Big Bang (South Korean Band) Life Story

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Big Bang are recognized as one of the most popular bands in the world, having surpassed 140 million records sold. The quintet is known for their multiple hit songs, with the reporting that music consumers have learned to trust the group's quality, calling them a "phenomenon" because their material is "consumed evenly by a variety of age groups." This allowed them to win several Song of the Year awards from numerous award shows, including in the 13th , for "Bae Bae" and the 30th for "Loser". They were crowned Artist of the Year at the 17th in 2008 and at the 7th in 2015. The group currently holds the record as the only artist to win more than one from the , having won in 2008, 2012, and 2015. The group won multiple Best New Artist awards during the early days of their career in . They have won three , including Video of the Year for "Fantastic Baby". Big Bang became the first and only Korean act to win an award at the when they took home the Best Artist from the World award in 2016. The quintet has been honored with the award for Most Influential Group in Asia at the 5th and with a Special Achievement award at the 58th .

In 2014, the tenth anniversary of the digital music market release in South Korea, Big Bang was revealed to be the second act with the most digital hit songs in history. With the release of the Made singles in 2015, they became the first. Their albums Hot Issue (2007), Stand Up (2008), Remember (2008), Tonight(2011) and Alive (2012) were also cited as some of the most successful digital albums in history. Their breakthrough hit was the 2007 "Lies," which would stay on 's Top 100 for over 54 weeks, the first song to spend over 50 weeks on chart, including 22 weeks in the Top 10. Their follow-up single "Last Farewell" tied the all-time record for the , topping the chart for 8 consecutive weeks. In 2011, they reached the top of 's Hall of Fame, making them the best selling artist of all time on the chart. Their EP Tonight (2011) became the very first K-pop album to reach the Top 10 on US iTunes chart. In 2015, they became the first act to have three songs in the Top 5 of the , as well as the first act to hold the first and second spots simultaneously in the same year. They also became the first act to top the Gaon Digital Chart for four consecutive months. Their third album Made (2016), was certified Diamond by the Chinese music service and became one of . In 2016, "Lies" and "Day by Day" were revealed to be, respectively, the second and the fifth most downloaded songs in South Korea since 2006. They are YouTube's most watched Asian group, with over four billion combined views.The music video for "Fantastic Baby" became the first by a K-pop group to surpass 200 and 300 million views on YouTube. They also became the first Korean act to have nine music videos with over 100 million YouTube hits under their belt.

Big Bang's at on August 20, 2016 was attended by 65,000 people

Their set the record for highest ticket sales in , while their shows gathered the largest crowd for a K-Pop concert held in the UK. Their in 2013 became the highest-grossing tour by a foreign act in Japan. Additionally, their , the most attended tour headlined by a Korean act in history, logged several records for the group: the most viewed online K-pop concert in history, the first foreign act to hold a Japanese dome tour for three consecutive years, the only foreign act to hold three concerts in a row at the , the first Korean act to hold a two-day concert in Kuala Lumpur, the largest K-pop arena tour in history, the first foreign act to sell out three concerts in Hong Kong on two separate occasions,one of the most expensive concerts in Malaysian history, the largest tour in China by any Korean act, and the biggest K-pop concert staged in Canada. Behind the scenes footage from the tour was documented in their first film, , which became the most viewed music documentary in Korea. Their held at gathered 65,000 people in attendance which was the biggest audience ever for a single headlining act in South Korea. With their in 2017, Big Bang will break their own record of being the first foreign act to hold a Japanese dome tour for five consecutive years.