Big Bang Break Sales Record In Japan With Oricon-Topping 'MADE' Album

Big Bang's 'MADE' series was the hit of 2015, and now the Japanese version album is taking Japan by storm.

On Tuesday, Feb. 9, Japan's largest online music source Oricon revealed that Big Bang's latest Japanese album MADE sold 128,000 copies since its release last week.

The album, which was released on Feb. 3, contains a total of 11 tracks, and includes Japanese versions of singles titled "Loser," "Bang Bang Bang," and "If You." The physical album lso comes with a special DVD/Blu-ray disc and contains music videos for both the Japanese and Korean versions of the MADE series singles.

This is Big Bang's third time setting a sales record in Japan for the most albums sold in a week. The first was when they released ALIVE - MONSTER EDITION in June 2012 and then again in December 2014 with THE BEST OF BIGBANG 2006-2014.

In addition to the album release, Big Bang are holding their Japan concert tour BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015~2016 MADE IN JAPAN and will perform on Feb. 23 and 24 at the Tokyo Dome.

The group will then wrap up their MADE tour in Seoul performing for three nights at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena from Friday, March 4 to Sunday, March 6.

Big Bang next plans to visit China in March for an encore tour starting in Shanghai on March 11 and 12. Big Bang will make stops in eight cities including Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hefei, and Zhenshou.

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