Big Hit Entertainment

Big Hit Entertainment, Co.
legal form	Private
founding	February 1, 2005
Seat	Seoul , South Korea
management	Bang Si-hyuk ; CEO; Lenzo Yoon ; CEO
Number of employees	250 (2019)
sales	64.1 billion KRW
Branch	Music and entertainment
Website	https://www.bighitcorp.com/eng/

Big Hit Entertainment ( Hangeul : 빅 히트 엔터테인먼트 ) or BigHit is a South Korean entertainment agency and record label founded by Bang Si-hyuk in 2005. Currently, there are a soloist Lee Hyun and the idol group BTS and TXT in BigHit under contract.

history

The company was founded on February 4, 2005 by music producer Bang Si-hyuk. Two years later, the label signed the vocal trio 8Eight . The group disbanded in 2014.

In 2010 BigHit and JYP signed a joint contract with boy group 2AM . That same year, Bang Si-hyuk hosted a global casting, which was how he discovered RM and introduced him as the first member of BTS. BTS made its debut in 2013 .

When the joint contract with JYP expired in 2014, Lee Chang-min remained the only member of 2AM with BigHit and later made his debut with Lee Hyun under the name Homme . The duo broke up in 2018. While Lee Chang-min left the label, Lee Hyun continued his career as a solo singer.

In 2018, BigHit announced that BTS had extended its contract for another seven years until 2026 before it expired.

In March 2019, BigHit's second idol group called TXT (Tomorrow X Together) made their debut .

In mid-2019, Big Hit Entertainment took over the entertainment company Source Music, to which u. a. belongs to the girl group GFriend .

Artist

The following artists are currently under contract:

groups BTS TXT Soloists Lee Hyun RM Agust D J-Hope actor Kim Tae-hyung	Producers Pdogg "Hitman" Bang Slow rabbit Supreme boi Adora Choreographers Son Sung-deuk

Former artist

2006-2007: K. Will
2010-2014: 2AM
2012–2015: GLAM
2012–2015: Lim Jeong-hee
2010-2014; 2014–2018: Lee Chang-min
2010–2018: Homme

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Copy of MUSIC & ARTIST FOR HEALINGBIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
↑ K-Pop Group 8eight To Disband, Big Hit Entertainment Issues Statement About Future Plans. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
↑ 2 AM's Jo Kwon, Im Seulong, and Jung Jin Woon Return to JYP Entertainment. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
↑ BigHit CEO confesses BTS was created because of this one member. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
↑ 2 AM's Jo Kwon, Im Seulong, and Jung Jin Woon Return to JYP Entertainment. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
↑ [공식 입장] 이창민, 빅 히트 와 전속 계약 만료 "1 인 기획사 설립". Naver TV, February 1, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019 (Korean).
↑ BTS Extend Contracts With Big Hit Entertainment Until 2026. Accessed June 27, 2019 .
↑ Tomorrow X Together Make Their Debut With 'Crown' Music Video: Watch. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
↑ Big Hit takes over music label of K-pop girl band GFriend. In: The Korea Herald . Yonhap , July 29, 2019, accessed July 29, 2019 .

[1] Copy of MUSIC & ARTIST FOR HEALINGBIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

[2] K-Pop Group 8eight To Disband, Big Hit Entertainment Issues Statement About Future Plans. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

[3] 2 AM's Jo Kwon, Im Seulong, and Jung Jin Woon Return to JYP Entertainment. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

[4] BigHit CEO confesses BTS was created because of this one member. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

[5] 2 AM's Jo Kwon, Im Seulong, and Jung Jin Woon Return to JYP Entertainment. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

[6] [공식 입장] 이창민, 빅 히트 와 전속 계약 만료 "1 인 기획사 설립". Naver TV, February 1, 2018, accessed June 27, 2019 (Korean).

[7] BTS Extend Contracts With Big Hit Entertainment Until 2026. Accessed June 27, 2019 .

[8] Tomorrow X Together Make Their Debut With 'Crown' Music Video: Watch. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

[9] Big Hit takes over music label of K-pop girl band GFriend. In: The Korea Herald . Yonhap , July 29, 2019, accessed July 29, 2019 .