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K-pop behemoth BTS performs during the 2021 New Year s Eve Live event held virtually on Thursday. Courtesy of Big Hit Labels
By Dong Sun-hwa
Following the phenomenal success of K-pop boy band BTS, its record label Big Hit Entertainment has also been catapulted to international fame for its creation and management of the megastar group. Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, who established the company in 2005 and launched BTS in 2013, was recently named on the Variety 500, the U.S. magazine s index of the 500 most influential business leaders who shaped the global media industry in 2020.
But BTS global domination has left Bang with a challenge ― how would he prove that Big Hit can live on without BTS in the future? The seven-piece act is still hitting high notes, but Big Hit s heavy reliance on the band in terms of revenue has frequently been picked as the company s biggest vulnerability. In fact, BTS accounted for about 70 percent of
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The late singer
Shin Hae Chul s masterpieces were brought back to life through the voices of Big Hit s artists.
On December 31st, the
Big Hit Label artists.
In particular, the collaboration stage between the late Shin Hae Chul and Big Hit label artists caught fans attention as Shin Hae Chul was revived through a hologram produced with artificial intelligence technology. The Big Hit artists sang Shin Hae Chul s hit songs
To You and
What You Really Want to commemorate him.
Tribute stage for Shin Hae Chul - Suga Speechpic.twitter.com/8Gog78tF8X ᴮᴱUK BTS ARMY⁷ (@UKBTSARMATION) December 31, 2020