Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of Big Hit Entertainment, who led the birth of the global group BTS (BTS), was selected as’Variety’ (American entertainment media) ‘500 World Entertainment Industry Leaders’.
According to Big Hit Entertainment on the 29th, Chairman Bang was selected as’Variety 500′ released by Variety on the 23rd (local time), and the media announces 500 most influential leaders in the global media industry market every year since 2017. Are doing.
‘Variety’ emphasized the reason for choosing the chairman of the room, saying, “If you don’t know the Korean boy group BTS, where on earth did you come from?”
Bulletproof Boy Scouts ranked #1 on the Billboard singles chart with the song’Dynamite’ in English, and recorded record achievements in the history of Korean popular music, including establishing a Guinness record for online concerts.
Moreover,’Variety’ said, “The chairman of the room is not a person who only owns’Showmanship’. He is a manager who acquired Source Music and game company’Superv’ including Pledis Entertainment, and the fan community’Weverse’ As an entrepreneur who entered the technology field through the company, we have been promoting diversification.
He added, “The song that represented 40% of the top 100 sales of Korean albums in the first half of 2020 was a song sung by an artist belonging to’Big Hit Labels’.” “As of last October, the value of a big hit company was weak. 8 trillion won”.
In addition, Lee Soo-man, the general producer of SM Entertainment, was also selected for this year’s’Variety 500′, and this producer has been named every year (4 years) since 2017 when’Variety’ began to disclose the list.
This producer has produced representative idol groups such as HOT, SES, Super Junior, and Shinhwa, and has led TVXQ and EXO to succeed in the Asian market and then in the US.
In addition, South Korean coach Bong Joon-ho was selected as the’Variety 500′ in the sub-zero category this year following last year. CJ Vice Chairman Lee Mi-kyung was selected for the first time this year in recognition of his contributions to making Bong’s film’Parasite’.
The film’Parasite’, produced by Vice Chairman Lee and directed by Bong, was honored to win the 4th Academy Awards.
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