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BIGBANG 'Still Life' rules over charts and music shows, fans say ‘Nation's fav song’

'Still Life' from BIGBANG bags a fourth music show win despite no performances from the group while the song ranks Number 1 on multiple daily charts

When it comes to popularity, BIGBANG is one of those K-pop groups that will never go out of style. The contribution of the second-generation YG Entertainment boy group will be unrivaled and recent stats from domestic charts prove why the boys will always be Number 1. BIGBANG finally ended their four year long hiatus with their comeback song 'Still Life' on April 5 that received a lot of love and came to be an overnight success.

BIGBANG's comeback song topped various charts like Bugs, Melon, Flo, Genie, Vibe and more immediately after it was dropped online, and now, more than a fortnight after its release, the song still sits atop the charts showing why BIGBANG is the unrivaled boy group in K-pop. Not only in terms of charting, but it also shocked K-pop fans by taking not one but four music show wins for 'Still Life' despite not having any performances for the song.

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BIGBANG bags four music show wins for 'Still Life'

Fans of BIGBANG are thrilled as it was announced that BIGBANG officially bagged their fourth music show win for 'Still Life' on the music show 'Music Core' on April 23, despite not having a single performance for the song. BIGBANG released the song as a digital single and did not aim to promote the song at any music show. Despite this, due to the popularity of the single as well as the dedication from fans, the song 'Still Life' has now bagged its new music show win despite no perfromance.

With the new win for 'Still Life', the total number of music show win achieved by BIGBANG has become 97, which is overwhelming for any K-pop boy group. BIGBANG is now the only second gen K-pop group with the most number of music show wins in the history of the genre while they are only the third boy group after BTS at Number 1 and EXO at Number 2 among all K-pop boy groups in terms of their music show wins despite being on a four-year-long hiatus. 

'Still Life' ranks Number 1 on domestic charts 

On April 23, it was also revealed that BIGBANG's 'Still Life' has become the song released in 2022 with most hours at the Number 1 spot on Melon Top 100. 'Still Life' recorded 441 hours of being at the Number 1 spot on Melon's Top 100 list while the song has now ranked at the Number 1 for four Daily song charts in South Korea for more than 10 days in a row.

'Still Life' has been Number 1 on Melon's Daily Chart for 19 days in a row, while it has also been on Number 1 on Genie's Daily Chart for the last 18 days. Not only that but the song has been ranked Number 2 on Vibe for the last 15 days and Number 3 on Bugs for 13 data in a row proving BIGBANG's domestic charting power despite their absence for such a long time.

'This got me so emotional'

This goes on to show how BIGBANG are the undefeated Kings of K-pop and fans are attesting to this fact. One fan said, "I’m very proud of VIPs. As far as i see, no one posted #BIGBANG_StillLife MV on Twitter. We may don’t know how to vote, but we are obedient and listen well." One fan expressed, "This got me emotional.. And we got the message loud and clear." One fan stated, "Nation's fav song."