Executives of Korean entertainment giants have made U.S. entertainment magazine Billboard's Indie Power Players list for this year.
The indie power players are "the executives at labels and distributors driving the growing success of the independent music industry across every genre," according to Billboard.
Executives of the three major labels in the U.S. -- Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group -- are not eligible.
Released early this week, the latest list includes SM Entertainment's Lee Sung-soo and Tak Young-joon, who both appear for the second year in a row.
Hybe-affiliated Big Hit Music's Shin Young-jae and Source Music's So Sung-jin were also named. This is the third year that Shin has made the list.
