YG Entertainment
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Company type | Public |
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KRX: 122870 | |
Industry | Music Entertainment Fashion |
Genre | Hip-hop R&B Electronic Dance Pop |
Founded | February 24, 1996 |
Founder | Yang Hyun-suk |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yang Hyun-suk (CEO) Yang Min-suk (CEO) |
Products | Albums Concerts |
Services | Publishing records, Entertainment agency |
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Owner | Yang Hyun-suk (28.80%) Yang Min-suk (5.21%) National Pension Service (4.32%) Samsung Asset Management (3.41%) |
Number of employees | 254 |
Subsidiaries | YGEX YGKPlus |
Website | Official Website |
YG Entertainment (Korean: YG 엔터테인먼트) is a record label and talent agency founded by Yang Hyun-suk based in Seoul, South Korea. YG is an abbreviation for "Yang Goon", a nickname given to the Executive Director/Founder Yang Hyun-suk.[2]
Once the home of hip-hop groups Jinusean and 1TYM, its current roster of recording artists are known to be some of the biggest K-pop acts internationally, especially Big Bang, 2NE1, and Psy. In terms of revenue contribution, Big Bang is the company's biggest act.[3]
Today, YG Entertainment is known as one of the "Big Three" record companies in South Korea, along with SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, for their large market share.[2] Official contents by YG Entertainment and its artists have cumulatively garnered more than 5 billion views and are subscribed to by more than 12 million users on YouTube.
The company officially became a publicly traded company on November 23, 2011. In 2012, YG Entertainment's share prices saw a year-over-year increase of more than 60% due to the increase in publicity following the achievements of multiple artists on the label, especially Psy's hit Gangnam Style.[4]
History
Hip-hop roots
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On March 1996, Yang Hyun-suk, a former member of legendary Korean band Seo Taiji and Boys, founded YG Entertainment along with his younger brother Yang Min-suk. During their early years, the company put out groups such as Keep Six, Jinusean, and most notably 1TYM (pronounced "One Time"), who was credited with bringing hip hop to the Korean mainstream. In 1999, the company's artists released their first collaboration album under the name "YG Family".
The label followed with releases from Perry, Swi.T, Big Mama, Lexy, Gummy and Wheesung,[2] with Wheesung eventually becoming Korea's highest selling artist of 2003. The YG Underground label was also created to contain 45RPM and Stony Skunk. In 2001, a second YG Family album was released. Among others, it featured the 13 year old G-Dragon.[5]
The company grew after signing its first idol singer Seven, who found success in both Korea and Japan and was dubbed "Rain's rival" at the peak of his career. However, a dating scandal in 2004 with then-labelmate model/actress Park Han-byul caused his career to plummet, which led to a four year hiatus in Korea and an unsuccessful US debut.
Mainstream success
The company then turned its focus to creating its first idol group, Big Bang. Trainees G-Dragon and Taeyang had been with the company since they were just 13 years old.[2]Big Bang debuted as the youngest group at the time (age 15-18) to lukewarm reception. However, Big Bang skyrocketed in popularity during 2007 and 2008 with G-Dragon's self-composed songs, especially "Lies" and "Haru Haru", which stayed at #1 on the charts for eight consecutive weeks, the longest since, ironically, Seo Taiji and Boys. Girl group 2NE1 debuted in 2009 and quickly achieved success.
Big Bang branched out into Japan and focused on solo activities. Taeyang was the best selling solo artist of 2008. G-Dragon had the highest-selling album of 2009, beating out groups and industry veterans. All members of Big Bang have now released one or multiple albums as a soloist and/or duo, while still being active in film and television. The group completed their first full-fledged world tour with over 800,000 attendees in 2012, and continues to tour in Japan and Korea, attracting 700,000-800,000 attendees annually.
In 2010, YG made a highly publicized move into a new building, while the old building became a training facility. YG first applied to the stock exchange in mid-2010 but was rejected. It is suspected that the reason was because YG Entertainment had too few active music groups and an unstable cash flow, despite an increase in earnings in 2009. Since 2007, Big Bang contributes to around 60% of the company's annual revenue.
Business expansion
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The label expanded by signing already established acts such as Psy, a renowned rap artist; and Tablo, a lyrical savant from the group Epik High. In Korea, both were known to be rebellious independent acts and had respectively dealt with large controversies. CEO Yang Hyun Suk, a personal friend of Psy, offered to help when Psy struggled financially. However, Psy was hesitant to sign onto the label due to its extravagant image and young roster. It took convincing from his wife to revitalize his career and ultimately create the phenomenon known as "Gangnam Style." Tablo, at the time of his signing, was suffering from depression, as over 200,000 Korean netizens in an online community called "Tajinyo " had falsely accused him of forging his identity and Stanford academic degree. His first meeting with the label's representative was set up by his wife, then YG actress Kang Hye-jung.
Yang Hyun Suk made his television comeback after ten years as a judge on the reality singing competition K-pop Star in 2012, and signed the runner-up of the show, Lee Hi, to her own record deal. She released her debut album a year later at age 16. Other participants on the show such as Lee Seung-hoon and Koo Junhoe were signed as potential members for the label's future boy group. On the second season of the show, both the winner and runner-up, sibling duo Akdong Musician and Bang Yedam respectively, signed exclusive contracts with YG. Singer-songwriters Akdong Musician released their debut album in early 2014 at age 14 and 17. Yang Hyun Suk continues to participate in the third and forth season of the television show.
In an attempt to expand their actor roster in 2014, YG Entertainment acquired T Entertainment's staff and actors such as Cha Seung-won, Im Ye-jin, and Jang Hyun-sung.[6]
YG Entertainment eventually passed the Stock Exchange Commission’s screening to go public on the KOSDAQ on November 23, 2011. The stock price opened at double the anticipated value. The company filed its first annual report in 2012 with a net gross of over 50%.
Partnership
During YG Entertainment's early years, the company often collaborated with other entertainment companies in order to introduce new artists. They have had partnerships with M-Boat Entertainment, EunGun Entertainment, Yamazone Music, and Booda Sound. Big Mama and Soul Star were collaboration projects with EunGun Entertainment and M-Boat Entertainment. When the artists' contract terminated, their respective entertainment partners ended their activities with YG Entertainment as well.
Distribution
YG Entertainment's records are distributed by the following:
- KT Music in Korea,
- WMG in the rest of Asia (excluding Thailand and Indonesia),
- BEC-TERO Music (Thailand),
- Trinity Optima Production (Indonesia), and
- Japan operations are managed by YGEX, a collaboration label with AVEX.
YGEX
YG first expanded into the foreign market with Se7en, in a partnership with Nexstar Records, a Nippon Columbia label that managed Japanese releases for Se7en.[7] In 2008, Big Bang signed a three-year exclusive contract with Universal Music for the promotion and distribution of their Japanese releases.[8]
On April 12, 2011, YGEX was established as a partnership between AVEX and YG Entertainment for the promotion and release of all YG Entertainment's material in Japan. Current artists under YGEX include all active YG Entertainment artists.[9] YGEX operates as a joint-label venture between the two companies. Since the beginning of this partnership, YGEX has released Japanese material for GD & TOP, Big Bang, 2NE1, Se7en, and Daesung. There was also a noticeable increase in promotional activities in Japan. Seungri and Daesung were also given the opportunity to host their own Japanese programs.
KMP Holdings
KMP Holdings (acronym for "Korean Music Power") (Hangul: KMP홀딩스) was established on March 2010 via a joint venture between YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, Star Empire Entertainment, Medialine, CAN Entertainment, and Music Factory. KMP Holdings encompasses many fields including: music service, digital music distribution, and TV program production. It is a service platform that works to provide a more reasonable digital music system.[10] Many believe this is held to challenge the duopoly on music distribution by Mnet Media and LOEN Entertainment.
KT Music acquired KMP in November 2012.[11]
KT Music
In January 2014, the seven talent agencies behind KMP Holdings (S.M. Entertainment, YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, Star Empire Entertainment, Media Line, CAN Entertainment and Music Factory Entertainment) formed a collective bond partnership. They bought 13.48% of KT Music's stocks, leaving parent KT Corporation's share with only 49.99%.[12]
United Asia Management
SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, KeyEast, AMENT and Star J Entertainment are under a joint management agency named "United Asia Management". Established on April 2011, this joint corporate was created in an effort to push Korean and Asian music using a database system that manages intellectual property rights. UAM also acts as a global agency for artists' advancing or promoting overseas. There is a theory that UAM was created to allow less leverage for trainees under these companies.[13]
Live Nation
YG Entertainment first teamed up with Live Nation in 2012 to produce Big Bang Alive Galaxy Tour 2012. Plans for a world tour were in place in 2011 until several members of Big Bang faced problems with the law, causing it to be postponed until the following year. This marks the first time Live Nation has worked with an Asian artist.
Subsequently, Live Nation also directed "2NE1 New Evolution World Tour 2012", and G-Dragon 2013 1st World Tour: One of a Kind. Live Nation first approached YG Entertainment with the idea as they had seen the growth potential of K-pop. Mats Brandt, General Manager of Live Nation Asia, said in an interview: "...of all the artists we have decided to focus on the talents of BIGBANG. BIGBANG has the talent, thus they have the best chance at becoming a global artist."[14]
Natural Nine
YG Entertainment and Samsung’s Cheil Industries announced a partnership on June 28, 2012, with the two companies looking to launch a new global young fashion business. According to the two group’s plans, they will work to create new products that combines cultures, music, and design. YG Entertainment is known for their luxurious and bombast fashion, and G-Dragon and CL are both highly regarded fashionistas in Korea. The launching of the new brand was targeted for the spring season of 2013, and it was assumed that YG artists will be personally involved.[15] The new brand, NONA9ON was launched by Natural Nine, a joint venture between YG Entertainment and Cheil Industries, in 2014.[16]
eBay
YG Entertainment became the first company from Korea to open its own store on eBay on July, 2012. Big Bang became the first Asian artists to have their exclusive store on eBay. The company worked with eBay Korea to create a new way for international fans to buy musical albums and official merchandise of YG artists. On its first day of opening, the store sold over US$70,000 worth of goods and broke eBay Korea's record for highest sales in a 24 hour span.[17]
Asiana Airlines
As one of two of Korea’s major airlines, Asiana Airlines signed a deal with YG Entertainment on January 2013 to provide transportation to its artists to and from domestic and international destinations at no cost. In return, YG Entertainment will be placing the airline’s logo throughout their international concerts and tours.[18]
K-Plus
K-Plus, a major model agency, signed a "strategic partnership and shared investment" with YG Entertainment announced on February 18, 2014 by co-CEO Yang Min Suk. YG Entertainment expects to 'help the company upgrade its efforts to evolve into a global total entertainment agency.' K-plus Model Agency houses over 170 models including Jang Ki Yong, Choi Sora, Stephanie Lee, as well as Park Hyung Sup and Lee Sung-kyung.[19]
Philanthropy
Headed by Sean of Jinusean and wife/YG actress Jung Hye Young, YG Entertainment is heavily involved in their community service campaign WITH. The company pledged donate 100 won for every album sold, 1% of all merchandise sales, and 1,000 won for every concert ticket, to charities. In 2009, they raised US$141,000, only to surpass it the following year with US$160,000. Of the total, US$87,000 went towards a scholarship for Holt Children’s Services while US$69,000 went towards children with rare diseases. YG Family have also directly delivered US$4,400 worth of charcoal to families in need during the winter time.[20] The company has also announced that it would be donating around US$500,000 for disaster relief to Japan after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[21]
All YG artists have been known to ask their fans to donate money to charity instead of buying them gifts, and they would match the amount fans have donated. As a company, they have jointly participated in many charity auctions. For K Auction's ‘Love Sharing Auction’, Psy‘s famous sunglasses, tickets to his Seoul concert, Big Bang‘s T.O.P, G-Dragon, and 2NE1‘s CL‘s stage outfits, were all available to the highest bidders. For Sean and the Purme Foundation's "The 10,000 won Miracle Project" that asked people to donate 10,000 won a day for 365 days (approx US$3,370), many artists donated 20,000 won a day, or even 100,000 won a day in order to raise US$33.7 million to help build the hospital.
A portion of the profits from BIGBANG’s Alive World Tour, 2NE1's New Evolution World Tour, and G-Dragon's One of a Kind World Tour, were all donated to the Korean Committee for UNICEF to fund for vital vaccinations for around 600,000 children..
In 2013, founder and CEO Yang Hyun Suk, made headlines when he donated all of the dividends he received as a shareholder of YG Entertainment to help young children needing surgery. His dividends totals to around 1 Billion Won, or approximately $1 Million USD.
YG Family
Recording artists
Signed | Artist | Gender | Members | Leader | Status | Fanbase | Official Color |
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1997 | Jinusean | Male | Jinu, Sean | — | Inactive | — | Red |
1998 | 1TYM | Male | Teddy, Danny, Baekkyoung, Jinhwan | Teddy | Inactive | Hiphop Village | Black |
2001 | Perry | Male | — | — | Inactive | — | — |
2003 | Masta Wu | Male | — | — | Inactive | — | — |
2003 | Se7en | Male | — | — | Conscription | Lucky Seven | Lime |
2006 | BIGBANG | Male | G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P, Daesung, Seungri | G-Dragon | Active | VIP | none |
2009 | 2NE1 | Female | CL, Bom, Dara, Minzy | CL | Active | Blackjack | Hot Pink |
2010 | PSY1 | Male | — | — | Active | Psycho | Black |
2012 | Epik High2 | Male | Tablo, Mithra Jin, DJ Tukutz | Tablo | Active | High Skool | Black |
2012 | Lee Hi | Female | — | — | Active | Hi Heel | Purple |
2013 | AKMU | Co-ed | Lee Chan-hyuk, Lee Su-hyun | — | Active | — | Grass |
2014 | WINNER | Male | Seungyoon, Mino, Taehyun, Jinwoo, Seunghoon | Seungyoon | Active | Inner Circle | Nebula |
2014 | — | Female | Jennie, Jisoo, Miyeon, Lalice, Rosie, Jinny, Hanna | — | Scheduled | TBA | TBA |
2015 | iKON | Male | B.I, Bobby, Jinhwan | B.I | Scheduled | TBA | TBA |
1Psy (2001) was formerly part of LNLT Entertainment before transferring to YG Entertainment in 2010. He released his fifth album through his new label. Psy's sixth album which contains the international hit Gangnam Style is his second album under YG Entertainment.
2Epik High (2003) transferred from Woollim Entertainment after their contracts had expired. After Tablo signed as a soloist in 2011, the remaining members, DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin were signed on the following year where they also released their seventh album 99.
Soloists / SubunitsActors / Actresses
ModelsProducers
Singer-songwriters
Choreographers
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Dancers
HI-TECH
- Lee Jae Wook (Resident Choreographer)
- Park Jung Heon
- Kim Byung Gon
- Kim JanDi
- Jo Sung Min
- Kwon Young Deuk
- Kwon Young Don
- Kim Heeyun
- Heo Jun Seon
- Han Byul
CRAZY
- Kim Hee Jung (Team Leader)
- Kim Ji Hye
- Park Eun Young
- Kim Min Jung
- Won Ah Yeon
- Choi Sae Bom
- Choi Hye Jin
- Kim Iseul
There are other dancers who often work with YG artistes but the rest of their dance team doesn't necessarily do, such as Lee Han Sol (Freemind), Lee Young Sang, Jung Woo Ryun and Kim Se Min (Troublemaker Family), Bae Hyojung and Lee Jiwon (S'WITCH).[citation needed]
Former YG Artists
Debut in YG | Artist | Gender | Members | Departure | Status | Current Agency |
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1996 | Keep Six | Male | Park Dong Ho,Shim Young Ho,Lee Sae Young | 1996 | Inactive | Disbandment |
2002 | Swi.T | Female | Lee Eun Joo,An Nae Young,Sung Mi Hyun | 2005 | Inactive | Disbandment |
2003 | Big Mama | Female | Shin Yeon Ah,Lee Young Hyun,Lee Ji Young,Park Min Hye | 2007 | Inactive | Disbandment |
2003 | Gummy | Female | — | 2013 | Active | C-JeS |
2003 | Lexy | Female | — | 2007 | Active | Red Line |
2003 | Stony Skunk | Male | Kush,Skul1 | 2010 | Inactive | Disbandment |
2003 | Wheesung | Male | — | 2006 | Active | YMC |
2003 | XO | Male | Kang Seong Min,Jeon Seung Woo | 2004 | Inactive | Disbandment |
2004 | Wanted | Male | Jun Sang Hwan,Kim Jae Suk,Ha Dong Gyun,Seo Jae Ho | 2007 | Inactive | Disbandment |
2005 | SoulStaR | Male | Lee SeungWoo,Lee ChangKeun,Lee KyuHoon | 2007 | Active | N.A.P |
2005 | 45RPM | Male | Smash,J-kwondo,GR | 2008 | Active | N/A |
2007 | JC Kim Ji Eun | Female | — | 2008 | Active | Lion Media |
2008 | YMGA | Male | DM,Masta Wu | 2011 | Inactive | Disbandment |
YG Trainees
- Kim Han Bin/B.I. (1996) - (Leader of WIN Program Team B featured on MC Mong's "Indian Boy"), Contestant of Mnet's Rapper Survival Program "Show Me The Money 3," member of iKON
- Kim Jiwon/Bobby (1995) - (WIN Program Team B), Winner of Mnet's Rapper Survival Program "Show Me The Money 3," member of iKON
- Kim Jinhwan (1994) - (WIN Program Team B), member of iKON
- Song Yunhyeong (1995) - (WIN Program Team B)
- Koo Junhoe (1997) - (WIN Program Team B), Ex-contestant of K-Pop Star 1, Former JYP trainee
- Kim Donghyuk (1997) - (WIN Program Team B), Went to Def Dance Skool Academy, Former JYP trainee (won JYP’s Trainee Search Contest in March 2012)
- Bang Ye-dam (2002) - Runner-up of K-Pop Star 2.[24]
- Choi Rae Sung (2000) - ex-contestant of K-pop Star (season 1)[25]
- Jung Chanwoo (1998) - Acted in The Heirs and Boys Over Flowers. Competing Mnet's survival program 'Mix and Match'.
- Jung Jinhyoung (1997) - Competing in Mnet's survival program 'Mix and Match'.
- Yang Hongsuk (1994) - Competing on Mnet's survival program 'Mix and Match'.
- Kim Jenny(1996) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Kim Jisoo(1995) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Lalisa Manoban(1998) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Jang Hanna(1996) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Park Jinny(1998) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Cho Mi Yeon(1997) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Park Chae Yeong(1997) - Member of YG upcoming New Girl Group
- Lee Seo Yeon(1997)
- Lee Chae Yeong(2002)
Notable former trainees
- Jang Hyun-seung (now under Cube Entertainment as member of BEAST)
- Jun. K (now under JYP Entertainment as member of 2PM)
- Lee Ha-nui (now under Saram Entertainment as an actress)
- Nam Gyu-ri (now under SidusHQ as an actress)
- Kim Bohyung (now under B2M Entertainment as member of Spica)
- Linzy (now under Collabodadi as member of Fiestar)
- May Doni (now an independent solo singer)
- Kim Sung-joo (now under YueHua Entertainment as a member of UNIQ)
- P-Goon (now under Stardom Entertainment as leader of Topp Dogg)
- Go Kyung-pyo (now under Film It Suda as an actor)
- Kim Eunbi
- Kim Euna (now under Music K Entertainment as a member of The Ark)
- UJin (Former member of D-Unit)
- Michelle Lee (now under DIMA Entertainment as solo singer)
- Zelo (now under TS Entertainment as a member of B.A.P)
YG Family concerts
- Seoul, South Korea
- Seoul, South Korea
- Seoul, South Korea
- Pusan, South Korea
- Suwon, South Korea
- Daegu, South Korea
- Incheon, South Korea
- Seoul, South Korea
- Tokyo, Japan
- Osaka, Japan
- Seoul, South Korea
- Washington DC, U.S.
- New York, U.S.
- Los Angeles, U.S.
- Seoul, South Korea
- Seoul, South Korea
- Osaka, Japan (2012)
- Tokyo, Japan (2012)
- Osaka, Japan (Kyocera Dome: April 12–13, 2014)
- Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Dome: May 3–4, 2014)
- Seoul, Korea (Jamsil Sports Complex: August 15, 2014)
- Shanghai, China (Shanghai Stadium: August 30, 2014)
- Singapore, Singapore (Singapore Indoor Stadium: September 13–14, 2014)
- Beijing, China (Workers Stadium: October 19, 2014)
- Taipei, Taiwan (Taoyuan County Stadium: October 25, 2014)
Discography
See also
References
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External links
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- Official website (English)