South Korea’s popular group Big Bang was awarded the Gold Artist Award in Japan.

Big Bang who attended and performed at the “Best Hits Song Festival 2009” on November 26 were honored to receive the Gold Artist Award after they just debuted this last June in 2009 and were awarded only 5 months after their official debut.

Big Bang who just debuted last June, got their first major non-rookie award, after only 5 months into their debut. They debuted with their single “My Heaven” which went up to number 2 on the Oricon Daily chart after only 5 days. Their second single “Gara Gara GO!” released on August 19 also went up to the number 3 spot on the Oricon Daily charts, proving to be a favorite of the Japanese public.

Their latest third single released on November 2nd, “Let Me Hear Your Voice” went up to number 3 on the Oricon Daily chart as well, and it was also used as the theme song for TBS Japanese drama “One Person”.

Big Bang are international artists who have had all of their four albums in a row on the TOP 5 spots on the Oricon chart. This rookie group won the grand prize, Gold Artist Award, continuing the streak of Kpop artists, such as BoA who won it in 2007, TVXQ in 2008, and now Big Bang in 2009.


Credits to : alee@iBigbang Fansite