[naxus]

Idol group Big Bang has won the #1 spot on One of Thailand’s best record store chart ‘B2S Top 20′.

Big Bang released their 3rd minialbum on 8th August ‘Stand Up’, even though the album was recorded in Korean, it still proves to be popular in Thailand.

The album was #1 on ‘B2S Top 20′ for the 2nd week of September (8th -14th September), going up to the #1 spot on the international chart just 1 week into its release, rising above some of the famous international artistes like Madonna and Mariah Carey.

Not only this, Big Bang’s ‘GREAT’ concert live album and ‘Always’ minialbum released last year were at 12th and 14th position respectively. Even though ‘Always’ was released in Thailand only last November, it became popular very quickly.

Big Bang’s 3rd minialbum sales have gone over 140,000 copies and 20,000 copies are in the process of preordering. Also the minialbum’s title track ‘Haru Haru’ stands strong on #1 position for the 5th consecutive week on various music charts.

source: kbites
credit: asianfanatics