Chartmetric drew on data from Spotify, Instagram and YouTube to explore how the top 200 *other* K-Pop artists are growing worldwide.
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What can the global music industry learn from K-Pop and South Korea?
K-pop is the genre that ate the world whole. Acts like BTS, Blackpink, Twice and TVXQ are not just some of the biggest acts within the genre – they are […]
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Besides Spotify, South Korea may soon get YouTube Music too
We’ve been reporting on the persistent rumours that Spotify is preparing to launch in South Korea very soon. It seems that it may be joined by YouTube Music’s subscription tier. Korean news […]
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BTS로 한국어 배우기 (that’s ‘Learn Korean with BTS’ in Korean)
We really hope that means ‘Learn Korean with BTS’ – blame Google Translate if not! We wrote about Weverse earlier this year as part of our report on K-Pop giant Big Hit Entertainment’s […]
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K-Pop firm Big Hit Entertainment’s revenues double to $494m
Big Hit Entertainment, the South Korean powerhouse behind BTS and TXT among others, has revealed its latest growth stats. Its revenues in 2019 topped ₩587.9bn ($494m), doubling those in 2018, […]
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South Korea now has more than 10m paying music subscribers
Around one in five people in South Korea now subscribe to a music streaming service, as the country’s golden age for music – and for the music industry – shows […]
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Country Profile – South Korea 2020
Standing astride a hugely successful domestic output, the South Korean music industry is thriving across the genres and 2019 figures are expected to show another strong period of growth
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BTS fuelled Big Hit Entertainment surge in first half of 2019
Korean music firm Big Hit Entertainment held its latest media briefing yesterday, and dropped some impressive numbers to show how its business is surging in 2019. The company’s revenues in […]
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K-Pop agency Big Hit Entertainment may be worth $1bn
With BTS playing to packed stadiums in the west, the excitement around the global potential of K-Pop continues to grow. That’s now including a bumper valuation for agency Big Hit […]
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Korean streaming service Melon faces royalties investigation
Melon is one of the oldest music-streaming services in the world, but the South Korean service is now facing an investigation into its handling of music royalties between 2009 and […]
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Samsung Milk Music popular in Korea (except with some rightsholders)
Samsung’s Milk Music personal radio service launched in the US earlier this year, but it recently went live in the company’s homeland of South Korea too. A report from Korea […]
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iPhone girl gets record deal after YouTube success
Millions of people might watch you on YouTube covering Lady Gaga’s Poker Face using just iPhone apps, but will they buy your own music? Kim Yeo-hee is about to find out: she’s just signed a record deal with South Korean label Dreamhigh-Ent. Kim – known as Applegirl002 – came to fame through her YouTube videos, which have notched up more than 4.2 million views so far