The Best of Big Bang

The Best of Big Bang is the third greatest hits album by South Korean boy band Big Bang. The album was stated to release in November 23, 2011 but due to G-Dragon's scandal, it was postponed to December 14, 2011.[1]

The Best of Big Bang
Regular edition cover
Greatest hits album by
Big Bang
ReleasedDecember 14, 2011
Recorded2006–2011
Genre
Length52:40
Language
  • Korean
  • Japanese
LabelUniversal Music Japan
Big Bang chronology
The Ultimate (International Best)
(2011)		 The Best of Big Bang
(2011)		 Alive (EP)
(2012)

Background

The Japanese Best album includes all singles released in Japan and songs from the albums Big Bang and Big Bang 2. It also includes a Japanese version of the song "Haru Haru". The Asia Best 2 2006–2011 album includes hits of the group during 2006 until 2011. It is the second part of the greatest hits Asia Best 2006–2009. The album was released in three different formats: a 2CD+DVD edition with a T-shirt,[2] a 2CD+DVD edition only[3] and a regular edition with the Japanese Best disc only.[4]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 1 in Oricon's daily chart and number 2 in Weekly album chart with 30,043 copies sold.[5]

Track listing
CD 1: The Best of Big Bang – (Standard edition) and Japanese Best[6]
No.TitleFrom the albumLength
1."Haru Haru" (Japanese version) 4:17
2."Tonight" (Japanese version)Big Bang 23:40
3."Hands Up"Big Bang 23:59
4."Tell Me Goodbye"Big Bang 24:06
5."Beautiful Hangover"Big Bang 23:46
6."Top of the World"Big Bang3:01
7."Baby Baby" (Japanese version)Big Bang3:52
8."Always" (Japanese version)Big Bang3:55
9."Somebody to Luv"Big Bang 23:33
10."Koe o Kikasete" (声をきかせて; Let Me Hear Your Voice)Big Bang 24:15
11."Emotion"Big Bang3:19
12."Ms. Liar"Big Bang 23:53
13."Gara Gara Go!!" (ガラガラ GO!!, Gotta Gotta Go!!)Big Bang3:19
14."My Heaven"Big Bang3:52
Total length:52:40
CD 2: Asia Best 2 2006–2011[3]
No.TitleFrom the albumLength
1."Forever with You" (featuring Park Bom)Big Bang 033:39
2."Good Bye Baby"Big Bang 033:31
3."Dirty Cash"Bigbang Vol.13:14
4."Crazy Dog"Hot Issue3:40
5."Mad About You"With U3:26
6."Oh My Friend"Stand Up3:30
7."Haru Haru" (acoustic version) (하루하루; Day by Day)Remember4:26
8."Wonderful"Remember3:32
9."Lollipop Pt.2"Non-album release3:20
10."Love Song"Tonight3:46
CD+DVD Edition – DVD bonus tracks[3]
No.TitleLength
1."My Heaven" (music video and making of) 
2."Gara Gara Go!!" (music video and making of) 
3."Koe o Kikasete" (music video and making of) 
4."Tell Me Goodbye" (music video and making of) 
5."Beautiful Hangover" (music video) 
6."Tonight" (music video – Japanese version) 
7."Love Song" (music video) 
8."Big Bang album making of" 
9."Big Bang First Press Conference in Japan" 
10."Gara Gara Go!!" (single release commemorative live digest) 

Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[7] 3
Japan Daily Albums Chart (Oricon) 1
Japan Weekly Albums Chart (Oricon)[5] 2
Japan Monthly Albums Chart (Oricon) 18

Sales and certifications
Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales 51,000+

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Japan[4] December 14, 2011
Universal Music Japan

References
  1. "BIGBANG、DVD＆ベスト盤発売延期　リーダー大麻問題で波紋広がる" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  2. "BIGBANG / THE BEST OF BIGBANG（初回限定盤-SPECIAL EDITION-）【CD】【+DVD】 / BIGBANG / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. "BIGBANG / THE BEST OF BIGBANG（初回限定盤）【CD】【+DVD】 / BIGBANG / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  4. "BIGBANG / THE BEST OF BIGBANG（通常盤）【CD】 / BIGBANG / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  5. "2011年12月12日～2011年12月18日のCDアルバム週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly album chart for December 26th)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  6. "ＴＨＥ　ＢＥＳＴ　ＯＦ　ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  7. "Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard Japan. December 26, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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