The Blackjacks singing “Missing You” at the encore is goosebump-inducing.. ❤ And then the guitar started playing, gaaahhhh! And how cute are the girls for “Gotta Be You”?! They jumped around like little rabbits whenever the chorus comes on! Kekeke! ❤ And check out Dara and Noh Hong Chul’s crazy-cute dance during the after party! XDDD
2NE1, set a new K-POP record in America’s Billboard
[OSEN=Kang Seo Jung] A girl group 2NE1 recorded the highest ranks in the history of K-POP on ‘Billboard 200’, America’s Billboard main chart, and set a new record.
On March 5th (local time), Billboard.com said “2NE1 set a new American record” and added “‘CRUSH’ became 61st place on ‘Billboard 200’” and conveyed.
Also, they said “The title song ‘COME BACK HOME’ became 5th place on ‘World Digital Songs’ chart” and revealed.
With ‘Gangnam Style’, Psy became 2nd place on ‘Billboard HOT 100’, the single album chart, and set the highest record in the history of Korean pop and 2NE1 also got the highest record out of all the Korean pop albums as they became 61st place on ‘Billboard 200’, the album chart, with ‘CRUSH’.
With that, YG now has the highest record in the history of Korean pop in two Billboard main charts.
Meanwhile, Billboard chart is officially updated on 6th.
OMGGGG! YOU GUYS! Blackjacks who came in today are so lucky! Well, they are very dedicated, so good things come to them. XD Dara bought food for them! She bought gan jjamppong (Korean stir-fried noodles) for all the Blackjacks who went to the pre-recording! ❤ How generous our goddess is! A real beauty inside and out! ❤
YG Entertainment will be showing the “Live Performance Video” of CRUSH from 2NE1’s “All Or Nothing” Concert in Seoul! The girls started off the concert with the first album track, and YGE has decided to upload their video coverage of that performance tonight, at 9:00PM, KST! Cannot wait! ❤
Today, 2NE1 pre-recorded “Come Back Home” and “Crush” for this Sunday’s Inkigayo! Some lucky IBJs went to the recording, and shared some fun anecdotes!
2NE1 Sets New U.S. Record for Highest-Charting, Best-Selling K-Pop Album With ‘Crush’
The female quartet snags the accomplishment without revealing any album material prior
K-pop notches its biggest sales week yet for an album, thanks to 2NE1. The girl group’s new album “Crush“ opens at No. 61on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in the week ending March 2, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The set surpasses the previous best week, logged by boy band BIGBANG’s “Alive” in 2012, which launched with 4,000. More impressively, the quartet managed the feat with four days of sales.
2NE1 also immediately sets the record for the highest-charting K-Pop album on the Billboard 200. Until this week’s chart, the scene had only hit as high as No. 126 with Girls’ Generation-TTS’ “Twinkle” EP in 2012.
Similarly to Girls’ Generation’s “Mr. Mr.” EP rollout — which bows at No. 110 on Billboard 200 in the week ending March 2 — “Crush” had an atypical album release. The LP dropped on digital retailers on Feb. 27 without revealing any of the album’s material — not even a snippet. No music videos promoted the album either.
The videos for lead single “Come Back Home” (above) and album track “Happy” (below) were revealed on March 2, after that week’s tracking period. 2NE1 did spend 2013 promoting three digital singles — “Falling in Love,” “Do You Love Me?” and “Missing You” — but none appear on this LP.
Elsewhere on Billboard charts, 2NE1 sends every album track to the K-Pop Hot 100 this week, all charting inside the top 40 slots. Their chart dominance ranks as follows:
No. 2 “Come Back Home” No. 4 “Gotta Be You” No. 7 “If I Were You” No. 9 “Crush” No. 11 “Good to You” No. 16 “MTBD” No. 17 “Happy” No. 18 “Scream” No. 22 “Baby I Miss You” No. 39 “Come Back Home (Unplugged Ver.)”
On the World Digital Songs chart, 2NE1 controls six of the 25 titles on the tally, led by “Come Back Home” at No. 5. All charts will be refreshed tomorrow morning on Billboard.com.
U.S. Billboard Continues To Praise 2NE1’s New Song, ‘Come Back Home’
By Diana Shin | March 05, 2014 08:10 AM EST
U.S. Billboard continued to praise group 2NE1‘s new album and title song, “Come Back Home.”
On March 3, Billboard stated, “2NE1 returned with reggae and ballad genres in 2013 and has made a different style comeback this year with their ‘CRUSH’ album. They have returned with an electro-pop and hip hop sound that showcases something new as well as a bit of their old sound.”
They introduced their song, “Come Back Home” as a reggae trap hybrid genre and that mixing the two created an amazing outcome.
Billboard also recently released an article spotlighting their two title songs, “Come Back Home” and “Happy” and praised the music videos as well.
2NE1 has also been featured on various media sites and has been praised for their new album.
They will be making their comeback performance on March 9.
2NE1 simultaneously released the music videos for their tracks “Come Back Home” and “Happy” on March 3rd at around 2 P.M.
In the morning of the 3rd, YG Entertainment posted, through their official blog, (www.yg-life.com) a timer for the release of the music videos as well as a teaser image for each respective video. The music video for “Happy” was screened beforehand on March 1st and 2nd during 2NE1’s concert at the Olympic Park SK Olympic Handball Stadium. These two images, shown below, were deliberately put next to each other in order to highlight their differences; “Come Back Home” is distinctly dark and charismatic while “Happy” is bright and colorful.
In this article, however, we will be focusing on the cinematic aspect of 2NE1’s “Come Back Home”. 2NE1’s new music video shocked fans and audiences alike. Through heavy CG work, we see the girls in a futuristic world complete with high-tech architecture and ultramodern technology. The group matches this futuristic backdrop with their unique style as well. In addition, the plot of the video seems to match the lyrics of the song, as we seeSandara Park act out a relationship with a man. With an obvious focus on visuals, there is evidently a developing storyline, making the music video complete.
To clarify things, Yang Hyun Suk explains the sci-fi concept behind the music video, “It might be hard to understand it at first. All you have to know is that finding happiness in the real world is the most important thing. In ‘Come Back Home’ we are placed in a futuristic world where the citizens choose to live in an intangible, imaginary world. Just like the movie ‘Matrix’, these people are connected to machines and prefer to transport themselves to another world instead of living in the world that they physically inhabit.”
He concludes, “Nowadays, people would rather talk or ‘meet’ via their smartphones instead of having a face-to-face conversation. Not only that, more and more people become addicted to these online games that create virtual worlds. In the music video, Sandara Park is heartbroken for this reason: her boyfriend is addicted to a virtual world. As a result, the 2NE1 members go into this false world and attempt to destroy it in order to spread the message that the real world is more important.”
2NE1 will make their first broadcast comeback on the 9th via SBS’s “Inkigayo”
2NE1, Girls’ Generation, CNBLUE: Whose New Single Is Best?
As three of K-pop’s biggest acts 2NE1, CNBLUE and Girls’ Generation have reached audiences worldwide and managed to rack up a slew of international accolades, many in just the last 12 months.
Each group has held concerts past on their home continent, with CNBLUE most recently bringing its Korean rock to New York City’s Best Buy Theatre in January. All boast appearances on multiple Billboard charts, as 2NE1 and Girls’ Generation may possibly break Billboard 200 K-pop chart records this week. Plus, 2NE1 brought its hip-hop-meets-EDM sound to will.i.am’s “#willpower” album; CNBLUE continues to garner comparisons to Maroon 5 and Jason Mraz, and Girls’ Generation‘s sugary-sweet “I Got a Boy” video won the very-first video of the year award at the YouTube Music Awards over Justin Bieber, One Direction and Miley Cyrus.
The top-tier acts all dropped new singles within days of each other — but which is the standout K-pop release? Vote now in the poll below to show us why “Come Back Home,” “Can’t Stop” or “Mr.Mr.” is the hottest release of the moment:
The lead single off 2NE1‘s long-awaited “Crush” album, “Come Back Home” mashes up reggae and trap beats for a musical hybrid that also scales the girls’ emotional ranges: The quartet pleads a lover to “come back home” on the verse and chorus, but flips to seductive cooing when the beat drops. In less than 48 hours, the single’s CGI-heavy video has amassed 2.1 million views.
Take another listen to each new single from 2NE1, CNBLUE and Girls’ Generation, and vote for your favorite now!
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