Big Bang was nominated for the Mnet Korean Music Award 's Artist of the Year .
After the Artist of the Year award nomination from the 2008 Mnet Korean Music Festival , the group expanded their endeavors to Japan , releasing both their second Korean studio album , Remember , and their first Japanese album , Number 1 , in the same year , and consequently getting three nominations at the 9th MTV Video Music Awards Japan .
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