Big Bang 2 is South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

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Boy band

A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...

 Big Bang's second Japanese album. It was released on May 11, 2011.

The album has had three singles to date: "Koe o Kikasete

Koe o Kikasete

is the third Japanese single by the South Korean boy band Big Bang released under YG Entertainment seven months after their ガラガラ GO!! single...

", "Tell Me Goodbye

Tell Me Goodbye

"Tell Me Goodbye" is a song released by the South Korean boy band Big Bang. It's the group's fourth Japanese single and second single from the album "Big Bang 2". It was released on June 9, 2010. Tell Me Goodbye is sung in Japanese, with the exception of a few English lines...

", and "Beautiful Hangover

Beautiful Hangover

"Beautiful Hangover" is a single by the Korean hip-hop band Big Bang, Beautiful Hangover is sung in Japanese. It was released on August 25, 2010. The music video has two versions: an advised or revised...

". "Koe o Kikasete" and "Tell Me Goodbye" managed to chart within the top five in the Japanese Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts, and "Beautiful Hangover" managed to chart in the top ten.

Development and background

Big Bang 2 is Big Bang's second original Japanese album, following the release of Big Bang

Big Bang (Big Bang album)

Big Bang is the second studio Japanese album by South Korean boy band, Big Bang and was released on August 19, 2009.- Production :Production of the album started from the release of the group's first Japanese single, My Heaven on June 2009...

in 2009.
Their song "Ms. Liar" was a Japanese remake of their Korean song "Stupid Liar".

Singles

Prior to Big Bang 2s announcement, three singles were released. "Koe o Kikasete

Koe o Kikasete

is the third Japanese single by the South Korean boy band Big Bang released under YG Entertainment seven months after their ガラガラ GO!! single...

" was the first single and was released November 4, 2009. It charted for sixteen weeks and managed a peak position at number four. Following "Koe o Kikasete" was "Tell Me Goodbye

Tell Me Goodbye

"Tell Me Goodbye" is a song released by the South Korean boy band Big Bang. It's the group's fourth Japanese single and second single from the album "Big Bang 2". It was released on June 9, 2010. Tell Me Goodbye is sung in Japanese, with the exception of a few English lines...

", released June 9, 2010. "Tell Me Goodbye" achieved around the same success, managing to chart for fifteen weeks peaking at number five. "Beautiful Hangover

Beautiful Hangover

"Beautiful Hangover" is a single by the Korean hip-hop band Big Bang, Beautiful Hangover is sung in Japanese. It was released on August 25, 2010. The music video has two versions: an advised or revised...

", the third single, was less successful, reaching number seven and charting only eight weeks. On April 18, 2011 a Japanese music video version of "Tonight" was made and uploaded on YG Entertainment's YouTube account and was released as a digital download on April 27, 2011. A fifth single, Ms. Liar was digitally released the same day as the album release.

Promotion

Big Bang 2 is to be accompanied by the Love & Hope Tour across Japan. The tour was previously titled the Love & Pain Tour, but it was changed due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. Part of the proceeds will go to disaster relief.

Tracklisting

The tracklisting was revealed through CD Japan.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Daily albums	1
Oricon Weekly albums	1
Oricon Monthly albums	3

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	92,758
RIAJ physical shipping certification	Gold (100,000+)

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	May 11, 2011	Universal Music Japan	CD, digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...	May 11, 2011	Universal Music Taiwan	CD