Still cuts of Big Bang‘s T.O.P from the movie ‘Alumni‘ have been gathering attention online.

The images of T.O.P, who’s playing the lead role, in uniform have been causing a lot of talk among fans and netizens. His clean-cut hair and neat uniform bring out a different side to the Big Bang member, who’s usually seen rocking a more eye-catching style.

Netizens commented, “I’m looking forward to the movie”, “T.O.P’s crazy good looks“, “He looks best when he’s expressionless“, and more.

Are you looking forward to ‘Alumni’?

Best Music Videos Collection 2006 - 2012 (Korean Edition) Details

Release Date: Wednesday, 13th February 2013
Price: 7980 JPY (tax included)
Contents: 3 DVDs + Photobook (200 pages)

Disc 1: Best Music Videos from 2006 till 2008
1. We Belong Together
2. A Fool's Only Tears
3. This Love
4. Lalala
5. Ma Girl
6. Forever With You
7. Goodbye Baby
8. Dirty Cash
9. Lies
10. Lies (Re-edited)
11. Always
12. Last Farewell
13. Look Only At Me
14. Prayer
15. Stand Up (Intro)
16. Haru Haru
17. Oh My Friend
18. Haru Haru (Re-edited)
19. Sunset Glow
20. Strong Baby

Disc 2: Best Music Videos from 2009 till 2012
1. Heartbreaker
2. A Boy
3. Butterfly
4. Breathe
5. Where You At
6. Wedding Dress
7. Wedding Dress (YG Edit)
8. Turn It Up
9. You're My + I Need A Girl
10. I'll Be There
11. I'll Be There (English Version)
12. Baby Goodnight
13. VVIP
14. What Can I Do?
15. Tonight
16. Love Song
17. Blue
18. Bad Boy
19. Fantastic Baby
20. Monster
21. One Of A Kind
22. That XX | Crayon

Disc 3: Special Features (Japan Special Content)
1. Bonus: Lollipop + Lollipop Part 2
2. Behind The Scenes of:
- Lies
- Always
- Haru haru
- Sunset Glow
- Breathe
- I'll Be There
- What Can I Do?
- Tonight
- Love Song
- Fantastic Baby
To order please click

Source: ygex bigbang & bigbangupdates

[NEWS] Alive Tour in Seoul 2012 DVD Details (JAPANESE Edition)

Venue: Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium
Price: 8400 JPY (tax included)
Release Date: Wednesday, 6th February 2013
Contents: 3 DVDs + Photos Booklet (200 pages)
Limited Edition

DVD 1:
1.Tonight
2. Hands Up
3. Fantastic Baby
4. How Gee
5. Stupid Liar
5. Knock Out
6. High High
7. Strong Baby + What Can I Do
8. Gara Gara Go
9. Number 1
10. Cafe
11. Bad Boy
12. Blue
13. Ain't No Fun
14. Love Dust
15. Love Song
16. Look Only At Me + Wedding Dress + Where You At
17. Wings
18. Haru Haru
19. Last Farewell
20. Lies
21. Encore Stage: Sunset Glow + My Heaven
22. Double Encore Stage : Bad Boy + Fantastic Baby

DVD 2: Special Features - Behind The Scenes
1. Big Bang Alive Tour in Seoul 2012 (YG Edit)
2. Fantastic Baby (YG Edit)
3. Bad Boy (YG Edit)
4. Blue (YG Edit)
5. Love Dust (YG Edit)

DVD 3: Special Feature - Multi Angles Music Videos
1. Fantastic Baby (G-Dragon, T.O.P, SOL, D-LITE, V.I)
2. Stupid Liar (G-Dragon, T.O.P, SOL, D-LITE, V.I)
3. Bad Boy (G-Dragon, T.O.P, SOL, D-LITE, V.I)

source: YGEX via negimax, bigbangupdates

[BIGBANG ALIVE GALAXY TOUR : THE FINAL IN SEOUL SPOT]

♦ Second Ticket Sale Information ♦
- Ticket : Exclusive at G Market (http://www.gmarket.com/)
- Inquiry Line : 1566-5702
- Ticket Open Date: 2013/01/02 (Wed) 8 PM

January 10, 2012 ALIVE TOUR IN SEOUL LIVE CD Release Announcement!

Hi, this is YG Entertainment. 

2012 BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR IN SEOUL, which let the world know 
the start of the world tour in March!

BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR now presents Seoul Concert LIVE CD, 
which will be released on this coming January 10.

Having various staff members with spectacle experiences involved such as
the worldwide prominent concert production company LIVE NATION,
director of Lady Gaga’s world tour `Laurieann Gibson`,
music director who has worked with various popular pop stars `Gill Smith`,
and visual contents production team `Possible Production` ,
BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 has so far presented dynamic stages to their audiences.

Through LIVE CD, now you can listen the edited version in live session of BIGBANG’s hits,
such as `거짓말`, `마지막 인사`, `하루하루`, `TONIGHT`, `BLUE`, `FANTASTIC BABY`
and so on.

Please refer to the below for more details.


♦ 2012 BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR IN SEOUL LIVE CD ♦

▶ Pre-Order : 2012/12/28 (FRI) ~ 2013/1/9 (WED)
▶ Pre-order Location : YG e-shop YG e-shop, On & Offline Music Stores http://www.ygeshop.com/
▶ Release Date : 2013/1/10 (THU)
▶ YG e-shop Price : 11,000 Won (Price may vary by location.)
▶ Details
① LIVE CD (1 CD)
② BOOKLET
③ YG FAMILY CARD : depending on initial manufacture quantity
④ Poster : depending on initial manufacture quantity (1 per album)
* Part of product details and release date can be changed in the process of production.

▶ 2012 BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR IN SEOUL LIVE CD track list
01. TONIGHT
02. HANDS UP
03. FANTASTIC BABY
04. STUPID LIAR
05. CAFE
06. BLUE
07. BAD BOY
08. 재미없어
09. LOVE SONG
10. 하루하루
11. 마지막 인사
12. 거짓말

Japan Osaka Dome and Korea Encore Concerts are the only events left
until the finale of BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012!
Prior to the last moment of the tour,
we wish you could enjoy the feeling and atmosphere of the Seoul Concert,
the first event of BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012.

Thank you,

▶ 2012 BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR IN SEOUL DVD
Scheduled for Release on January 25, 2013!

Seoul Concert LIVE DVD is scheduled to be released on January 25, 2013
* Release date may change due to the process of production, and
details will be announced when the pre-order opens.

▶ BIGBANG BEST MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION 2006~2012
– KOREA EDITION – Scheduled for Release on February 13, 2013!

‘BIGBANG BEST MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION’, through which you can watch
the music videos of BIGBANG from the moment of their debut,
will be released on February 13, 2013.
* Release date may change due to the process of production, and
details will be announced when the pre-order opens.

F.T. Island‘s Jonghoon shared a cute picture on his Twitter account on December 26th.

Jonghoon added the above photo with Big Bang‘s Seungri (VI) and wrote, “VI..I love you“. In the photo, the two idol stars are sitting together on an airplane, making adorable facial expressions and poses for the camera. Seungri also stated in his Christmas diary, “This Christmas, I wanted to rest in a warm place so I went to Bangkok with F.T. Island’s Jonghoon.”

MelOn released their end-of-the-year charts for 2012.

The music site released 4 charts for 2012, taking into account all data from January 2, 2012 to December 24, 2012. The four charts were broken down into Yearly Total Chart, Yearly Streaming Chart, Yearly Download Chart, and Yearly Album Chart.

Yearly Total Chart

1. PSY – Gangnam Style
2. SISTAR – Alone
3. Busker Busker – Cherry Blossom Ending
4. SISTAR – Loving U
5. BIGBANG – Fantastic Baby
6. 2NE1 – I Love You
7. Busker Busker – If You Really Love Me
8. Ailee – Heaven
9. Seo In Guk & Eunji – All For You
10. Busker Busker – First Love
11. IU – Every End Of The Day
12. T-ara – Lovey Dovey
13. TaeTiSeo – Twinkle
14. Huh Gak – The Person Who Once Loved Me
15. Naul – Wind Memory
16. Busker Busker – Yeosu Night Sea
17. BIGBANG – Monster
18. BIGBANG – Blue
19. Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
20. Huh Gak ft. Zia – I Need You
21. Baek Ji Young – Voice
22. Wonder Girls – Like This
23. IU – You & I
24. Lee Jonghyun – My Love
25. Lyn – Back In Time
26. Verbal Jint – You Are Pretty Enough
27. K. Will – Please Don’t
28. Lee Hyun – My Heartache
29. T-ara – Day by Day
30. PSY ft. Lena Park – What Would Have Been
31. 10cm – Sorrow
32. f(x) – Electric Shock
33. PSY ft. Sung Si Kyung – Passionate Goodbye
34. Juniel – Illa Illa
35. Lee Hi – 1234
36. Roy Kim & Jung Joon Young – Becoming Dust
37. Ailee – I Will Show You
38. Busker Busker – It’s Hard To Face You
39. G-Dragon – Crayon
40. Troublemaker – Troublemaker
41. Ga In – Bloom
42. Busker Busker – The Flowers
43. BoA – Only One
44. Orange Caramel – Lipstick
45. Ulala Session – Beautiful Night
46. Huh Gak – One Person
47. 10cm – Good Morning
48. Maroon 5 – Payphone
49. Dynamic Duo – Without You
50. G-Dragon ft. Kim Yuna – Missing You

Yearly Streaming Chart

1. PSY – Gangnam Style
2. SISTAR – Alone
3. SISTAR – Loving U
4. Busker Busker – Cherry Blossom Ending
5. 2NE1 – I Love You
6. BIGBANG – Fantastic Baby
7. Busker Busker – If You Really Love Me
8. Seo In Guk & Eunji – All For You
9. Ailee – Heaven
10. Naul – Wind Memory

Yearly Download Chart

1. Busker Busker – Cherry Blossom Ending
2. SISTAR – Alone
3. BIGBANG – Fantastic Baby
4. T-Ara – Lovey Dovey
5. Ailee – Heaven
6. PSY – Gangnam Style
7. BIGBANG – Blue
8. Lyn – Back In Time
9. IU – Every End Of The Day
10. Busker Busker – First Love

Yearly Album Chart

1. Busker Busker – Busker Busker 1st Album
2. PSY – 6 Rules (Part 1)
3. BIGBANG – 5th Mini Album: ALIVE
4. G-Dragon – 1st Mini Album: One Of A Kind
5. Busker Busker – 1st Wrap Up Album
6. BIGBANG – 5th Mini Album (Repackaged): STILL ALIVE
7. Naul – Principle of My Soul
8. Various Artists – Superstar K4 TOP 12 (Part 1)
9. Primary – Primary & The Messengers
10. Epik High – 99

source: Melon & allkpop

[WEB] The New York Times selects Big Bang & 2NE1 concerts for ‘Best Concerts of 2012′

2012 was a huge year for YG Entertainment, lead by Psy, their popularity has truly gone global. With their growing influence, two of their top acts held their first World Tours.

The ladies of 2NE1 embarked on their ‘New Evolution World Tour‘ back on July 28th in Seoul. They then proceeded to visit the United States (Newark & Los Angeles), Japan (Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Saitama), Taiwan (Taipei), and finally Singapore.

Big Bang also held the first global tour of their own and it was on an even larger scale. Korean conglomerate Samsung signed on to officially sponsor the tour, endorsing their Galaxy line of phones as it was named the ‘Alive Galaxy Tour‘. They also formed a partnership with Live Nation. The tour kicked off in Seoul back in March, they initially planned only 25 shows but due to the high demand, the tour actually amounted to 48 shows in 13 different countries. After the Seoul concert they concentrated on Asia visiting Japan (Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, Saitama, Fukuoka, Tokyo), China (Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong), Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok), Indonesia (Jakarta), Taiwan (Taipei), Philippines (Manila), and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur). They also visited Europe, North America, and South America with stops in England (London), the United States (Anaheim, Newark), and Peru (Lima). Big Bang will have 2 more concerts in Osaka and then finally wrap up their epic tour in Seoul from January 25 to January 27.

The New York Times took notice and selected both of their concerts in Newark’s Prudential Center for their ‘Best Concerts of 2012‘ list.

They wrote:

A concert is always more than just a rendering of songs. It’s a musical revamp, a real-time test, a spectacle, a pop-up community, perhaps a dance party or an incipient riot — and, even in the YouTube era, an ephemeral, site-specific experience. Here the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times recall some of their favorite live events of 2012, in order of importance.

2NE1 Aug. 17, and BIGBANG Nov. 8, both at Prudential Center, Newark. This was the year K-pop arrived — not in the form of “Gangnam Style,” which was everywhere and yet completely evanescent — but in these arena shows, which were full of thousands of young, paying fans eager to see the girls of 2NE1 and the boys of BigBang, groups with zero American hits between them, but rabid American followings all the same.

Congratulations to both groups!

Source: The New York Times & Allkpop

[WEB] Yang Hyun-suk has Instagram

papa YG has an instagram account~ lets follow him @fromyg