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YG Entertainment (Korean: YG 엔터테인먼트) is a record label from Korea. YG Entertainment specializes in producing R&B and hip hop music. Before YG Entertainment was formed, hip hop music was an unknown and unpopular genre in Korea. YG stands for Yang Goon and are also the initials of the chief executive officer, Yang Hyun Suk.
[edit] CompanyYG Entertainment was founded in 1996 by Yang Hyun Suk, who was a member of Seo Taiji and Boys. After the group's break-up in 1996, he produced Keep Six and created hits with debuting musicians Jinusean, 1TYM, Se7en, Big Bang, 2NE1, Lexy, Wheesung and Platinum. [edit] Partnership[edit] DomesticIn the domestic region, YG has had partnerships with M-Boat Entertainment (produces Wheesung, Gummy and Big Mama) since 2002, EunGun Entertainment (produces Soul Star), Yamazone Music (produces Bounce and PSY) and Booda Sound (produces 45RPM). After the contracts for Big Mama, and Soul Star ended, EunGun and M.Boat have ended their activities with YG Entertainment. [edit] InternationalStarting in 2005, YG has expanded its market into the foreign market. Se7en is the first YG artist to expand into Asia. YG has partnerships with Nexstar Records/Columbia Music Entertainment[1]. in Japan, 21 East Entertainment in China and GMM International in Thailand. As well, Se7en is currently preparing for his debut in the United States. YG plans to build offices in the United States and Japan named YG America and YG Japan. [edit] Roster
YG Family was created in 1999 and refers to the artists under the label. YG Family have made 4 collaborative albums and have performed in Seoul, (Korea), Tokyo and Osaka, (Japan), Los Angeles, New York City and Washington D.C., (U.S.) for their 10th anniversary world tour in 2006 [2]. [edit] Current artistsYang Goon (양군) is the president and founder of YG Entertainment. He is a former member of Seo Tai-ji & Boys (서태지와 아이들), one of the most influential groups in Korean music history. In 1998, Yang Goon released his solo album. Soon after, he formed the project group ‘YG Family’ which displayed the power of family unification. 1TYM is a hip-hop group consisting of Danny Im (a.k.a. Taebin), Park Teddy, Song Baek Kyoung and Oh Jin Hwan. The group is YG's second act, which debuted in 1998. All four members are capable of writing lyrics, composing, and producing. 1TYM is one of the biggest hip-hop artists in Korea; all five albums released show high sales and popularity amongst the Korean public. 2NE1 is a four-member hip-hop and R&B group composed of CL, Sandara Park, Park Bom and Gong Min Ji. The group is YG's new all-female group, which debuted in March 2009. Though they didn't officially debut until May 2009, they have already released a song with Big Bang titled “Lollipop”. Lollipop was released as a promotional song for a Cyon Cellphone CF. YG Entertainment prepared 4 years for the debut of the group. 2NE1 was previously promoted as Female Big Bang and 21, however YG officially stopped using 21 as the group name due to the fact that another artist had debuted with the same name before them. Their first digital single "Fire" was released on May 6 receiving wide spread success with 1 million views for the music videos overnight. 2NE1 is supposed to stand for “New Evolution of the 21st Century”. “NE” meaning “New Evolution” and “21” standing for the “21st Century”. They have also won numerous awards (21 and counting), with their hit songs; Fire and I Don't Care.
45RPM is YG’s underground group that consists of Park Jae Jin, Choi Kyung Wook and Ha Neul of DJ DOC's younger brother, Lee Hyun Bae. They have been widely known at Korean clubs. 45RPM’s general music style is funny and sometimes realistic, unlike other dark underground hip hop songs. Big Bang (빅뱅) is a five-member hip-hop and R&B group composed of T.O.P, Seungri, Daesung, and GDYB’s G-Dragon and Taeyang. Big Bang debuted in August 2006 and gained huge popularity with their songs “거짓말” (Lies) and “마지막 인사” (The Last Farewell) which topped many Korean music charts and gained many end of the year music awards. They are now one of the top groups in the Korean music industry and was estimated to have earned $35 million last year. Gummy (거미) is a solo R&B singer. Before Gummy made her debut in February 2003, she worked as Wheesung’s vocal trainer. Gummy’s first album didn’t gain as much success because fellow label-mates Se7en, Big Mama and Lexy gained much attention during that year. However, Gummy became immensely popular in 2004, winning top spots in ten music charts and receiving an award for Top artist award of 2004. Gummy was under YG/M-Boat’s joint venture before she fully entered as a YG artist. Jinusean is YG’s first production, which debuted in 1997. Jinusean consists of Jinu and Sean. They have released a total of four albums and have come to be known as the pioneer of hip hop music, selling 700,000 copies of their albums. Their third album The Reign featured US rappers Cypress Hill and Mobb Deep, and famous Japanese hip-hop group M-Flo. The easy-to-follow and catchy “A-yo!” became a public favorite.
She originally was about to be in a group with 2NE1's Sandara Park and Park Bom, but now prepares to release a solo album. In Episode 4 of 2NE1TV, they were shown visiting fellow YG Entertainment colleague, Koo Hye Sun's art exhibition. Park Bom revealed on the show, "Back in 2005, Koo Hye Sun, Sandara Park, and I [Park Bom] joined YG and were told that we were going to become a three-member girl group." She had been preparing for her album for a while, where the album release date was pushed back because of her book Tango and her art exhibition, it had to be pushed back. She will be receiving help from 1TYM members Oh Jin Hwan and Song Baek Kyung and even Tablo for her upcoming album. Her first album will include OSTs of her Full-Length Movie and is slated to release Fall 2009. She has been the leading role for 2 dramas including "Pure 19", "The King and I" and "Strongest Chil-Woo." She also starred in the hit drama, Boys Over Flowers, a remake of the worldwide best selling manga by Yoko Kamio. She played the character Geum Jan Di. She also made a cameo in the Hollywood film "August Rush" with Tablo of Epik High.
Masta Wu debuted in June 2003. He produced and wrote the lyrics for his debut album with his signature in-depth lyrics and melodious flow.
A two man project group Masta Wu formed with hip hop artist DM. YMGA stands for "Young Men's Gangsta Association."
MooGaDang (무가당), 舞歌黨 in Chinese, is a four-member mixed group consisting Song Baek Kyoung of 1TYM, Lee Eun Ju of Swi.T, VJ Phryme of Soul Food and Kim Woo Geun of Bounce. MooGaDang debuted with a single in 2006.
Perry is a solo artist, more often known as YG’s producer and composer, who debuted in 2001. He is usually featured in other YG artists' songs. He has composed songs for Big Bang’s first mini album, Always. Perry Borja is Chamorro and from the island in the Pacific, Guam. He started out as "Pure P" with a hit single in the late 90's called 'Set Your Mind Free.' Platinum is a group of five girls. With leader Cherry-B, lead vocalist JinYe, RICH, DambiSong and YunaPark. The five officialy made their debut under YG Entertainment on Octoboer 16 2009. They are currently preparing a concert on november 5 alongside with the Big Bang and SHINee. They are usually called "Female SHINee". Gaining high success in Korea, the group will release their first full-length album in late november 2009. Se7en (세븐) is an R&B and pop artist who debuted in 2003 and has become successful throughout Asia. He is the first YG artist to enter foreign markets. So far he has released four full-length Korean albums and two digital singles, one full-length Japanese album and six Japanese singles. Se7en has also acted as the lead role for the Korean drama Goong S, a spinoff of the popular drama Goong. Se7en debuted in America in 2009 with the song "Girls" featuring Lil Kim and produced by "Dark Child Productions".
Stony Skunk consists of Skull and S-Kush and was one of the first Korean reggae groups in Korea. Stony Skunk is YG's second underground music group. In 2003, they released an album that mixed the style of reggae and hip-hop. Stony Skunk released their fourth album in September 2007. Skull made a solo debut in the US with his single "Boomdi Boomdi". The song was ranked 16 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart and climbed to 10 on August 4, 2007.[3] Skull's manager in the US is the brother of pop star Mariah Carey, Morgan Carey. Although he gained much success, Skull has gone to serve his mandatory military service in Korea. [edit] Current actors/actresses
She was Tablo of Epik High's fiance. The two got married this October and expect a baby next year.
Also well-known as wife of Sean of Jinusean
She gained success in Philippines by winning the second place in the talent search called "Star Circle Quest", where all the veteran actresses and actors in the Philippine Entertainment trained. She made trade mark in that talent search by waving like a beauty queen while saying "Mahal ko kayo" (I love you all) and also because of her korean look, she gained attention and popularity by the citizens of Philippines. She gained almost 2 Million votes in the end of the show that why she also grabbed the title "People's Choice Award". She had many projects back then including dramas, movies and countless endorsements. Now, in Korea she made her debut in music industry by being a member of a female group called 2NE1.
[edit] Former artistsBig Mama is a four-member female R&B group from M-Boat, the sister company to YG Entertainment. YG helped promote artists under M-Boat like Gummy, Big Mama, and Wheesung. Gummy renewed her contract with YG; however, Big Mama and Wheesung left YG/M-Boat in 2006. After Big Mama's departure, YG and M-Boat's affiliation also ended.
GDYB, which is composed of GD (a.k.a. G-Dragon) and YB Taekwon (a.k.a. Taeyang), were featured in their senior labelmates' albums. GDYB have never officially released an album but took part in YG Family’s second album. Both members are now part of Big Bang, which debuted in 2006. GD was the youngest rapper ever to be featured in the album 2001 Korea Hip Hop Flex, at the age of twelve. GD has collaborated with many artists such Wheesung and Perry. After his debut act as little Jinusean, YB Taekwon appeared on Swi.T’s performances as a guest rapper. Since then, YB Taekwon showed a lot of potential during his performance with Masta Wu’s "Troublemaker" and his featured part in Wheesung's second album. Lexy, who debuted in 2003, is the first female artist in YG Family. On September 12, 2007, Yang Goon announced that Lexy left YG Entertainment. Lexy's contract actually ended October 2006. Because of the disappointing results of her second album, it was mutually decided that there wouldn't be any re-signing of a contract, but they had still wanted to carry out the third album.
Soul Star ended their contract with YG/Eungun Entertainment in 2006 and have now joined the label Sidus HQ[4]
Swi.T which stands for Song Will Tell consists of Lee Eun Ju, Ahn Nai Young, and Sung Mi Hyun. The three-member female group debuted in 2002 after four years of preparation. On February 25, 2004, Yang Hyun Suk left a message on the YG website updating fans with the status of all the YG artists, including Swi.T. In this message, he informed fans of the cancellation of the group's second album and the disbandment of the group. The reasons given were that member Ahn Nai Young moved to America with her family and that Sung Mi Hyun was having family troubles. Only Lee Eun Ju would stay with YG, and at the time would undergo training in Japan in preparation for a solo album. Wheesung's (휘성) contract with YG/M-Boat Entertainment ended March 2006. Wheesung is the best selling artist in 2003 ( Vol2.Its Real), in 2004 vol.3 for the moment top 10 annual chart and 2005 vol.4 Love...Love..Love! top 10 annual chart. Wheesung has discussed this issue with his previous management and has decided to transfer to another agency. The contract he now has with another label is worth 1,500,000 won.[citation needed].
Ji Eun (지은) is a female R&B singer who debuted in 2007. Her first album "Rain" was praised by many critics. She was featured in Lexy’s “Into The Sky” along with label-mate, Taeyang, G-Dragon and T.O.P. of Big Bang. She has been featured in songs for her label-mates since 2002. Ji Eun is now a member of a girl group called 'Lady Collection' under Lion Entertainment. It is unknown when and why she left YG Entertainment. [edit] Former trainees
최인형 also known as Amy Choi is a trainee whose father happens to be a teacher at YG entertainment. Inhhyoung is a new trainee to entertainment. She has an older sister, "Jinhyoung Choi" whom also happens to be a trainee. Being close friends to the YG family, i.e:- Bigbang,2NE1 and se7en she had been spotted many times being around them. It is said that Inhhyoung would be YG's new project[citation needed].
(최진형) also known as Annabel happens to be Inhhyoung's elder sister. She has been in this company for more than 2 years now. And is known that she might be the next YG's secret debut. She currently lives in Australia with her parents and is suspected as she is going to quit her place.
SO-1(real name Jang Hyun Seung), was dropped from Big Bang in the ninth episode of Big Bang's documentary, which was shown on GOM Television. He was considered to be a great singer and had a "pretty face". Unfortunately, he did not pass the audition to become a member of Big Bang, due to his shyness on stage[citation needed]. He now has joined Cube Entertainment and will team up with AJ and had formed a boy band called 'B2ST/BEAST'. The group has released it's first album and has been noticed by many other singers such as G-Dragon, 2PM TaecYeon and Junho wishing the boyband a great success in their career.
May Doni (메이다니) is a former known YG trainee that was to debut in Japan. She was discovered by Park Jin Young’s SBS TV audition program. May Doni was originally in JYP Entertainment and then later joined YG around 2005 and left YG in 2007 to join Nega Networks. She also received vocal training from Big Mama while under YG. May Doni made a debut on KBS as a feature for Cho PD of PDIS on March 8, 2008[citation needed]. She officially debuted January 16, 2009 with the song 'Mollaing' (몰라ing).
Yenny is a former YG trainee who also happens to be the sister of May Doni, another former YG trainee. She left YG along with her sister. Yenny, later on, became a back-up dancer for her younger sister May Doni[citation needed]. [edit] Concerts
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