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The Best of Big Bang
The Best of Big Bang
	Regular edition cover
Greatest hits album by Big Bang
Released	December 14, 2011
Recorded	2006–2011
Genre	K-pop; J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	52:40
Language	Korean; Japanese;
Label	Universal Music Japan
Big Bang chronology

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

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.	Title	From the album	Length
1.	"Haru Haru" (Japanese version)		4:17
2.	"Tonight" (Japanese version)	Big Bang 2	3:40
3.	"Hands Up"	Big Bang 2	3:59
4.	"Tell Me Goodbye"	Big Bang 2	4:06
5.	"Beautiful Hangover"	Big Bang 2	3:46
6.	"Top of the World"	Big Bang	3:01
7.	"Baby Baby" (Japanese version)	Big Bang	3:52
8.	"Always" (Japanese version)	Big Bang	3:55
9.	"Somebody to Luv"	Big Bang 2	3:33
10.	"Koe o Kikasete" (声をきかせて; Let Me Hear Your Voice)	Big Bang 2	4:15
11.	"Emotion"	Big Bang	3:19
12.	"Ms. Liar"	Big Bang 2	3:53
13.	"Gara Gara Go!!" (ガラガラ GO!!, Gotta Gotta Go!!)	Big Bang	3:19
14.	"My Heaven"	Big Bang	3:52
Total length:			52:40

CD 2: *Asia Best 2 2006–2011*^[3]
No.	Title	From the album	Length
1.	"A Fool of Tears" ((눈물뿐인 바보; Nunmulppunin Babo))	Big Bang (single album)	4:03
2.	"Forever with You" (featuring Park Bom)	Big Bang 03	3:39
3.	"Good Bye Baby"	Big Bang 03	3:31
4.	"Dirty Cash"	Bigbang Vol.1	3:14
5.	"Crazy Dog"	Hot Issue	3:40
6.	"A Good Man" ((착한 사람; Chaghan Salam))	Stand Up	3:23
7.	"Oh My Friend"	Stand Up	3:30
8.	"Sparking" ((반짝 반짝; Banjjak banjjak))	Remember	3:38
9.	"Haru Haru" (acoustic version) (하루하루; Day by Day)	Remember	4:26
10.	"Wonderful"	Remember	3:32
11.	"Lollipop Pt.2"	Non-album release	3:20
12.	"Love Song"	Tonight	3:46

CD+DVD Edition – DVD bonus tracks^[3]
No.	Title	Length
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 performance for *The Best of Big Bang*
Chart (2011)	Peak position
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard)^[7]	3
Japanese Daily Albums (Oricon)	1
Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon)^[5]	2
Japanese Monthly Albums (Oricon)	18

Sales

Sales for *The Best of Big Bang*
Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	51,000

Release history

Release history and formats for *The Best of Big Bang*
Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan^[4]	December 14, 2011	CD CD+DVD digital download	Universal Music Japan

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "BIGBANG / THE BEST OF BIGBANG（初回限定盤）【CD】【+DVD】 / BIGBANG / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "BIGBANG / THE BEST OF BIGBANG（通常盤）【CD】 / BIGBANG / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "ＴＨＥ　ＢＥＳＴ　ＯＦ　ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ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.
^ "Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard Japan. December 26, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2016.

External links

[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.

[limited-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.

[release-4] "BIGBANG / THE BEST OF BIGBANG（通常盤）【CD】 / BIGBANG / UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

[oricon-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.

[tracklist-6] "ＴＨＥ　ＢＥＳＴ　ＯＦ　ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ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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