It’s annual-awards time for global music body the IFPI, which is staggering its rankings for artists, tracks and albums over several days.
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K-Pop giant Hybe’s revenues grew 41.6% to $1.36bn in 2022
South Korean music company Hybe enjoyed another bumper year in 2022, with its revenues growing 41.6% to 1.78tn won.
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SM Entertainment hits out at Hybe’s ‘hostile takeover attempt’
Earlier this month we wrote about K-Pop giant Hybe acquiring a 14.8% stake in fellow South Korean music firm SM Entertainment.
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Now Hybe moves to take a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment
We wrote about tech firm Kakao buying a stake in Korean music company SM Entertainment earlier this week, but now it’s been joined by Hybe.
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More K-Pop consolidation as Kakao buys into SM Entertainment
Fresh from selling a 4.2% stake to mobile games firm Com2uS in November, South Korean music company SM Entertainment now has another investor.
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K-Pop streams for businesses grew by more than 200% in 2022
Soundtrack Your Brand, one of the main companies providing music to shops, restaurants and other businesses, has offered some data points.
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South Korea music revenues grew by 31.7% in first half of 2022
Korean creative industry body KOCCA’s report on the first half of 2022 held good news for South Korea’s music industry.
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NetEase Cloud Music salutes success of K-Pop group (G)I-DLE
Chinese service NetEase Cloud Music prides itself on having plenty of young listeners who are keen to discover international music as well as homegrown tracks.
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9 notable moments for K-Pop music in 2022
Today our focus is on K-Pop: the music and artists of South Korea whose horizons were truly global in the music industry of 2022.
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Spotify caught in the middle of BTS and Blackpink fandom-feud
Last week’s release of Spotify Wrapped 2022 generated the usual mountain of social-media buzz – but also some controversy.
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K-pop’s global rise: a series of well-planned explosions rather than a single big bang
This article from Last.fm is Partner Content. Most eruptions in pop music happen over a long period of time rather than immediately. ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was Elvis’s first US number 1, […]
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Hybe revenues grow and Com2uS buys stake in SM Entertainment
K-Pop giant Hybe has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2022.