G-Dragon And IU Chosen As GQ Korea's 2015 People Of The Year

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There are only a few people each year that make a real impact on the world, and this year's GQ Korea picked two Korean idols as people of the year.

BIGBANG's leader G-Dragon was one of GQ Korea's Men of the Year, while soloist IU was the only person picked as GQ's Woman of the Year. Both artists were by the Korean magazine, where they discussed the past year.

GQ Korea chose IU and G-Dragon as award recipients based on all the achievements the pair accomplished in 2015.

Based on the successes of BIGBANG and his solo artistic ventures, GQ Korea picked G-Dragon. In his interview, G-Dragon discussed his love of experimental art, the success of BIGBANG, his role as a fashion icon, and his first venture into the physical art world with his "Peaceminusone" art exhibit.

The BIGBANG member also highlighted how his role as a member of the group can't be separated from his his solo successes. 

"BIGBANG is everything. G-Dragon is BIGBANG. In 2015, BIGBANG was such a huge part of my life."

G-Dragon was one of two people chosen as GQ Korea's Men of the Year, along with actor Jung Jae Young.

IU was chosen by GQ Korea based on her career as a singer and the success of her "Infinite Challenge" song "Leon" and her album, "Chat-Shire," along with her role in the drama "Producers."

In her interview, IU also discussed the criticism surrounding her album "Chat-Shire" and the song "Zeze."

"I don't want to conclude, 'This is right and that is wrong' about the interpretations on the song," said the singer. "Since my own freedom is important, if I want to protect that, I have to protect other people's freedom to interpret the song...That doesn't mean that you can conclude that I'm a pedophile. There's a difference between interpretation of a song and criticism towards the person."

Both artists will perform at next week's Mnet Asia Music Awards (MAMA) in Hong Kong.

Source: KPopStarz



Male idol groups ranked by online streaming and downloads: BIGBANG 8 out of 10

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There’s no standardized measure for a success of a group, but recent data on online streaming and downloads definitely helps build the case for the popularity of a group.

The chart, which excludes sub-units or solo works by male artists, really shows the dominance of BIGBANG, who almost entirely took over the top 10! Check out the rankings below:



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1) BIGBANG – “Bang Bang Bang”

2) BIGBANG – “Loser”

3) BIGBANG – “Bae Bae”

4) BIGBANG – “If You”

5) BIGBANG – “Let’s Not Fall in Love”

6) BIGBANG – “Sober”

7) BIGBANG – “We Like 2 Party”

8) iKON – “My Type”

9) BIGBANG – “Zutter”

10) EXO – “Call Me Baby”

11) SHINee – “View”

12) EXO – “Love Me Right”

13) BTS – “I Need U”

14) BEAST – “Gotta Go To Work”

15) iKON – “Rhythm Ta”

16) BTOB – “It’s Okay”

17) Infinite – “Bad”

18) BEAST – “YeY”

19) 2PM – “My House”

20) iKON – “Airplane”

21) Super Junior – “Devil”

22) VIXX – “Love Equation”

23) BTOB – “Way Back Home”

24) SHINee – “Married To The Music”

25) TEEN TOP – “Ah Ah”

26) CNBlue – “Cinderella”

27) B1A4 – “Sweet Girl”

28) GOT7 – “Just Right”

29) GOT7 – “If You Do”

Source: Koreaboo

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