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Can HYBE Be Big in Japan? — Label Rebrands Japanese Division as ‘YX Labels,’ Part of Broader Global Expansion

HYBE ramps up its global expansion, rebranding its Japanese subsidiary and signing its first Latin American artist. K-pop ...
Yahoo

HYBE Reports NewJeans Label CEO Min Hee-Jin to Police as K-Pop Exec Holds Teary Press Conference

Just days after launching an audit into subsidiary label ADOR and asking its CEO, Min Hee-jin, to exit, Korean entertainment giant HYBE says it will report the executive to police. The announcement ...
Music Business Worldwide

As K-pop superstars BTS return, HYBE CEO to test ‘scarcity’ model for fandom business

HYBE, the South Korean entertainment giant behind BTS – arguably the world’s biggest K-pop act – is planning to spend 2026 ...
Music Week

Hybe America reveals key appointments for newly launched Hybe Label Service

Hybe America has launched Hybe Label Service (HLS), as the company’s first global organisation designed to bolster the growth of its artists in international markets. HLS will provide enhanced support ...
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BTS, SEVENTEEN Label HYBE Looking For Next Generation K-Pop Stars, Announces First Integrated Global Audition - Deets Inside

HYBE, the parent company of K-pop icons like BTS, SEVENTEEN and TXT (Tomorrow X Together), is going global in ways more than one can imagine. After confirming of expanding its branch in India after ...
Yahoo

K-Pop Clash as HYBE Probes Alleged Breakaway Attempt by NewJeans Label ADOR

HYBE Corp., the biggest corporation in the South Korean pop music scene, has begun an audit into ADOR, the label responsible for K-pop act NewJeans. HYBE says that executives at the majority-owned ...
Forbes

K-Pop Giant Hybe’s Shares Slump After NewJeans Splits From Label Alleging Mistreatment

Popular K-pop group NewJeans announced they are leaving their agency ADOR in a surprise late-night press conference on Thursday, accusing the company—which is a unit of top K-pop label Hybe—of ...
Forbes

NewJeans Label Controversy: What To Know About Dispute Between Major K-Pop Company HYBE And Subsidiary ADOR

A struggle over the popular K-pop act NewJeans erupted this week after Korean entertainment giant HYBE filed a police report accusing the head of its own subsidiary music label of trying to secretly ...
Daily Bruin

The Quad: HYBE Label’s acquisitions cause concern about monopolies in global music market

Pop artists Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, rap artists Migos and Lil Baby and K-pop groups BTS and NewJeans all have one thing in common. As of this year, these artists and music groups are managed ...
Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore

BTS's label HYBE takes over Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings

Imagine BTS, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lovato - all under one roof! That's what exactly is expected to happen now since their labels have merged. Scooter Braun, who manages top pop ...
Billboard

What HYBE’s Recent Controversies Mean for the K-Pop Business

With three ex-employees found guilty over insider trading and Chairman Bang facing legal scrutiny, questions are swirling around the industry's business practices. By Billboard Korea K-pop is in the ...