SM Entertainment, Big Hit Music CEOs named on Billboard’s '2022 Indie Power Players' list

CEOs of K-pop powerhouses SM Entertainment and Big Hit Music were named on Billboard’s list of “2022 Indie Power Players.” SM’s co-CEOs Lee Sung-soo and Tak Young-jun and Big Hit Music’s Shin Young-jae made the list revealed by Billboard on Monday.

2022-06-07

BTS’s agency threatens maligners with the law

BTS's agency is filing criminal complaints against online commenters who say bad or sexually suggestive things about the boy band. "For commenters who frequently change their online nicknames, we monitor them in real time and track their accounts ...

2021-12-30

Music video for BTS's hit 'Butter' surpasses 600 million views

The music video for BTS’s megahit “Butter” (2021) surpassed 600 million views on YouTube, five months after its release. According to the boy band’s agency Big Hit Music on Tuesday, the video for "Butter" hit the 600 million mark around 12:45 ...

2021-11-02

Big Hit Music hosting global audition to find new K-pop stars

Big Hit Music, the agency of boy bands BTS and Tomorrow X Together, is hosting a global audition to recruit potential K-pop stars. The audition, called “2021 Big Hit Music Global Audition,” aims to look for “individuals with talent and passion...

2021-10-18

BTS’s 'Not Today' surpasses 500 million views on YouTube

BTS’s “Not Today” has become the K-pop boy band’s 12th music video to reach 500 million views on YouTube. Big Hit Music announced Wednesday that the music video for “Not Today” surpassed 500 million views just before noon today. It has taken ...

2021-09-01

Postponed 'BTS Map of the Soul Tour' officially canceled

Boy band BTS’s planned world tour “BTS Map of the Soul Tour,” which had been on hold for over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been canceled completely, according to Big Hit Music on Friday. “We have strived to live up to fans’ prolonged ...

2021-08-20

BTS's homage to Elton John earns tweet from the music legend

Boy band BTS’s latest song “Permission to Dance” sparked an unexpected online interaction between the K-pop phenomenon and legendary British singer Elton John. “Permission to Dance” dropped on Friday, and its lyrics make a reference to John, ...

2021-07-13

BTS's 'DNA' reaches 1.3 billion views on YouTube

“DNA” became the first music video by BTS that crossed the 1.3 billion view threshold on YouTube, the band’s agency Big Hit Music said Saturday. According to the agency, the official video for the 2017 song hit 1.3 billion views Friday night.

2021-07-04

Remix of Tomorrow X Together song coming Friday

Boy band Tomorrow X Together will release a remix version of its song “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” in collaboration with rappers pH1 and Woodie Gochild on Friday, according to Big Hit Music on Thursday. “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” ...

2021-06-24

'BTS, THE BEST' tops Oricon chart in Japan

BTS’s Japanese compilation album “BTS, THE BEST” topped Japan's Oricon weekly album chart, according to Oricon on Tuesday. “BTS, THE BEST” is a compilation of the K-pop phenomenon’s greatest hits. It was released on June 16 exclusively in Japan. ...

2021-06-22

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