Music Business News: South Korea

YG Plus will continue to handle the domestic distribution of albums and digital music content for HYBE artists including BTS and SEVENTEEN.

BIBI has surpassed one billion streams in the past 12 months and has over 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

The following op/ed comes from author and music economist Will Page, and Jeongbeom ‘JB’ Kim, Chief Data Officer at the Korean-based KreatorsNetwork

Three former The Debut: Dream Academy contestants – EMILY, LEXIE, and SAMARA – had previously been confirmed as members of the group.

HYBE says it looks to become “an entertainment lifestyle platform company built on both music and technology.”

Samsung said the image was used to reflect the content of its third-party partners available on Samsung TV, and was provided by a content partner.

Jiwon No, who previously served as Head of Artist Planning at PLEDIS, was named President of the new label.

The songwriters alleged that NewJeans' creative agency received the demo and told the plaintiffs their topline was liked but would not be used.