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Big Bang
Studio album by BigBang
Released	August 19, 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	R&B hip hop dance-pop electropop
Length	36:26
Language	Japanese English
Label	Universal J
Producer	Yang Hyun-suk (exec.) Masahiro Kasumoto (exec.) Jimmy Thornfeldt G-Dragon
BigBang chronology
Remember (2008) Big Bang (2009) Tonight (2011)
Singles from Big Bang
"My Heaven" Released: June 24, 2009 "Gara Gara Go!" Released: July 8, 2009 "Bringing You Love" Released: August 19, 2009

Big Bang (also known as 1st Japanese Album) is the second Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band BigBang, and was released on August 19, 2009.

Production

Production of the album started from the release of the group's first Japanese single, "My Heaven", in June 2009. The song enjoyed mild success; afterwards, the group's second single was released, "ガラガラ GO!!" (Gara Gara Go!!), and approximately a month later, the single had sold over 30,000 copies. BigBang finished recording the album by the end of July. The song "Love Club" is the only track sung entirely in English.

Commercial performance

Big Bang debuted on the daily Oricon charts at number 2 with over 12,000 copies being sold on the first day. The album went on to chart at number 3 on the weekly Oricon charts.

Track listing

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

1. ^ "Big Bang Doing Well in Japan". Korea Times. August 26, 2009. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
2. ^ ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ（初回限定盤）/ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
3. "＜BIG BANG＞の日本デビュー作 初日にオリコン4位" (in Japanese). WOW! Korea. June 25, 2009. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
4. ^ "BIGBANG『日本のファンに会える！ドキドキするけど楽しみ！！』" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24, 2009. Archived from the original on August 23, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
5. "「おひとりさま」主題歌など人気急上昇BIGBANGの魅力をたっぷりと". RBB Today (in Japanese). November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
6. "BIGBANG、代々木で8千人が「ガラガラ GO!!」". Barks (in Japanese). July 10, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
7. "BIGBANGのアルバム2作が初日TOP10入り" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 20, 2009. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
8. ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年11月 [November 2010 Certified Works List] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
9. "Japanese album certifications – Big Bang – Big Bang" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2010年11月 on the drop-down menu
10. "BIGBANG - Bigbang (CD)" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
11. "【BIGBANG】CD+DVD初回盤" (in Chinese). Universal Music Taiwan. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
12. "BIGBANG+ライブ・トラックス" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

External links

• Big Bang Official Site
• Big Bang Japan Official Site
• Big Bang by Universal Music Japan (in Japanese)

• BigBang (South Korean band) albums
• 2009 albums
• Universal Music Japan albums
• Universal J albums
• 2000s Japanese-language albums
• Albums produced by G-Dragon