Big Bang (single album) explained

Big Bang
Type:single album
Artist:Big Bang
Cover:Big Bang First Single cover.jpg
Recorded:2006
Language:Korean
Label:YG
Next Title:Big Bang Is V.I.P
Next Year:2006

Big Bang (also known as Big Bang First Single) is the debut single album by South Korean boy band Big Bang, released via YG Entertainment on August 28, 2006. It spawned the single "We Belong Together" featuring labelmate Park Bom, who would later debut as a member of 2NE1. Commercially, the single album peaked at number five on the monthly MIAK album charts in South Korea and sold nearly 44,000 copies by 2016.

Composition

G-Dragon and T.O.P composed several of the tracks on the single album; band leader G-Dragon composed the title track "We Belong Together" while he along with T.O.P. wrote the lyrics. The song is an R&B track that presents a rhythmic up-tempo tune with rap passages. The song "This Love" is a remake of the song of the same name by Maroon 5.[1]

Commercial performance

Upon its release, Big Bang First Single debuted and peaked at number five on the monthly MIAK album chart issue for August 2006, selling 17,159 copies within three days. In the following month, it dropped to number 16 and sold an additional 9,452 copies.[2] On the 2006 year-end album chart ranking, Big Bang First Single sold 36,420 copies and was the 35th best-selling album of the year in South Korea. Total sales grew to almost 40,000 copies by February 2007.

Charts and sales

Sales

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Making of G-Dragon's "Coup D'Etat". September 10, 2013. Complex Magazine. June 8, 2015.
  2. Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200609.htm. ko:2006.09월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2006.09 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. May 16, 2021. September 27, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032933/http://miak.or.kr/stat/Kpop_200609.htm. ko.
  3. Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200608.htm. ko:2006.08월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2006.08 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. May 16, 2021. April 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080430233811/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200608.htm. ko.
  4. Web site: http://riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2006. ko:2006년 가요음반판매량. 2006 Album Sales Figures. Recording Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20171014133744/http://riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2006. October 14, 2017. dead. October 14, 2017.
  5. Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200702.htm. ko:2007.02월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2007.02 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. May 16, 2021. February 26, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226014830/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200702.htm. ko.