JYP Entertainment

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JYP Entertainment Corporation
(주)제이와이피엔터테인먼트
Type Private
Traded as KRX: 035900
Industry Popular music, Entertainment
Genre K-pop, hip-hop, dance, teen pop
Predecessor(s) Tae-Hong
Founded 25 April 1997
Founder(s) Park Jin Young
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Number of locations 4 (Seoul, NYC, Beijing, Tokyo)
Area served Worldwide
Key people Jeong Wook (CEO), Woo S. Rhee "RAINSTONE" (SVP)
Services Music albums
Revenue ₩1,074,780,232 (2011)
Operating income ₩ -11,576,101,500 (2012)
Net income ₩ -2,158,264,327 (2011)
Total assets ₩20,628,306,608 (2011)
Owner(s) Park Jin Young
Employees 44 (As of 2012)
Subsidiaries JYP Creative Inc.
JYP Foods Inc.
Big Hit Entertainment
AQ Entertainment
Website Official Website

JYP Entertainment (JYP Co. Ltd., Hangul: 제이와이피엔터테인먼트) is a Korean record label, founded in South Korea in 1997 by Park Jin Young. The label is one of the "big three" record companies in Korea along with YG Entertainment and S. M. Entertainment that have strong market share and international operations. Once home to artists like Rain, Park Ji Yoon, and g.o.d, the label's current roster of recording artists include Wonder Girls, JOO, 2AM, 2PM, miss A, San E, JJ Project, Baek Ah Yeon and 15&.

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History [edit]

Park Jin Young founded the company in 1997 as the "Tae-Hong Planning Corporation," which eventually became "JYP Entertainment" in 2001.

The studio and headquarters of its United States (US) branch, JYP USA, officially opened in New York City in June 2007.[1] In October 2008, JYP Entertainment opened the JYP Beijing Center as its China branch and, in the same year, the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) included JYP Entertainment on its roster of high profile clients.[citation needed]

In an interview, Park stated that the success of his artists is due to his creation of a "brand" for the artist.[2] It has been reported that the group is worth in excess of $100 million.[2]

In June 2009, it was officially announced that JYP Entertainment and the Jonas Group signed a management deal for the Wonder Girls. Wonder Girls joined the Jonas Brothers' World Tour 2009, in selected cities,and performed their two songs "Nobody" and "Tell Me" as the opening act.[3] In the same year, Holyim, a joint venture between JYP Entertainment and KeyEast BOF, was founded.[4]

KMP Holdings : In March 2010, KMP Holdings was established via a joint venture between JYP, S.M., YG, Star Empire, and other companies. KMP is the official distributor of releases from these companies. KMP stands for "Korean Music Power".[5] In November 2010, JYP Japan (Tokyo) was founded.

In December 2010, Park Jin-Young announced that Rain would be merging his entertainment company, J. Tune Entertainment, with JYP Entertainment.[6]

United Asia Management : In 2011, JYP Entertainment partnered up with SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, KeyEast, AMENT and Star J Entertainment to create United Asia Management in an effort to promote Korean pop music internationally.[7] In February 2011, JYP Entertainment was changed to JYP co., Ltd.

Collaboration with Reebok : On June 26, 2012, JYP revealed news of a collaboration between JYP and Swizz Beatz for Reebok[8] JYP and Reebok will be working together to represent the brand’s ‘Classic Campaign,’ and a new song is planned for release in July. JYP also revealed the endorsement models from his agency: 2PM‘s Wooyoung and Taecyeon, and miss A's Suzy

Locations [edit]

above office also listed as: JYP Center, 41,71-gil, Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

JYP Nation [edit]

JYP Nation is the project name used by JYP Entertainment for their artist compilation albums, similar to SM Town and YG Family. It consists of current recording artists under the company.

Albums [edit]

Albums Release Dates
This Christmas December 1, 2010

Concerts [edit]

  • 2008 JYP Tour
  • 2009 JYP Tour
  • 2010 JYP Tour
  • 2010 JYP Nation Team Play Concert
  • 2011 JYP Nation in Japan
  • 2012 JYP Nation in Seoul
  • 2012 JYP Nation in Japan

Artists [edit]

Music [edit]

JYP Entertainment [edit]

Park Jin-young, the CEO and owner of JYP Entertainment, in 2009.
Artist Type of Act Debut
Park Jin Young Solo singer 1994
Wonder Girls Girl group 2007
JOO Solo singer 2008
2AM Boy band 2008
2PM Boy band 2008
miss A Girl group 2010
JJ Project Male duo 2012
Baek Ah Yeon Solo singer 2012
15& Female duo 2012

Big Hit Entertainment [edit]

Artist Type of Act Debut
Lim Jeong Hee Solo singer 2005
2AM Boy band 2008
David Oh Solo singer 2011
GLAM Girl group 2012
Bulletproof Boy Scouts/BangTan Boys Boy band 2013
Subgroups [edit]

AQ Entertainment [edit]

Artist Type of Act Debut
miss A Girl group 2010
Baek Ah Yeon Solo singer 2012

Acting [edit]

Composing [edit]

Choreography [edit]

  • Park Jin Young
  • Park Nam-yong (mostly 2PM's choreographer)
  • Kim Hwa-young (ex Rain's dancer, now choreographer for J.Y. Park, Wonder Girls, miss A, etc.)
  • Jonté Moaning (Wonder Girls' "Be My Baby", miss A's "Touch", J.Y. Park's "You're the One", etc.)

Former Artists [edit]

  • Pearl, solo female singer (JYP, 1997)
  • g.o.d, Boy band (JYP, 1999-2005)
  • Ryang-Hyun Ryang-Ha, duo, with twins Kim Ryang Hyun (김량현) and Kim Ryang Ha (김량하)) (JYP, 2000)
  • Park Ji Yoon, solo singer (JYP, 2000-2003)[17]
  • Rain, solo singer (JYP, 2002-2007)
  • Byul, solo singer (JYP, 2002-??)
  • Noel, 4-member vocal group (JYP, 2002-2006)
  • One Two, hip-hop duo, with members Oh Chang Hun (오창훈) and Song Ho Beom (송호범) (JYP, 2003)
  • Lim Jeong Hee, solo singer (JYP, 2005-2012), still active under Big Hit Entertainment
  • San E, rapper (JYP, 2010-2013)
  • K.Will (Big Hit, 2006-2007)
  • 8Eight, mixed trio (Big Hit, 2009-2012)
  • Han Soo-yeon  ?
  • Jo Kyoo-cheol  ?
  • Kim Dong-yoon  ?

The following artists left their respective groups who were still with JYP at the time:

Former trainees [edit]

JYP Entertainment has trained a number of music artists over the years. They include:

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Park Jin-young Has Ambitions to Conquer the World". Chosun Ilbo. 2007-07-03. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-07. .
  2. ^ a b Jeff Yang (27 March 2008). "Future Pop". Portfolio.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012. 
  3. ^ (Korean) Kim, Hyeong-wu. 원더걸스 미국 데뷔 성공 가능성 얼마나 될까 (What are the Wonder Girls' Chances of Succeding in American Debut?). Joins.com/Newsen. June 5, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  4. ^ Staff (2011). "01 Company History". JYP Corp. JYP Corp. Retrieved 7 June 2012. 
  5. ^ 문수인|정치부 (18 March 2010). "음악제작 7개사 손잡았다". MK (in Korean and English). Retrieved 7 June 2012. 
  6. ^ 이언혁 (30 December 2010). "대주주 된 박진영, 제이튠엔터 전속계약 4년만에 소속사 찾았다". Nate (in Korean and English). Retrieved 7 June 2012. 
  7. ^ (Korean)Lee, Jung Hyung (2011-04-08). "키이스트, SM, YG, JYP 등 6개사 아시아 매니지먼트 에이전시 'UAM' 설립! (KeyEast, SM, YG, JYP & more join forces to establish a new global agency, "United Asia Management")". Naver.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08. .
  8. ^ [1].
  9. ^ Lee, Sun-min (23 March 2013). "JYP closes money-losing U.S. office". Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved 25 March 2013. 
  10. ^ Kim So-young profile page on the agency's website
  11. ^ Choi Woo-shik profile page on the agency's website
  12. ^ Lee Eun-jeong profile page on the agency's website
  13. ^ Park Joo-hyung profile page on the agency's website
  14. ^ Lee Jung-jin profile page on the agency's website
  15. ^ [2]
  16. ^ Wonder Girls
  17. ^ (Korean)Lee, Kyeong-ran. 가수 박지윤, 싱어송라이터로 돌아온다 (Singer Park Ji-yoon Comes Back as Singer-Songwriter. Joins.com. April 22, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2009.

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