artist: Ringo Shiina
- Best Your Choice: “Oshakashama,” RADWIMPS
- Best Director: Yuichi Kodama
- Best Male Video: “Shunkan Speechless,” KREVA
- Best Female Video: “Tsugou no Ii Shintai,” Ringo Shiina
- Best Rock Video: “Last Love Letter,” Chatmonchy
- Best Alternative Video: “Oyasumi Paradox,” Etsuko Yakushimaru
- Best Pop Video: “Butterfly,” Kaela Kimura
- Best Groove Video: “SOUND BOY THRILLER feeeeeeeeeeat. LISA,” m-flo
- Best Conceptual Video: “Native Dancer,” Sakanaction
- Best Choreography Video: “Gara Gara Go!!,” BIG BANG
- Best Art Direction Video: “FAST CAR,” Namie Amuro
- Best Shooting Video: “Futatsu no Kuchibiru,” EXILE
- Best International Video: “Paparazzi,” Lady Gaga
- Best New Artist Video: “Emotion Potion,” THE BAWDIES
- Best Hip Hop Video: “ONCE AGAIN,” RHYMESTER
- Best Reggae Video: “My Endless Love,” PUSHIM
- Special Award: Keisuke Kuwata
- Best Creators’ Choice: “Aishiteru,” Monkey Majik
Source: Space Shower Music Video Awards + tokyograph.com
[KPOP] BIG BANG’S TAEYANG TO OPEN FOR BRIAN McKNIGHT
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Big Bang member Taeyang will open U.S. R&B singer Brian McKnight’s concert in Korea next month, according to concert promoter Vincero.
The artist asked Taeyang to open his show titled “McKnight At Night” to be held April 1 after watching the young singer’s music videos for single “Wedding Dress” and “Where U At.”
Taeyang, whose real name is Dong Young-bae, debuted as a member of Big Bang in 2005. The five-member boy band have been one of the most popular groups in the country since releasing their first single “We Belong Together.”
Each member of the group have also pursued individual careers in various relams of the entertainment industry including singing, acting and show-hosting.
McKnight, a singer, song writer and producer, made his debut in 1992 with the self-titled album “Brian McKnight” and soon released numerous albums which went on to become platinum and sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
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[KPOP] BIG BANG’S “BIG SHOW” TO IMPROVE KOREA’S TOURISM
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Posted By: HeartKeeper
Source: Naver
Translation by: Alee @ http://ibigbang.wordpress.com
The South Korean Touristic Committee picked Big Bang’s “Big Show” concert, which will be held at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics from January 29th to January 31st, for their ‘Visit Korea from 2010~2012′ campaign.
A representative from the committee said “Last year the five members of Big Bang were working on their own individual activities but this time they will gather as one under the same roof” “During those 3 days (of the concert) approximately 2 million Koreans and foreign visitors are likely to come” he predicted.
Promotional booths at the performance venues will be available for Korean fans and foreign visitors which will increase the promotion to the Korean National Tourism campaign.
A commission official stated “These visits to Korea by foreigners to Hallyu star’s concerts, events, etc. have a big economic impact on the country, therefore the Korean National Tourism campaign will continue to promote such events.”
[KPOP/JPOP] BIG BANG’S TAEYANG TO RELEASE DUET SONG WITH JAPAN’S AOYAMA THELMA
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Taeyang of Korean idol group Big Bang has unveiled his duet single with Japanese R&B artist Aoyama Thelma.
The single, titled “Fall in Love”, was released Wednesday on various music websites in digital sound source. The two Asian vocalists sing of the emotions of falling in love on the track.
Taeyang, also known as SOL, was the first Big Bang member to debut as a solo artist. His two solo albums produced several hit singles including “Prayer” and “Where U At”.
Aoyama Thelma, who debuted on the J-pop music scene in 2007, has released two solo albums and two compilation albums to date.
She is best known for the 2008 single “Soba ni Iru ne”, which received several million downloads and set a Guinness world record at the time of its release as the best-selling digital single in the country. It also ranked second on the “Top 10 Global Best Selling Digital Singles for 2008″ list by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
The single record “Fall in Love” — which includes Thelma’s new track “Believe” — will be released in Korea on February 11.
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Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
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[KPOP] G.DRAGON EXPOSES FEELING ON THE CONCERT ISSUE
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[BreakingNews] GDragon exposes his feelings on the concert issue
GDragon had many labels in the past, some good and some bad. Big Bang’s leader. The youngest boy who was participating in HipHop albums by the age of 13. One of the top 8 composers that shined in 2008. Placing first in all possible music charts with his solo album. 2009’s greatest selling record. Plagiarism issues. Known for interesting fashion. And the most recent one, concert issues.
There had been a set of associated words with GDragon. However, he was the boy that went on along his way without any rest in the music world, but there will always be the critics commenting on his actions. Through an interview, we learned about what kind of a path he kept on going from that one little boy to a star that is loved by many people.
People who are close to GDragon say that he is “very detailed and trustworthy.” So detailed that he would check daily on every single detail of his album and watch the concert stage from the 3rd floor to make sure that his fans wouldn’t miss out on a thing. A person like that was slammed down on his first concert. It was all because of the sexy performance he displayed during his own song, ‘Breathe.’
GDragon stated, “I believe that since I am a singer for the public, I know that it is right for the public to judge me. No matter what I was trying to show, it was my fault if it [the concert] was disturbing and high level. I was only trying to show a stronger appearance because it wasn’t a public show, but a concert performance. I’m really sad that the response was different from what I expected.” While he was preparing his first concert, he was excited. Since the age of 13 entering YG Entertainment, this was the stage he was dreaming about for 10 years. He pondered on the videos to show, and explored each section of the audience seats to view how the stage would look from there. Big Bang’s stages also made him excited, but this solo concert that had his own name on it as a single singer meant the world to him.
“Seriously, I don’t know even remember how hard I rose up to this level for my solo concert. I might be saying this because I’m still young, but really when this concert ended, I really thought to myself, ‘I would want nothing else more.’” But, when I turned on the internet the next day, my heart crashed to see only the parts of concert torn apart with the issues.” He confessed that he faced sadness as a singer when he realized that the performances that he worked hard on was torn apart and that one cut represented his whole concert. Was it to much for him to show different sides of him to the audience that couldn’t easily access the concert?
“Instead of tears, fake laugh came out as I thought, ‘will I be cursed so that anywhere I go, I get bashed at?’” I didn’t want it to go this far. I just wanted to show my fans the different sides. In the performances I showed cute sides, and handsome sides, but why did it only get cut into this part? All the news paper articles had that strong word in them, and I was embrassed and sad that my parents might see these articles that only had one side to them.” He added on, “My thinking was short. However I just wish that people wouldn’t criticise me just for that one section. The song ‘Breathe’ in general is about not wanting to wake up from a dream because my ideal woman appears in them. Because of those lyrics I had a bed on stage and showed that I was searching my dreams. But the final product the public saw was, ”sex demonstration.” I was shocked and thought, ‘I’m not this, but I guess this is how I look to the people,’ realizing it then.”
He finally added, “Whether I get praised at, or slammed at, I think that is proof that the public is showing interests toward me. I have to understand the fact that telling me what part I did wrong helps me to improve in the future. The way I could he accepted and win praises is to do better on the next album. This once again reminded me that I have to do my best on the Big Bang album coming out this year.”
Nulsaranghae: Please be respectful when commenting. Realize that GDragon confessed his feeling on the issue himself.
Source: Asia Kyung Jae
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[KPOP] BIG BANG’S BOOK IS “BOOK OF THE YEAR 2009″
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Posted By: sweetbub
Source: h21.hani.co.kr
Translation by: Alee @ http://ibigbang.wordpress.com/
“A brilliant and deep Idol confession”
Big Bang not choosing to escape and taking on the challenge of being an idol.
Big Bang’s book “Shouting Out to the World“, after only being released on January 28th, 2009 there has been currently 460,000 copy sales by December 2009, it was also a No. 1 Bestseller for six weeks straight! It’s obvious that Big Bang and Shing Kyung Suk have revived the Korean literature this year.
Readers commented:
“This book was a turning point in my life”
“Why do I still complain when I all i do is study”
“This book brought 40 housewives to tears and then they handed it to their children”
[KPOP/JPOP] BIG BANG WILL HAVE A T.V SPECIAL IN JAPAN
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Posted By: HeartKeeper
Source: Naver
Translation by: Zai @ http://ibigbang.wordpress.com/
Japan’s largest commercial satellite Sky Perfect will be broadcasting a special program for the popular group Big Bang.
After they win 2 awards last year in Japan, they gain new impressions. Sky Perfect TV will be broadcasting Sukapa! Big Bang Special Program Choice is Yours! in 2 episodes on February 28 and March. But before that, on January 28 and February 1 they’ll be broadcasting first Mini Mini Bang!
The special program begins this month and was planned to support Big Bang’s Electric Love Tour. In addition, a wrapped bus will tour around Japan to promote the said concert.
On February 10 and 11, the concert will be held at the Yokohama Arena and on the 13th and 14th it will be at the Kobe World Hall. Finally, their last stop on February 16 and 17 is at Budokan.
[KPOP] BIG BANG’S TOP TO REVEAL HIS SOLO SONG
TOP to reveal his solo song during BIGSHOW!
Thursday January 21, 2010 Korea
Big Bang TOP will reveal his solo song during Big Bang’s independent concert.
An official revealed on 21st January, “TOP will reveal his new song during Big Bang ‘Big Show’ concert.”
All this time, TOP has participated as featuring for rap in songs like ‘DISCO’ by Um JungHwa and ‘Sorry’ for Gummy, and is known for his rap capabilities. And all these songs have received great popularity, and with TOP’s own solo song coming up, much anticipation is for how it will be received by music fans.
There has been much interests since it was announced a while back that fellow DaeSung will also be releasing a solo album the first half of the year.
Meanwhile, Big Bang concert will take place from 29th till 31st January. And TOP recently wrote on GDragon’s me2day on 19th January, “This is the place we are together” and attached a photo of their performance venue.
S: StarNews
Credit: Kbites
[KPOP] BIG BANG’S DAESUNG TO RELEASE SINGLE END OF THIS MONTH
Big Bang DaeSung will be releasing one solo new song the end of this month in the form of a digital single online.
YG Entertainment revealed on 20th January, “DaeSung will releasing his solo album the first half of this year. And ahead of that, he will be revealing his new solo song ‘Cotton Candy’ during Big Bang’s concert the end of this month.”
It is added that, “We have plans that DaeSung’s new song ‘Cotton Candy’ will be released officially as a digital single the week after it is revealed during Big Bang’s concert. But we felt that fans will be able to better get a taste of what the song is like during the concert.”
After leaving the Family Outing team in February, fans will get to see DaeSung through the release of his new song. The song is said to be written personally by DaeSung, and is composed by Jung JiChan of Ja HwaSang.
The YG rep said, “‘Cotton Candy’ is a song that is of totally different style as compared to Big Bang’s music. To bring out DaeSung’s own music styles in the song and also for his 1st solo album, we have not only have producers from within YG but also external producers.”
Meanwhile, Big Bang will hold their concert performance from 29th till 31st January at Seoul Olympic Stadium. They will alsobe holding their Japanese tour concert in February.
S:StarNews + kbites
[KPOP] DAESUNG OF BIG BANG TO RELEASE SONG LATE JANUARY
Daesung to release his song this late January
Wednesday January 20, 2010 Korea
5 member male idol group BIGBANG’s Daesung will release his new song at the end of this month in the form of digital single.
YG Entertainment officials said to Star News, “Earlier this month, it was announced that Daesung will be releasing his solo album. His new song ‘Cotton Candy’ will be perform on their upcoming concert at the end of the month.”
There has been a plan that this song will be release next week before the concert, so that fans will have a taste of this before the concert.
In February, Family Outing will broadcast their last episode for the first season but the fans will be seeing Daesung again through this song.
According to the officials, “Daesung wrote the lyrics for this song himself.” They added, “This song is different from the style of BIGBANG. Daesung wants to show to the fans his own style of music in his first solo album.” His song is going to be published by YG members and some composers outside.
Big Bang will be having their come back concert in three consecutive days, January 29 to 31, at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul. They will be back again in Japan for their tour after the concert.
Korean Article: Starnews
Translated by: zai @ibigbang wordpress
[KPOP] TVXQ AND BIG BANG APPOINTED AS CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
Credit/Source: http://asianfanatics.net
Posted By: Love. Music.
Both five-member groups Dong Bang Shin Ki and Big Bang received the exceptional recognition of being “Cultural Ambassadors.”
The private organization from the Cultural Tourism Board, the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) stated, “Due to the contributions they have made in the development of the cultural aspect through popular music, we have decided to appoint/award them as ‘Cultural Ambassadors’ as a form of recognition.”
They have produced the most number of successful album records even in such a difficult period of time in the music industry, and have been energetically involved in both local and overseas activities; these are the main reasons behind this award.
A representative from KOFICE said, “This honor was awarded based on those who have contributed to the cultural industry on a yearly basis. Every year, this award has been given to those working in the cultural field, but this year is an exception as it has been given to idol groups.”
They added, “As both Dong Bang Shin Ki and Big Bang are busy with their schedules, the official announcement will be made later in January.”
Original source: KOFICE
translated by: sshutingg @ OneTVXQ.com
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