| The Best of Big Bang | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Big Bang |
| Cover: | TheBestofBigBang-regular.jpeg |
| Caption: | Regular edition cover |
| Released: | December 14, 2011 |
| Recorded: | 2006–2011 |
| Label: | Universal Music Japan |
| Prev Title: | The Ultimate (International Best) |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Alive (EP) |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
The Best of Big Bang is the third greatest hits album by South Korean boy band Big Bang. The album was stated to release on November 23, 2011, but due to G-Dragon's scandal, it was postponed to December 14, 2011.[1]
The Japanese Best album includes all singles released in Japan and songs from the albums Big Bang and Big Bang 2. It also includes a Japanese version of the song "Haru Haru". The Asia Best 2 2006–2011 album includes hits of the group during 2006 until 2011. It is the second part of the greatest hits Asia Best 2006–2009. The album was released in three different formats: a 2CD+DVD edition with a T-shirt,[2] a 2CD+DVD edition only[3] and a regular edition with the Japanese Best disc only.[4]
The album debuted at number 1 in Oricon's daily chart and number 2 in Weekly album chart with 30,043 copies sold.[5]
| Peak position | ||
| Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[6] | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese Daily Albums (Oricon) | 1 | |
| Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon) | 2 | |
| Japanese Monthly Albums (Oricon) | 18 |
| Amount | ||
| Oricon physical sales | 51,000 |
|---|
| Date | Format | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | December 14, 2011 | Universal Music Japan |