BPM Entertainment
Native name
빅플래닛메이드
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Genre
FoundedJuly 6, 2021
Headquarters
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
,
South Korea
Key people
Parent
  • One Hundred (2023–present)
  • Fact Invest (2021–2023)
Websitewww.bpment.co.kr

BPM Entertainment (Korean: 빅플래닛메이드), also known as Big Planet Made, is a South Korean entertainment company established in 2021. BPM has a strategic alliance with Swing Entertainment, a subsidiary of CJ ENM, and Million Market, a subsidiary of One Hundred.[1]

The company is best known as the home to the trio Viviz and solo artists Huh Gak, Ha Sung-woon, Lee Mu-jin, Be'O, Ren and Taemin.

History

2021–2022: Founding and expansion

On September 29, 2021, Soyou signed with BPM Entertainment after leaving Starship Entertainment.[2] She became the first artist to sign with the company.[3] On October 6, it was announced that former GFriend members, Eunha, SinB and Umji, signed a contract with BPM Entertainment to debut as a trio after leaving Source Music.[4] On October 8, 2021, it was announced their new group name would be Viviz.[5] Viviz debuted on February 9, 2022 with the EP Beam of Prism.[6][7][8] On October 27, Huh Gak signed with BPM Entertainment after his contract with IST Entertainment expired.[9][10]

On October 29, Big Planet Made announced that they had signed a memorandum of understanding with Million Market and Swing Entertainment, thus forming a strategic alliance and business agreement.[11] On December 24, former Hotshot and Wanna One member Ha Sung-woon signed a contract with BPM Entertainment after the expiration of his contract with Star Crew Entertainment.[12][13]

On March 1, 2022, it was announced that Lee Mu-jin had signed an exclusive contract with the company.[14] On March 8, Be'O signed a management deal with BPM Entertainment.[15] On April 29, actress Jo Soo-min signed an exclusive contract with the company.[16] She is the first actress to be signed under BPM Entertainment. Jo later left BPM before November, but reasons were not disclosed.[citation needed] On May 3, Mighty Mouth signed an exclusive contract with BPM Entertainment.[17] On May 7, former NU'EST member Ren signed an exclusive contract with BPM Entertainment after the expiration of his contract with Pledis Entertainment.[18]

2023–present

On December 5, BPM announced that they had recruited Kim Dong-jun, former CEO of SM C&C, as CEO with the intention of expanding MC management and content.[19] On December 12, 2023, the company One Hundred was established as the parent company of BPM through joint investment by Piark Group Chairman Cha Won, MC Mong (Shin Dong-hyun), and led by producer Park Jang-geun (Duble Sidekick) as the general producer.[20] On January 1, 2024, Mighty Mouth revealed on social media that they had left the company.[21] On February 1, 2024, it was revealed that Soyou would be leaving the company after in-depth discussions.[22] On April 1, 2024, Shinee member Taemin signed a contract with the company for his solo promotions.[23]

Artists

Groups

Soloists

Former artists

Discography

2022

Released Title Artist Type Format Language
February 9 Beam of Prism Viviz Extended play CD, digital download, streaming Korean
April 12 "Love Me" Be'O Digital single Digital download, streaming
April 27 Day & Night Soyou Extended play CD, digital download, streaming
June 23 Room Vol.1 Lee Mu-jin
July 6 Summer Vibe Viviz
August 24 Strange World Ha Sung-woon
September 29 Five Senses Be'O

2023

Released Title Artist Type Format Language
January 31 Various Viviz Extended play CD, digital download, streaming Korean
June 13 Ren'dezvous Ren
July 26 Summer Recipe Soyou
November 2 Versus Viviz

References

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