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HYBE, the former Big Hit Entertainment, is planning to debut new K-pop groups starting this year.

Following the 100 percent acquisition by HYBE, the former Big Hit Entertainment, of Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in a $1.05 billion deal, K-pop artists BTS and Seventeen have welcomed Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and J Balvin into the family.

K-pop idol group BTS and pop stars Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato will become under one management after Hybe, the former Big Hit Entertainment, acquired a 100 percent stake in Ithaca Holdings, which was founded by Scooter Braun in 2013, for $1.05 billion.

Leading K-pop agencies Big Hit Entertainment and YG Entertainment, Universal Music Group (UMG) and Kiswe are partnering to launch a digital live streaming platform.

K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER, or TXT, made their comeback on Oct. 26 with the release of their third mini-album “Minisode1: Blue Hour.”

K-pop superstars BTS have stated early this year that they were ready to fulfill their military service but Korean politicians are wrangling over the issue since the idol group topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart last month.

A new K-pop boy band will be debuting this year under a company of Big Hit Entertainment, which has produced BTS.

K-pop superstars BTS will hold concerts in October and release a new album in the fourth quarter of the year.