2006: Debut and success
The group had a unique release schedule, with three EPs released within a span of a few months. Big Bang released their first single, The First Single Album, on August 29, 2006, with the song "This Love" getting high requests among radio stations.and later went on to sell approximetly 39,655 copies. Big Bang's second single Big Bang is V.I.P. was released a month later on September 28, 2006, selling 21,000 copies in that month.It finally netted sales of 32,503 copies.On November 22, 2006 they released their third single entitled B I G B A N G 0 3, following the success of their previous singles with the final sale of 29,138 copies.
Later in the year, Big Bang's own official fan club was created, calling themselves the "V.I.P." (in reflection of their second single "Big Bang is V.I.P."). Unlike other fan clubs, Big Bang's fans do not have a balloon color for showing support at concerts (a reason for this is because there weren't many colors left for them to choose). Instead, fans wave black and white BB (obviously standing for Big Bang) hankerchiefs/bandanas.
At the end of December 2006, Big Bang held their very first concert titled The Real. The concert was successful, with over 12,000 tickets sold.They also released a music video of their song "My Girl", which featured member Tae Yang as the soloist. The following month, their first album BIGBANG VOL.1 Since 2007, which was essentially a compilation of songs from their previous singles, was released; it sold 48,009 copies by the end of February 2007.
Later in the year, Big Bang's own official fan club was created, calling themselves the "V.I.P." (in reflection of their second single "Big Bang is V.I.P."). Unlike other fan clubs, Big Bang's fans do not have a balloon color for showing support at concerts (a reason for this is because there weren't many colors left for them to choose). Instead, fans wave black and white BB (obviously standing for Big Bang) hankerchiefs/bandanas.
At the end of December 2006, Big Bang held their very first concert titled The Real. The concert was successful, with over 12,000 tickets sold.They also released a music video of their song "My Girl", which featured member Tae Yang as the soloist. The following month, their first album BIGBANG VOL.1 Since 2007, which was essentially a compilation of songs from their previous singles, was released; it sold 48,009 copies by the end of February 2007.
2007: "Lies" and breakthrough success
On February 8, 2007, Big Bang released their live concert album entitled 1st Concert Live Album - The Real, which sold 15,211 copies by the end of 2007.From May through to July 2007, they also held their first national tour concert in Korea, entitled Want You. The group successfully toured a total of five cities: Incheon, Daegu, Changwon, Jeonju and Busan.
In addition, 2007 also brought forth various solo activities for the group. Lead vocalist Tae Yang was expected to release a solo single in September 2007, which would have made him the first member to do so. According to representatives for YG’s Yang Hyun-suk, this solo endeavor came about as a result of Tae-yang’s recent performances as well as his vocal contributions to Lexy’s album.Another member, T.O.P. (Tempo), was also cast into the drama I Am Sam. T.O.P. was also featured in Red Roc's music video for "Hello," in which he shaved his hair. Other Big bang members have featured in various songs, with Dae Sung in Nemo's digital single, "Now, Us" (이제,우리..), released on October 15. 2007. G-Dragon was featured in "So In Love Part2" and Tae Yang in "I Should've Loved You a Bit More" (조금만 사랑할걸), both songs from renowned Korean artist Kim Jo Han's new album, "Soul Family with JOHAN" released on October 25, 2007.
Aside from solo activities, Big Bang released a mini album in August, entitled Always, with the group holding a Showcase/Fanmeeting for promotional activities. The mini-album received positive reviews from fans and critics alike, especially the song "거짓말," which group leader G-Dragon wrote and composed.The song was the group's first song to be a breakout hit, hitting #1 on SBS's Popular Songs show on September 9, 2007, their first to do so, follow by MBC's Music Core, KBS's Music Bank and Mnet's Countdown and numerous online and offline charts for many consecutive weeks, including Juke-on, Soompi, and Melon. However, despite the success, G-Dragon was accused of copying FreeTempo's "Sky High" for "Lie." Big Bang then went on to release their the title track from Always as their second single, with the music video being filmed in Hawaii. The music video was released in November. The mini-album was successful enough for Big Bang to collect numerous awards by the end of 2007, including "Best Male Group" and "Song Of The Year" from the 2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival.Later in 2008, Big Bang also collected the prestigous "Daesang" from the 17th Seoul Music Awards.
To capitalize the success of their mini-album, Big Bang announced that they were going to release an official album in November; however, another mini album was released instead, entitled Hot Issue. Promotions for "마지막 인사" (which translates to "Last Farewell"), the lead song from the single, started early and the group appeared on various music and variety shows. They also held their second round of concerts on December 28, 29 and 30, 2007, which had the title BIGBANG is GREAT; tickets being sold out in 10 minutes.However, due to over performing and exhaustion, various members were hospitalized due to sickness and injuries.Because of this, a representative for YG Entertainment stated that though the group would perform at the MBC Music Festival on the 31st but would cancel everything on their schedule for the first week of next year.
Despite this, "마지막 인사 (Last Farewell)" mirrored the success of "거짓말 (Lies)", topping various music charts and winning "Song of the Month Digital Music Award" from Cyworld yet again, beating strong competitors Girls' Generation, Wonder Girls and F.T. Island. It also topped Juke-On's chart for eight consecutive weeks.Their albums and singles have been in high demand, causing the record company to reprint and repackage it.
2008: Expanding overseas and solo activities
Kicking off 2008, Big Bang's first Japanese album, For the World was released, with previous singles appearing on the album, in addition to a Japan-only song, "How Gee" (a new remix version from "How Gee" by Black Machine). All their previous songs were also re-recorded in English. For The World debuted at #14 on the Oricon World chart and eventually crawled its way to #10, despite lack of promotions. On the 28th and 29th of March, Big Bang held their own concert in JCB hall in Tokyo Dome City. The group then proceeded to release a 4th mini-album in late May titled With U, with a corresponding single of the same name. Aside from the title single, the mini-album included many of their earlier hits, such as "Last Farewell" and "This Love", rerecorded in English. The song "My Girl", sung by Tae Yang, was also rerecorded into a Japanese version.
Upon returning to Korea soon after, the members separated into their individual solo activities. While the youngest member, Seungri, tried his luck in theatre by starring in musicals such as Sonagi (based on the popular, classic novel) earlier this year and is set to act in his first movie, "Why did you come home?" starring Kang Hae-Jung (which will release in theaters in November), Tae-Yang released his solo mini-album, "HOT", which proved to be a success, topping online and public charts with its title song, "Look Only at Me". The decidedly R&B album and its lead single was heavily choreographed with unique dance moves that were parodied by many comedians. G-Dragon soon after released a remake version of Tae-Yang's single with "Look Only at Me 2", a digital single, but did not promote it publicly as his teammate did. Instead, G-Dragon spent much of the first half of the year composing and producing, such as collaborating with pop-star Uhm Jung Hwa in her album, DISCO. Dae-Sung also released a digital single - surprisingly, it was a trot number titled, "Gwisoon, Look at Me" (a composition-gift from G-Dragon) that was rather successful.While promoting this single, he spent time on variety programs, regularly appearing in SBS Yoo Jae-Suk's "Family Outing". TOP, on the other hand, collaborated with several artists, being featured in several popular singles such as Gummy's I'm Sorry and Uhm Jung Hwa's Disco.
On August 8, 2008, Big Bang released their 3rd mini-album, Stand Up, promoting it with the lead song, "Day after Day" (하루하루). Within a day, the song topped several online charts along with several other songs from the same album including "Heaven" (천국) and "A Good Man" (착한사람).All songs on the mini-album were composed by G-Dragon, with the exception of "A Good Man" - which was composed by fellow group member T.O.P. Also to be noted, significant collaborations by Daishi Dance, and featured Korean rock-band No-Brain in their latest punk rock single Oh My Friend.
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