BIGHIT MUSIC

Big Hit Music is a South Korean record label best known for developing and managing major K-pop acts, including BTS and Tomorrow X Together. Formerly operating as Big Hit Entertainment, the company has been closely identified with idol-group production and artist management, while also maintaining a roster that includes solo performers.

The label was established in 2005 by Bang Si-hyuk. In March 2021, it was re-branded and re-structured into an independent label under Hybe Corporation. Under the Big Hit Music name, the label has continued to operate as a home for its core artists and as a key imprint within Hybe’s broader corporate structure.

As of the available information, Big Hit Music’s roster includes soloist Lee Hyun and the boy groups BTS, Tomorrow X Together, and Cortis. The label’s identity is strongly associated with BTS and the wider ecosystem of releases connected to the group’s members, including solo work by artists such as Jin, j-hope, Jimin, and V. These projects reflect the label’s emphasis on Korean pop and related contemporary styles built around group-based and individual releases.

Big Hit Music has also managed a range of earlier acts. It previously managed soloist Lim Jeong-hee and the groups 8Eight and 2AM, and it co-managed Glam. This history situates the label within South Korea’s modern pop industry across multiple generations of idol and vocal-focused projects, from earlier group and solo signings to its later concentration around globally prominent boy groups.