BIGBANG Tops Domestic Music Charts With “If You” and “Sober”

BIGBANG Tops Domestic Music Charts With “If You” and “Sober”

BIGBANG has dominated the music charts once again with their new songs “If You” and “Sober.”

When YG Entertainment released the “MADE Series-D” on July 1, “If You” claimed the number one spot on eight different music charts including Melon, Mnet, and Genie as soon as it was released.

“Sober” ranked right below in second place in those eight charts and BIGBANG proved their popularity yet again, not to mention that their “MADE Series-M” and “MADE Series-A” albums in May and June dominated music charts as well.

“MADE Series-D” is also hugely popular overseas. This album swept the iTunes charts of 16 different countries including Hong Kong, Norway, Peru, and Thailand.

It is currently ranked fourth and 22nd place in the U.S. and the U.K. respectively.

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Source: Soompi

G-Dragon shares the backstory behind BIGBANG’s ballad If You

G-Dragon shares the story behind the production and selection of BIGBANG’s ballad and hit track, “If You.” 

  
Appearing on Naver Starcast on June 30th, G-Dragon revealed that he collaborated with PK and Dee.P for “If You,” the artists responsible for BIGBANG’s “Monster” and Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose and Lips” respectively.

According to G-Dragon, “If You” is the type of song choice that the group hasn’t tried before and during the selection process, everyone of their staff over thirty years old preferred it. Furthermore, he explained that despite the track being a sad, ballad genre, the members were able to sing it without technique, only relying on the lyrics.

“If You” is also the first track that all members singing including rappers G-Dragon and T.O.P.

When asked by Seungri, G-Dragon then explained that the track is meaningful to him because he wrote it when was in love.

Meanwhile, aside from promoting their latest single [D], BIGBANG is also continuing their tour across Asia.

Source: StarToday via Koreaboo

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