[NEWS] Taeyang, “From the beginning Jihye hasn’t been my ‘type’” cr:ibigbang
Taeyang of Big Bang talked about his long-term dance partner, OL (Ji Hye).
Taeyang’s appearance on KBS 2TV “Entertainment Tonight” Guerilla Date was broadcasted on the 11th, where the topic about his “Kiss” performarce with dancer OL has raised questions. Since Taeyang’s first solo, “Only Look at Me“, up until now OL has been standing with him on stage.
Taeyang said about OL, “Because we’ve known each other since really young,” “She’s pretty, but not my type” he replied briefly. When asked who his type was then, he replied with, “My type..I don’t know..the dancers are pretty but, someone I can communicate well with, like a soul mate.”
Source: 스타뉴스
Translated: Jae In @ ibigbang.wordpress.com
Big Bang earns over 60 million won in performance fees cr:ibigbang[/b]
On a recent ranking released by Star Marketing, they have revealed Korean idols’ performance fees for the month of August 2010. And among the many debuting groups in the industry, Rain, Big Bang, TVXQ, Wonder Girls and Boa are on the top list on being paid over 60million won ($51,480) on performance or appearance fee.
Some are a bit debatable below for the below 60 million Won ranking, but we’ll see – this is a survey done by a marketing group, so take everything with a grain of salt. Based on August 2010.
Singers being paid over 60million won:
Lee Hyori
Rain
Wonder Girls
Big Bang ($51,480)
Dong Bang Shin Gi
BoA
Park JinYoung
SS501
Singers being paid below 60million won
Ranking, Singer, Perf fee (million won), Per member (if in a group) (million won)
1. 2PM, 6000, 1000
2. SNSD, 4500, 500
3. 2ne1, 4000, 1000
3. Taeyang (Bigbang), 4000 ($34,320)
TaeYang to end solo promotions and start preparation for Big Bang’s Korean comeback cr:kbites
TaeYang has recently ended the promotions for his album ‘International release’ and will return to Big Bang for group activities.
TaeYang who is currently busy with preparations of his upcoming independent concert ‘I’ll Be There’ on 25th and 26th September will have his goodbye stage on MBC Music Core on 18th September. His recent album ‘Solar’ has achieved great results by going up to the #1 and #2 spots on Canada and American iTunes R&B/Soul chart even though there was no overseas promotions for it. And the ‘International Release’ also went up to the #5 spot on the chart.
After his solo concert, TaeYang will return to Big Bang and will start the preparations for the group’s Korean comeback after 2 years.