Big bang (band)

This article is about the South Korean boy band. For the Norwegian band see BigBang .

Big bang
left to right: G-Dragon, TOP, Seungri, Taeyang, DaesungT
General information
origin	Seoul , South Korea
Genre (s)	K-Pop , Dancepop , J-Pop , Hip-Hop , Dance , R&B , Electronic
founding	2006
Website	www.ygbigbang.com
Current occupation
G-Dragon T.OP Taeyang Daesung
former members
Seungri

Big Bang ( spelling : BIG BANG and BIGBANG , Korean : 빅뱅 ) is a South Korean boy group consisting of four members, which was founded in 2006 by the YG Entertainment label . The group consists of G-Dragon , TOP , Taeyang , Daesung . Seungri left the group in March 2019 following a scandal.

In 2011 they won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Worldwide Act . In 2012 BigBang gave their first concert in the USA and in 2015 they started their big MADE World Tour .

Band history

2000–2006: emergence and first successes

Even before their debut, some band members were active in the entertainment industry. G-Dragon and Taeyang were the first to train under YG Entertainment when they were eleven . After G-Dragon heard of YG Entertainment's plans to start a boy band, he contacted his old friend TOP, who was then active as the rapper Tempo . Seungri made his first television appearance on the series Let's Cokeplay: Mnet Battle Shinhwa , in which Shinhwa was looking for members for a "second Shinwha". Big Bang originally had six members and the development was documented in a television series. In the end only five members remained; Hyun-seung had to leave the group.

Big Bang made his debut at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena on August 19, 2006 during the YG Family 10th Year Concert . Shortly thereafter, Big Bang's first EP, Bigbang , was released, which sold over 40,000 copies.

2007–2008: Successes in South Korea and Japan

Bigbang at MTV Fast Forward in Thailand, December 2007

In early February 2007 Big Bang's first live album The First / Real Live Concert was released, which sold over 30,000 times. Their first Extended Play Always featured some group changes. They worked more on the music and moved into other genres like electronic music . Most of the songs were written and produced by G-Dragon. Reviews have been mostly positive, especially for Lies , who has been described as "through the roof". Lies became Big Bang's first number one hit, selling over 120,000 copies.

Her second EP, Hot Issue , released in the same year, had the same success as its predecessor. The single " Last Farewell " stayed at the top of the juke-on charts for eight weeks, received the song of the month award from Cyworld and sold over 120,000 copies in South Korea alone.

The group suffered from a state of exhaustion and activities were suspended for a short time. The group's immense success led to them receiving several awards, such as the "Best Male Group" and "Song of The Year" awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2007. In early 2008 they received the "Artist of the Year" award at the 17th Seoul Music Awards. By the end of 2007 they earned ₩ 12 billion (11.5 million US dollars ).

In late 2007, Big Bang made her debut in Japan with her EP For the World , which debuted at number ten on the Oricon charts . In August 2008, after a break, Big Bang's third Korean EP Stand Up was released , which sold over 200,000 copies. Her single day by day was number one on several sales platforms and was able to hold onto that position for six weeks.

During their Korean releases, Big Bang's first Japanese studio album, Number 1 , was released, which peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart. Her second Korean studio album, Remember , was released in late 2008 and sold over 200,000 copies. At the end of 2008 they received their third Mnet Asia Music Award in the category Artist of the Year.

2009–2011: Solo projects and commercial success

Big Bang performing, February 2011

In March 2009 Big Bang released the song "Lollipop" with YG Entertainment's new girl group 2NE1 , which served as an advertisement for LG . In August, the second Japanese studio album Big Bang was released through Universal Music , which was advertised with the singles " My Heaven " and " Gara Gara Go !! "

In early 2010, Big Bang held their "Big Bang Concert Big Show" and then began their "Electric Love Tour" in Japan. Her third Japanese studio album Big Bang 2 with the singles " Koe o Kikasete ", " Tell Me Goodbye " and " Beautiful Hangover " was released in May 2011. "Koe wo Kikasete" was used in the Japanese drama "Ohitorisama (お ひ と り さ ま One Person)". and rose to number four on the Oricon charts . "Tell Me Goodbye" was used in the Korean drama Iris and won "Song of the Year" at the 52nd Japan Record Awards . For the remainder of the year, the members concentrated on their solo projects and GD & T.OP released their debut album of the same name.

After almost two years, Big Bang released their EP Tonight , which sold over 100,000 times in the first week. At the end of 2011, Big Bang prevailed against Britney Spears and Lena Meyer-Landrut , and thus won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Worldwide Act . This made headlines in the press:

“When names like Lena and Britney Spears appeared at the MTV Europe Music Awards last year , it seemed clear that one of the two would get the award as a“ World Wide Act ”. What few expected was a South Korean band. Big Bang, so their name, drew attention to the new Korean wave ... ”

- Monika Meyer, Suedkurier

2012–2014: International recognition, first world tour and break

Big Bang, March 2012

In 2012 Big Bang made their long-awaited comeback, which was initiated with the album "Alive". With "Alive" Big Bang was the first K-Pop band to make it onto the US Billboard 200 . The band then went on a worldwide concert tour. The Alive Galaxy Tour was attended by a total of 800,000 people. The New York Times journalist Jon Caramanica described the band as the "real heart of K-Pop". At the 2012 Italian TRL Awards on the " Piazzale Michelangelo " square in Florence , BigBang won the "Best Fans" award. After the Alive Galaxy Tour , Big Bang started their Japan Dome Tour and their Japan Dome Tour "X" . During their tours, the individual members concentrated again on their solo projects.

2015–2016: MADE , second world tour and 10th anniversary

Big Bang during their Made World Tour, June 2015

After a three-year hiatus, YG Entertainment released a trailer for Big Bangs Made in April 2015 . Four EPs were released from May 1st to August 5th; M , A , D and E . The EPs and the individual singles all made it into the charts. The Made World Tour brought more than 1.5 million people to the concert halls and is the largest tour by a South Korean act. By the end of 2015, Big Bang took ₩ 150 billion (120 million US dollars a).

Due to the numerous appearances, the expansion of the Made World Tour , the wish of the band members to produce more songs and the resulting revision, YGE Made postponed until the end of September. The album was ultimately postponed indefinitely. In early December 2015, Big Bang won four awards at the 17th Mnet Asian Music Awards , including their third Artist of the Year award. Several projects have been started to celebrate Big Bang's ten-year anniversary. This started with the documentary Big Bang Made which was released in June 2016. This was followed by the 0.TO.10 concerts at Nagai Stadium in Osaka at the end of July and at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul at the end of August. Another Japan Dome tour has been announced for December 2016. The tour was attended by 781,500 people in 16 concerts. The third project ran from August 5 to October 30, 2016, the exhibition A TO Z .

After more than a year and a half, MADE was released in December 2016 with the songs already published and three new ones . The three songs sold together over a million times within five days. At the beginning of January 2017, Big Bang ended their 0.TO.10 concert series in Seoul.

Since 2017: conscription

In February 2017, TOP began his 21-month military service as the first member of the group . G-Dragon was drafted in February 2018, Taeyang and Daesung in March, and Seungri will begin his military service in the second half of 2018.

Members

Current members

image	stage name	Birth Name	Date of birth	place of birth	role
	G-Dragon 지 드래곤	Kwon Ji-yong	August 18, 1988	Seoul, South Korea	Leader, main rapper
	Taeyang 태양	Dong Young-bae	May 18, 1988	Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	Main vocalist, main dancer
	TOP 탑	Choi Seung-hyun	4th November 1987	Seoul, South Korea	Sub-rapper
	Daesung 강대성	Kang Dae-sung	April 26, 1989	Incheon, South Korea	Sub-vocalist

former members

image	stage name	Birth Name	Date of birth	place of birth	role	annotation
	Seungri 승리	Lee Seung-hyun	December 12, 1990	Gwangju, South Korea	Maknae, sub-vocalist	Resigned in 2019

legacy

See also : Korean wave

Big Bang is considered to be the pioneer of the Korean wave . The The Korea Times called Big Bang, the "icon of Korean pop [music]," and that G-Dragon "inspired many young wannabes to become a singer and songwriter." The Yonhap News Agency said Big Bang "helped K-Pop in the US, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. ”After winning an MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Worldwide Act, Google announced that YouTube will open a K-Pop channel.

Big Bang's work as a band and as a solo artist inspired several musicians worldwide, including Jill Scott , Pixie Lott , A * M * E , Dakota Fanning , Nelly Furtado , Jaden Smith , Cho PD , Astro , BTS , Teen Top , Monsta X , Chang Kiha , Younha , Dynamic Duo , Zion.T , Sonamoo , Topp Dogg , Nu'est , Mamamoos Hwasa , Got7s BamBam , Block Bs U-Kwon , iKon , Blackpink and Grimes . The latter said that K-Pop, and especially G-Dragon, inspired her musical style more than anyone else. The Chinese boy band OkBang was formed after the Big Bang model. Show Me the Money 5 winner Bewhy started rapping after listening to Big Bangs music and IU became famous for their covers of songs by the group.

Big Bang is the most successful South Korean boy band with over 140 million records sold and is regarded by many news services as the Kings of K-Pop .

Tours

→ Main article : Big Bang (band) / concerts and tours

Tours

• 2008: Global Warning Tour
• 2012–13: Alive Galaxy Tour
• 2013-14: Japan Dome Tour
• 2014–15: Japan Dome Tour "X"
• 2015–16: MADE World Tour
• 2017: Last Dance Tour

Fan meeting tours

• 2012, 2014, 2016: Fantastic Babies
• 2016: Made VIP Tour
• 2016–17: Big Bang Special Event

Special concerts

• 2016–17: 0.TO.10

Discography

→ Main article : Big Bang (band) / Discography  and list of Big Bang songs

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		KR	JP	US
2006	Bigbang Vol.1 (1 집 BigBang Vol.1)	KR3 (46 weeks) KR	-	-	First published: December 21, 2006 Sales: + 157,186
2008	Number 1 (ナ ン バ ー 1)	-	JP13 (15 weeks) JP	-	First published: October 22, 2008
	Remember (2 집 Remember)	KR5 (79 weeks) KR	-	-	First published: November 5, 2008 Sales: + 229,646
2009	Big bang	-	JP3 gold (43 weeks)JP	-	First published: August 19, 2009 Sales: + 100,000
2011	Big Bang 2	-	JP1 gold (16 weeks)JP	-	First published: May 11, 2011 Sales: + 100,000
2012	Alive	-	JP3 gold (92 weeks)JP	-	First published: March 28, 2012 Sales: + 100,000
2016	Made Series	-	JP1 gold (41 weeks)JP	-	First published: February 3rd, 2016 Sales: + 202,600
	Made	KR1 (46 weeks) KR	JP1 gold (20 weeks)JP	US172 (1 week) US	Initial release: December 12, 2016 Sales: + 3,192,183

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Awards

→ Main article : List of Big Bang awards

Filmography

See also : "Videos" in the article Big Bang (Band) / Discography

• 2006: Big Bang: The Beginning
• 2016: Big Bang Made

Books

• Big Bang, Kim Se-a: Shouting out to the World !: A Run for the Dream, Bigbang's 13,140 Days Challenge . Sam & Parkers, 2009, ISBN 89-92647-60-3 (Korean: 세상에 너를 소리 쳐!: 꿈 으로 의 질주, 빅뱅 13,140 일 의 도전 .).

Web links

Commons : Big Bang  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Big Bang in the All Music Guide (English)
• Big Bang at Discogs

Individual evidence

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90. ↑ Elsa B .: Block B's U-Kwon Chooses Big Bang's Taeyang As His Role Model In Star1 Interview . In: Kpopstarz . December 11, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
91. ^ IKON: "BIGBANG Seniors is our Role Model ... We're Going to be the Best" . February 19, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
92. ↑ 블랙 핑크 “YG · 4 인조 2NE1 과 비교, 언제나 숙제“ . June 22, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
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94. ↑ G-Dragon - K-pop's golden boy . In: DAZED . February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
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98. ↑ Todd Spangler: K-Pop Superstars BigBang Go Camping on YouTube Red's First Korean Show . In: Variety.com . Penske Media Corporation. April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
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106. ↑ Chart sources: South Korea - Japan - USA
107. ↑ Bigbang Vol.1 sales in South Korea :
     • Big Bang Vol.1 Sales, December 2007 (# 39) ( Korean ) Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
     • 2011 년 Album Chart (# 245) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2012 년 Album Chart (# 248) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2013 년 Album Chart (# 304) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2014 년 Album Chart (# 394) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2015 년 12 월 Album Chart (# 385) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2016 년 9 월 Album Chart (# 318) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
108. ↑ Remember sales in South Korea since 2010:
     • 2010 년 Album Chart (# 78) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2011 년 Album Chart (# 272) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2012 년 Album Chart (# 178) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2013 년 Album Chart (# 205) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2014 년 Album Chart (# 337) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2015 년 Album Chart (# 382) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
     • 2016 년 9 월 Album Chart (# 350) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
109. ↑ ^{a b c d} Awards: Japan
110. ↑ 오리콘 위클리 싱글 / 앨범 / DVD / 블루 레이 차트 1 ~ 100 위 (갱신 완료) (# 56) ( Korean , Japanese ) Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
111. ↑ Sales of Made :
     • in China (2,792,467):
       • BIGBANG MADE THE FULL ALBUM - Kugou ( Chinese ) In: Kuguo . Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
       • BIGBANG MADE - Kuwo ( Chinese ) In: Kuwo . Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
       • BIGBANG MADE THE FULL ALBUM - QQ Music ( Chinese ) In: QQ Music . Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
     • in South Korea (257,513):
       • 2016 년 12 월 Album Chart (# 4) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
       • 2017 년 06 월 Album Chart (# 67) ( Korean ) In: Gaon Chart . Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
     • in Japan (138,203):
       • 2016 年 12 月 26 日 付 (# 1) ( Japanese ) In: Oricon . Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
       • 2017 年 01 月 02 日 付 (# 10) ( Japanese ) In: Oricon . Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
       • 2017 年 01 月 09 日 付 (# 16) ( Japanese ) In: Oricon . Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
       • 이번주 주간 앨범 101 위 ~ 300 위 (# 291) ( Japanese ) In: Oricon . Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
     • in the US (4,000)
       • Jeff Benjamin: BIGBANG's 'Made' album Enters Billboard 200, K-Pop Group's 2nd Entry . In: Billboard . Retrieved June 26, 2017.