SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, home to K-pop superstars BTS, has revealed its larger-than-expected revenue for the first half of 2019, proving itself to be a great potential game changer in the industry. The unlisted company said Wednesday it posted a record 200.1 billion won (US$166.5 billion) in sales for the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new drama series featuring the growth story of global K-pop band BTS is under production to be aired next year, the head of the band’s music label said Wednesday. “With a view to launch it in the second half of 2020, (we) are preparing a drama series based [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency of K-pop super band BTS, has taken over a medium-sized talent agency that is home to popular girl band GFriend, Big Hit said Monday. “Having recently completed its contract to take over shares of Source Music, Big Hit will integrate (the company) as [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM has teamed up with Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency of the sensational K-pop boy band BTS, to launch an idol band on the global music scene, according to CJ on Monday. The two firms established a joint venture named Belif Lab, aiming [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, which manages K-pop boy band BTS, on Friday unveiled the first member of a new boy band it is set to launch. Big Hit uploaded photos of and an introductory film about the new band’s first member, Yeonjun, on its website and social media accounts, as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Many have attributed the high popularity of the K-pop boy band BTS to its clever use of social media, but the group said its sincerity and quality were more integral to its success. “People pay attention only to the fact that we have well communicated with our fans on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation boy band BTS has set a world record for Twitter engagements, its agency Big Hit Entertainment said Wednesday. The group has earned the honor, which is published by Guinness World Records, as the music group with the most Twitter engagements. It achieved an average of 152,112 retweets [...]