"Thank u, next" took on new meaning over the weekend as BLACKPINK’s ‘Kill This Love’ music video broke three records for its YouTube debut, including beating Ariana Grande and BTS to claim the most viewed 24 hour debut of all time. BLACKPINK now has: the biggest YouTube Premiere of all…
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this flip back through a busy and contentious week in the music biz, we revisit Spotify’s kickoff of label licensing talks despite major disputes at the company, Apple’s new ‘app tax,’ a lawsuit against Fall Out Boy over their use of fury llama puppets, and more! Hypebot, MusicThinkTank Join…
BTS label Big Hit Entertainment banks $44.5m net profit in 2018 – report
Company’s revenue increased 132% year-on-year
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BTS Pre-Sale Exceeds 2.6 Million Albums In Just 5 Days
K-Pop superstars BTS have pre-sold more than 2.6 million copies of the album "Map of the Soul: Persona" Set to be released on April 14, the album may be the biggest pre-sale in history, a particualty impressive feat in an era where streaming has surpassed physical sales. BTS hit this…
Peermusic Acquires South Korea’s Music Cube — Which Includes BTS Copyrights
Peermusic has now acquired Music Cube, whose catalog includes songs from BTS. Peermusic has been rather busy as of late. Last summer, the independent publisher acquired Accorder Music Publishing, a UK-based indie film and TV publisher. Accorder has re…
Peermusic buys South Korean music publisher Music Cube – including works by K-Pop superstars BTS
The acquisition includes works recorded by K-Pop groups BTS, Red Velvet and AOA
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SoundCloud nabs BTS star exclusive – his track breaks platform’s all-time 24 hour record
The previous record on SoundCloud was achieved by Drake’s Duppy Freestyle in May 2018
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BTS Is 1st Korean Artist To Pass 1M Apple Music Streams
The BTS behemoth keeps gaining momentum.This week …
See BTS’ Exuberant Performance of ‘Idol’ on ‘America’s Got Talent’
Song appears on K-pop group’s chart-topping LP, ‘Love Yourself: Answer’