:Big Star (South Korean band)

{{Short description|South Korean boy band}}

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{{More citations needed|date = August 2015}}

}}{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Big Star

| image = 2015 빅스타 - 달빛소나타 뮤직비디오 메이킹 01.png

| landscape = yes

| caption = Big Star in 2015

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| origin = Seoul, South Korea

| genre = {{flatlist|

| years_active = 2012–2019

| label = Brave

| past_members = *Baram

  • Raehwan
  • Feeldog
  • Sunghak
  • Jude

}}

Big Star ({{Korean|hangul=빅스타}}, often stylized as BIGSTAR) was a South Korean boy band formed in 2012. The group consists of Feeldog, Baram, Raehwan, Sunghak and Jude. Big Star was signed to Brave Entertainment.Profile on [http://misskpop.weebly.com/big-star-profile.html MissKpop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140134/https://misskpop.weebly.com/big-star-profile.html |date=2017-12-06 }}, retrieved October 22, 2014.

On July 1, 2019 Brave Entertainment announced that Big Star have disbanded after the members contracts expired.{{cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/1335817wpp/bigstar-announces-disbandment-following-expiration-of-members-contracts|title=BIGSTAR Announces Disbandment Following Expiration Of Members' Contracts|date=Jul 1, 2019|work=Soompi|access-date=July 1, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215093511/https://www.soompi.com/article/1335817wpp/bigstar-announces-disbandment-following-expiration-of-members-contracts|url-status=live}}

History

Big Star released their first single, Bigstart, on July 12, 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.etoday.co.kr/news/section/newsview.php?TM=news&SM=4101&idxno=607878|title=용감한형제의 보이그룹 '빅스타', 기대 속 데뷔 음원 공개|access-date=12 July 2012|date=16 April 2014|work=Etoday|archive-date=5 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205194700/http://www.etoday.co.kr/news/section/newsview.php?TM=news&SM=4101&idxno=607878|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Big Star became the first idol group to hold 100 concerts in Japan.{{cite web|title=Will Big Star Follow In The Footsteps of K-Pop Band g.o.d?|url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/118042/20140929/big-star-kpop.htm|access-date=August 17, 2015|author=Lily James|date=September 29, 2014|archive-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814135028/https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/118042/20140929/big-star-kpop.htm|url-status=live}}

On June 27, 2017, Brave Entertainment confirmed that Bora and Feeldog had been officially dating for about six months after meeting each other on Hit the Stage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/2017/06/27/breaking-former-sistar-member-bora-bigstars-feeldog-confirmed-dating/|title=Breaking: Former SISTAR Member Bora And BIGSTAR's Feeldog Confirmed To Be Dating|website=Soompi|date=27 June 2017|access-date=11 May 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414104139/https://www.soompi.com/2017/06/27/breaking-former-sistar-member-bora-bigstars-feeldog-confirmed-dating/|url-status=live}}

In October 2017, Big Star appeared in the KBS survival show, Idol Rebooting Project: The Unit. On February 10, 2018, Feeldog came in 4th place on The Unit, making him an official member and leader of the show's group, UNB.{{Cite web|url=http://theunit.kbs.co.kr/unit/index.html?part=boy|title=KBS 아이돌 리부팅 프로젝트 더 유닛 - 유닛소개|website=theunit.kbs.co.kr|language=ko|access-date=2018-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814103333/http://theunit.kbs.co.kr/unit/index.html?part=boy|archive-date=2018-08-14|url-status=dead}}

In July 2019, the group disbanded following the expiration of members' contracts.

Members

  • Baram ({{lang|ko|바람}})
  • Raehwan ({{lang|ko|래환}})
  • Feeldog ({{lang|ko|필독}})
  • Sunghak ({{lang|ko|성학}})
  • Jude ({{lang|ko|주드}})

Discography

=Extended plays=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales

KOR
{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T|title=Gaon Album Chart|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2015-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326122745/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T|url-status=live}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=33&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|title=Hang Out charting|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630024731/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=33&hitYear=2013&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=37&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title=Shine A Moon Light charting|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630000140/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=37&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
scope="row" |Blossom

|

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. Shut Up
  2. Think (생각나)
  3. Close Your Eyes (눈감아)
  4. What Should I Do Tomorrow? (내일은뭐하지)
  5. Someone New (새로운사람)

}}

|—

|{{N/A}}

scope="row" |Hang Out

|

  • Released: August 8, 2013
  • Label: Brave Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. Be Brave (feat. ElectroBoyz)
  2. Hooligan (날라리)
  3. Run & Run (일단달려)
  4. Shake It (흔들어)
  5. The Same Girl (독 같은 여자)

}}

|14

|

  • KOR: 2,207+{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=08&hitYear=2013&termGbn=month|title=August 2013 Album Chart|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630000229/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=08&hitYear=2013&termGbn=month|url-status=live}}
scope="row" |Shine A Moon Light

|

  • Released: September 4, 2015
  • Label: Brave Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download

{{hidden|Track listing|

  1. Moonlight Sonata (달빛소나타)
  2. Birthday
  3. Would You or Would You Not (줄래 안줄래)
  4. Come On (왜이래)
  5. Outro

}}

|8

|

  • KOR: 1,457+{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=09&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month|title=September 2015 Album Chart|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630024658/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=09&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month|url-status=live}}
colspan="4" align="center"|"—" denotes release did not chart.

=Single albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart
positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Sales

KOR
scope="row"| Bigstart

|

  • Released: July 12, 2012
  • Label: Brave Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download

{{hidden|Track list |

  1. Big Star
  2. Hot Boy
  3. Baby Girl

}}

|—

|{{N/A}}

=Singles=

==As lead artist==

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positions

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album

KOR
{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=Gaon Digital Chart|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2015-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204071600/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|url-status=live}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=29&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Hot Boy" charting|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2016-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705041716/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=29&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=41&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="Thinking of You" charting|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2016-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625022914/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=41&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=49&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|title="I Got The Feeling" charting|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2020-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926063252/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=49&hitYear=2012&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=38&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title="Full Moon Shine" charting|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2015-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917172931/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=38&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}
scope="row" | "Hot Boy"

| rowspan="3" |2012

|73

|rowspan="6" {{N/A}}

|Bigstart

scope="row" | "Thinking Of You" ({{lang|ko|생각나}})

|96

|Blossom

scope="row" | "I Got The Feeling" ({{lang|ko|느낌이 와}})

|96

|{{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row" | "Run & Run" ({{lang|ko|일단달려}})

| rowspan="2" |2013

|—

|Hang Out

scope="row" | "Standing Alone" ({{lang|ko|홀로서기}})

|—

|rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row" | "Forget U" ({{lang|ko|너를 지워본다}})

|2014

|—

scope="row" | "Full Moon Shine" ({{lang|ko|달빛소나타}})

|2015

|99

|

  • KOR: 19,904+{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=38&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title=2015 Week 38 Download Chart|publisher=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2016-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309182427/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=week&hitYear=2015&targetTime=38&nationGbn=T|url-status=live}}

|Shine A Moon Light

colspan="5" align="center"|"—" denotes single did not chart.

==Compilation appearances==

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positions

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scope="row" | "Lonely Geese" ({{lang|ko|외기러기}})

| 2013

| —

| Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend (The Onions)

colspan="4" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

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