K-pop

HYBE warns of potential ‘legal measures’ against SM Entertainment over Kakao deal (report)

Rift between K-Pop giants HYBE and SM Entertainment escalates

HYBE says it ‘can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s major record labels’ as it secures stake in rival SM Entertainment

HYBE completes deal to acquire 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment

South Korea’s Kakao buys 9.05% stake in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment worth $172.8m

Capital raised through the deal will fund new multi-label system, SM 3.0

K-Pop promoter Powerhouse, which has worked with BTS, BLACKPINK and MONSTA X, strikes strategic partnership with AEG Presents

Company produced 15 shows for BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself US Tour in 2018

HYBE continues to diversify its business by buying a stake in South Korea-based games developer Flint (report)

Company expands in games industry

K-Pop giant SM Entertainment sees revenues soar 65.4% YoY to $179.4m in Q3

Company is behind K-Pop stars like SUPER JUNIOR, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, KANGTA, BoA, TVXQ!, NCT and aespa.

Following global success of acts like BTS and BLACKPINK, new fund launches to let investors back K-pop companies

"The global market for K-pop is still at an early stage of growth," says Jangwon Lee, CEO of CT Investments

Spotify launches specialist K-Pop exec recruitment drive

Candidate will join'a newly created team focused on breaking through K-Pop and K-culture driving communities'

Big Hit and Universal ‘rewrite global music history’ with joint K-pop label, expanded partnership

Global search for K-pop boy band set to begin in 2022 as Bang Si-Hyuk and Sir Lucian Grainge announce new pact

Big Hit, headed for a $4bn valuation, hands $54m in shares to BTS members ahead of IPO

Bang Si-hyuk's stake in Big Hit is currently worth comfortably over $1 billion

Republic Records enters strategic alliance with K-Pop Powerhouse JYP Entertainment for TWICE

New music to be released worldwide soon

K-Pop has been streamed for more than 134bn minutes on Spotify since 2014

There have been more than 41bn K-Pop streams on the platform to date

Deezer launches new channel featuring K-Pop-focused editorial playlists

Chanel will focus on K-Pop and its subgenres

FUGA inks deal with developer Riot Games to distribute entire music catalog of League of Legends

This digital distribution deal includes the current release POP/STARS from virtual K-pop band K/DA

Universal signs K-pop girl band to Interscope – can they repeat BTS success?

The South Korean quartet is currently the highest-charting female K-pop act in Billboard Hot 100 history