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Shin Young-jae CEO of Big Hit Music and So Seong-jin Source Music Master Master Professional. 2023.06.15. (Photo = Provided by Hive) photo@newsis.com *Resale and DB prohibited
Reporter Lee Jae-hoon = CEO Shin Young-jae of Big Hit Music, a label affiliated with Hive, So Sung-jin Master Professional of Source Music, and SM Entertainment Lee Seong-soo CAO (Chief A&R Officer) and Tak Young-jun COO (Chief Operation Officer). They were selected as ‘Billboard’s 2023 Indie Power Players’.
Billboard The Indie Power Players, which has been announced since 2017, selects leaders of labels and distributors that have achieved independent achievements in the global music market. In addition to the three major US labels, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, we select those who have achieved independent results in the global music market.
According to Hive SM on the 14th, Billboard announced a list including CEO Shin on the 12th (local time). Indie labels accounted for 36.9% of total album consumption in the US, and the percentage is gradually increasing.
CEO Shin, who has been honored with the honor of being selected for three consecutive years following 2021 and last year, highly praised his support for the successful global activities of his artists ‘BTS’ and ‘Tomorrow X Together’ (TXT Tubatu). received.
In addition to successfully holding performances in Las Vegas and Busan last year, BTS newly introduced the THE CITY project, which provided a special fan experience with various contents and events based on performances and artist intellectual property rights (IP). . Celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut this year, they released a digital single ‘Take Two’ for their fans. The ‘2023 BTS Festa’, including contents and events, will be held at major landmarks in Seoul until the 25th.
TXT stayed on the Billboard 200 for 19 weeks with their 5th mini album ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’, breaking the record for the longest period on the chart by a 4th generation K-pop artist. TOMORROW X TOGETHER is the first K-pop male artist to chart on the Billboard 200 for 19 consecutive weeks with a single album since BTS.
So Seong-jin, Master Professional of Source Music, led the successful debut of LE SSERAFIM, who has risen to the top of the 4th generation representative girl group. Le Seraphim’s 1st regular album ‘UNFORGIVEN’ surpassed 1.25 million copies in the first week of Hanteo Chart (record sales in a week from the release date), becoming the first-week first-aid seller in the shortest period since debut among all K-pop girl groups . Also, they charted on the ‘Billboard 200’ for 5 consecutive weeks, breaking a new record, the longest charting period on the ‘Billboard 200’ among 4th generation K-pop girl groups.
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Seongsu Lee CAO and COO Tak Youngjun were selected as the ‘Indie Power Players’ for the second year in a row following last year.
In particular, Billboard pointed out the performance of the popular girl group ‘Aespa’ in relation to this CAO and Tak COO. Billboard said, “Aespa recorded the first day sales of the best K-pop girl group ever with the new album ‘My World’. They are part of the ‘SM Culture Universe’, a world view similar to the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’ I have a digital avatar,” he explained.
COO Tak said through Billboard, “SM hopes to reach new fans around the world by breaking the limits as SM welcomes its new era with ‘SM 3.0’.”
Previously, CEO Shin Young-jae, CAO Lee Seong-soo, and COO Tak Young-joon were also selected as ‘The 2023 Billboard International Power Players’ announced by Billboard in April. ‘International Power Players’ is a list announced by Billboard every year since 2014 by selecting leaders who lead the global music market in regions other than the United States.