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Seungri: “BIGBANG Members Were on Bad Terms with Each Other until Last Year”

In a shocking revelation, BIGBANG’s Seungri said that BIGBANG members did not have a good relationship until last year. On March 9, BIGBANG’s Seungri appeared on SBS “BIGBANG Comeback Show- ALIVE BIGBANG” and shared that, “To be honest with you, until the ‘Tonight’ album promotions last year, all five BIGBANG members weren’t really on good terms with each other. The better word would be we weren’t that close with to each other.”

“Actually, all the members were more interested in personal activities. We all felt like we could do well separately under solo promotions. Taeyang and I had more interest in solo albums, while T.O.P wanted more movie and drama acting. G-Dragon had big dreams in producing,” he added.

But the Daesung car accident and G-Dragon’s marijuana incident brought the whole group together and made their relationship stronger than ever. “After realizing BIGBANG might collapse just like that, all five members started to really get closer and work together. We encouraged each other to revive our group,” he said.

Meanwhile, SBS broadcasted live footage of BIGBANG’s world tour concert, “2012 BIG SHOW- ALIVE,” which took place from March 2 to 4 in Seoul.

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[UPDATED] BIGBANG Seungri Drops Out of College to Focus on Career

Earlier today, TV Chosun’s “Entertainment in TV” announced that BIGBANG’s Seungri dropped out of Chung Ang University, where he was majoring in theater and acting studies. According to a representative from Chung Ang University, “Seungri recently visited the campus and withdrew from school. Because of his BIGBANG activities, he could not attend his classes. And as a result, he’s been placed under academic probation several times. He probably made the decision because it was hard to focus on his entertainment and academic career at the same time.”

In 2009, Seungri and Girls’ Generation’s Yuri made headlines for being accepted to Chung Ang University, beating out some tough competition. Back in 2006, Seungri had also withdrawn from high school due to his activities with BIGBANG. However, he passed his GED (General Equivalency Diploma) in 2009, earning him his high school graduation status. Meanwhile, BIGBANG is dominating music charts in Korea and an impact throughout the world with their latest mini album “Alive.”

TV Chosun’s “Entertainment in TV” will air its segment regarding Seungri’s withdrawal from college tonight, March 9, at 9:50PM KST. 

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YG Entertainment officials confirmed, "Recently, Seungri withdrew from Chung Ang University. While Seungri still has a strong affection for his school, he had not been able to fully commit to his education because of various BIGBANG and overseas activities. Additionally, because of the upcoming world tour, we realized that Seungri would not be able to attend school. After careful consideration, he decided to leave." Officials added, "Seungri still has a thirst to learn and has enrolled at the Global Cyber University to attend classes online."

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Big Bang’s ‘Alive’ charts on the Billboard 200

Big Bang‘s fabulous five has made another mark on K-pop history.

On March 9th, Billboard published the new weekly charts for the U.S. Billboard 200. On this chart, Big Bang’s recent Korean mini-album ‘Alive’ charted at number 150. This record is significant in that the Billboard 200 is known as the definitive chart for album sales in the United States.

This accomplishment is all the more impressive when it is taken into account that ‘Alive’ is a Korean language album that had absolutely no promotions in the United States. On March in 2009, BoA‘s English language album ‘BoA’ charted at number 127 on the Billboard 200, but this is the first time that marks the ranking of a Korean album on the chart.

In related news, the group also ranked at number 4 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Furthermore, their songs ‘Blue‘ , ‘Love Dust‘ and, ‘Fantastic Baby‘ all charted on the top three spots of Billboard’s Korea K-pop Hot 100 chart.