YG Entertainment

Y.G. Entertainment Inc.
Native name
 YG 엔터테인먼트
Public
Traded as KRX: 122870
Industry
Genre
Founded February 24, 1996
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
Products
  • Music
Services
  • Entertainment
Revenue Increase US$150 million (2012)[2]
Increase US$28 million (2012)
Increase US$37.5 million (2012)
Owner
Number of employees
 254
Subsidiaries
Website ygfamily.com

YG Entertainment (Korean: YG 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 1996 in Seoul, South Korea. "YG" is an abbreviation for "Yang Goon", in reference to Executive Director and founder Yang Hyun-suk.[3] The company operates a record label, talent agency, clothing line, cosmetics brand, event management and concert production company, music production company, and music publishing house. It is one of the "big three" most prominent record labels in the K-pop industry, alongside SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.[4]

Formerly home to hip-hop group 1TYM, its current roster of recording artists include some of the biggest K-pop acts to gain international fame, especially PSY, BIGBANG and 2NE1. In terms of revenue contribution, Big Bang is the company's biggest act, with their 2015 MADE albums having sold over 3 million copies in China through digital sales alone.[5] Official content posted by YG and its artists on YouTube have cumulatively garnered more than 6.7 billion views.[6] As of March 2016, YG Entertainment's official YouTube channel has a total 800 million views and over 2.2 million subscribers.[7]

History

1996: Hip-hop roots

Big Mama

In March 1996, Yang Hyun-suk, a former member of legendary Korean group Seo Taiji and Boys, founded YG Entertainment along with his younger brother Yang Min-suk. During its early years, the company managed groups such as Keep Six, Jinusean, and most notably 1TYM (pronounced "One Time"), who was credited with bringing hip hop into the Korean mainstream. In 1999, the company's artists released their first collaboration album under the name "YG Family".[8]

The label followed with releases from Perry, Swi.T, Big Mama, Lexy, Gummy and Wheesung. 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, who was then a trainee.[9]

The company found success in both Korea and Japan with its first "idol" singer Seven (who debuted in 2003), who was dubbed "Rain's rival" at the peak of his career (however, a dating scandal in 2009 with then-labelmate actress Park Han-byul, an unsuccessful US debut, and a four-year hiatus from the Korean entertainment industry slowed his career's momentum, and his contract with YG terminated in April 2013.)[10]

2006: Big Bang and rising mainstream success

Big Bang
YG Entertainment building in Seoul

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. Big Bang debuted in 2006 as the youngest group at the time, with an age range of 15-18, to lukewarm reception; however, the group skyrocketed in popularity during 2007 and 2008 with G-Dragon's self-composed songs, "Lies" and "Haru Haru", which stayed at #1 on the charts for eighteen consecutive weeks, the longest since Seo Taiji and Boys.

Girl group 2NE1 debuted in 2009, with its youngest member Minzy aged 15, and quickly found popularity.

Big Bang branched out into Japan and focused on solo careers. All members of Big Bang have now released one or more albums as a soloist or duo: initially, Taeyang with Hot in 2008 and G-Dragon with Heartbreaker in 2009, both to widespread success. T.O.P has released digital singles beginning with "Turn It Up" in 2010 and collaborating with G-Dragon on the album GD&T.O.P in the same year. Daesung currently has three Japanese albums and a successful career in Japan under the name D-Lite.[11]

2010: Business expansion

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. 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%.In 2012, its share prices saw a year-on-year increase of more than 60 percent due to the increase in publicity following the achievements of multiple artists on the label, most notably Psy's hit Gangnam Style.[12]

YG expanded by signing established acts Psy (in 2010) and Tablo (in 2011). In Korea, both were known to be rebellious independent acts that had dealt with significant controversies. Yang Hyun Suk, a personal friend of Psy's, offered to help when Psy struggled financially. Psy was hesitant to sign onto the label due to its extravagant image and young roster, but was convinced by his wife. Tablo, at the time of his signing, was suffering from depression, as over 200,000 netizens (Internet users) in an online community called "Tajinyo" had called for a witch-hunt, accusing him of forging his identity and Stanford academic degree. His first meeting with the label was secretly set up by his wife, then-YG-actress Kang Hye-jung.

2NE1

In 2012, Yang Hyun Suk made his television comeback as a judge on the reality singing competition K-pop Star, where he signed a record deal with the runner-up of the show's first season, Lee Hi. She released her debut album a year later, aged 16. Other participants on the show were signed as potential members of the label's future boy groups. On the second season of the show both the winners, sibling duo Akdong Musician, and runner-up, Bang Yedam, signed exclusive contracts with YG. Akdong Musician (also known as AKMU) released their first album, Play, in 2014, to great acclaim.

In 2014, YG acquired T Entertainment's staff and actors including Cha Seung-won, Im Ye-jin, and Jang Hyun-sung.[13] Additionally, through its acquisition of modelling agency K-Plus, YG expanded its acting division through the acting debuts of models Lee Sung-kyung and Nam Joo-hyuk.

On September 13, 2014, French luxury giant LVMH's private equity arm, L Capital Asia, announced that it is investing up to US$80 million in YG Entertainment. Headquartered in Singapore, L Capital Asia will be the second-largest investor in YG Entertainment with an 11.5 per cent interest. Yang Hyun-suk, YG Entertainment's founder, has a 28 percent stake.[14]

Following the revival of Tablo's career, he has since set up his own independent label HIGHGRND, financially backed by YG.[15] HIGHGRND aims to present varied and distinctive musicians without the distinction between underground and overground music. On July 21, 2015, HIGHGRND introduced its first artist, indie band Hyukoh.[16]

In 2015, YG Entertainment invested nearly $100 million (USD) in a new Gyeonggi-do based industrial complex, which will house recording studios and performance facilities, as well as a recreational tourism complex. The complex is slated to be complete by December 2018.[17] Real estate in Seoul worth 16 billion KRW (~$14 million USD) was also purchased for the purpose of expanding their headquarters.[18]

On September 22, 2015, YG announced that key YG producers Teddy and Kush would create their own independent sub-label in the vein of Tablo's HIGHGRND. One associate from YG told the media, “[The new label's] music will be different from YG’s usual sound, as [Teddy and Kush] will probably seek out a different type of artists. Yang Hyun Suk is always telling his friends that Teddy will become a greater producer than he ever was.”[19] Once again, this sub-label would be fully funded and backed by the main label, whilst Teddy and Kush will have increased creative independence. This marked another move towards a sharper division of labor within the company, with YG Entertainment expanding its operations to a wider range of genres.

Partnerships

Music distribution

YG Entertainment's records are distributed by the following:

KT Music

In March 2010, seven of the biggest talent agencies in Korea - YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, Star Empire Entertainment, Medialine, CAN Entertainment, and Music Factory - established a joint venture known as KMP Holdings (Korean Music Power). KMP Holdings is a service platform that aims to provide fair digital music distribution, music service, and television program productions.[20] Many believe this was held to challenge the duopoly on music distribution in Korea by Mnet Media and LOEN Entertainment.

In November 2012, KMP Holdings was acquired by KT Music.[21] The seven agencies behind KMP Holdings formed a collective bond partnership on January 2014. Collectively they purchased 13.48% of KT Music's stocks, leaving the parent company KT Corporation with only 49.99% share in the company.[22]

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.[23] In 2008, Big Bang signed a three-year exclusive contract with Universal Music for the promotion and distribution of their Japanese releases.[24]

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.[25] 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. Seungri and Daesung were also given the opportunity to host their own Japanese programs.

Talent management

United Asia Management

SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, KeyEast, AMENT and Star J Entertainment are under a joint talent management agency named United Asia Management since April 2011.[26]

Concert production

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 Big Bang. Big Bang has the talent, thus they have the best chance at becoming a global artist."[27]

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.[28]

Subsidiaries

Music

In 2015, YG Entertainment began to expand its operations by creating independent sub-labels creatively differentiated from the main label, with President Yang Hyun-suk pursuing the goal of reaching out to a wider range of genres. Yang Hyun-suk has also indicated a need to expand because of the increasing number of artists joining the main label.[29]

HIGHGRND

HIGHGRND (read as 'HIGHGROUND') is an independent sub-label headed by Epik High's Tablo, who acts as president and creative director. Announced in March 2015, the label was set up by Yang Hyun-suk under the YG Entertainment umbrella as part of a long-term goal to reach out to the Korean indie and alternative scene. YG therefore has a primarily supportive role focused on financial assistance, administrative work, and marketing.

On June 21, 2015, Tablo introduced HyukOh via Instagram as its first official artist.[30] The current roster also includes producer Code Kunst[31] and one-man band The Black Skirts, whose signing was announced on January 8, 2016.[32]

HIGHGRND's formation marked a departure from Yang Hyun-suk's central role as Executive Producer of all YG albums. Nevertheless, it remains closely connected to the main label, with Tablo taking a chief role in the production of Lee Hi's second album.[33]

The Black Label

Following the successful formation of HIGHGRND, on September 22, 2015, YG Entertainment announced the creation of another independent sub-label, to be headed by YG Producer Teddy Park and Kush of Stony Skunk.[34] Teddy, a member of former YG hip-hop group 1TYM and regular producer for both Big Bang and 2NE1, would be given increased creative agency as head of the new sub-label. Moreover, Kush (who had previously been an exclusive YG producer before leaving in 2012 to pursue personal musical activities) would return to YG to co-head.

Other

YG K-Plus

YG K-Plus is a modelling agency formed by a partnership and shared investment agreement between YG Entertainment and Korean model management company K-Plus. The merger was announced on February 18, 2014 by co-CEO Yang Min Suk. Due to the recent trend in Asia of successful model-turned-actors, YG aims to help these models to transition into mainstream media by providing them with opportunities in television and films.

As of 2014, K-plus model agency housed over 170 models including Kang Seung-hyun, Park Hyeong Seop, Lee Sung-kyung, Nam Joo-hyuk, and Choi Sora.[35] Since the partnership, K-Plus models have appeared in YG recording artists' music videos, as well as YG-owned brands' advertisement campaigns. YG Entertainment has also reportedly provided YG K-Plus models with roles in TV Dramas, notably Nam Joo-hyuk in "Who Are You: School 2015" and Lee Sung-kyung in "It's Okay, That's Love", and have formally transitioned models to their acting division.[36]

NONA9ON

NONA9ON is a luxury street-wear brand founded in early 2012 by YG Entertainment and Samsung’s textile subsidiary company Cheil Industries. Originally named Natural Nine, the brand was revamped before launch.[37][38]

NONA9ON does not have its own permanent stores and operates instead by selling its products through other retailers in pop-up stores. According to a YG representative on September 15, 2014, after NONA9ON opened its first pop-up store at Apgujeong’s Galleria Department Store on September 12, the entire F/W 2014 stock sold out completely by September 14, within a mere two days. The storage had been filled with items for two weeks, a testament to NONA9ON’s power among consumers and success on the market.

Following the success of NONA9ON in its Korean domestic debut, the clothing line also quickly sold out in its first international pop-up stores in Italy's 10 Corso Como shops in Milan, Seoul and Shanghai, as well as in I.T shops in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Pop-up stores in the Seoul Galleria Department Store, 10 Corso Como Cheongdam and Avenual, and BEAKER Cheongdam and Hannam were also made accessible to consumers within the first week of release. Currently, NONA9ON clothes are sold through online shop Beakerstore. NONA9ON also plans to open a new pop-up store at JayCo in Taiwan.[39]

moonshot

Moonshot, stylized as moonshot, is a cosmetics brand launched by YG Entertainment on October 2, 2014.[40] Developed with China's Huanya Group and in partnership with the cosmetics manufacturing company COSON, it is geared towards women in their 20s to 30s. The brand is named after Apollo 11's historical landing on the moon, and just as that event turned dreams into a reality, the brand also has the intent of taking on various challenges and breaking away from the typical makeup lines.

moonshot cosmetics are manufactured for YG Entertainment by a South Korean maker and sold at affordable prices of around 10,000 to 50,000 won ($9.06 to $45.31). The company also sells moonshot products online. According to Paik Ho-jin, an employee of the brand, Chinese shoppers account for 40-50% of the Samcheong-dong store's customers.[39]

As part of YG's partnership with French luxury giant LVMH, moonshot will be launched at 11 Sephora shops in Singapore and at 13 Sephora shops in Malaysia on September 24, 2015. Sephora, a LVMH subsidiary, is one of the leading perfume and cosmetics stores in France and holds a long-standing presence in the beauty industry around the world. The launch of moonshot products within global Sephora stores will increase international exposure to the product.

YG Plus Inc.

YG Plus Inc. is a media and advertisement company established by YG Entertainment in October 2014 as the result of a takeover of advertising company Phoenix Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Bogwang Group. This takeover was accomplished with the intention to further accelerate the growth of YG Entertainment in fields aside from the music industry and to maximize synergy between the company's music enterprise and cultural content. Yang Min-suk has been appointed as the company's CEO.

According to Reuters, the company has two main business operations: advertisement production business and media agency business. It handles the creation of advertisements, and on the media agency business side, it publishes and broadcasts advertisements through forms of mass media such as television, radio, print, and the internet. Some of its notable clients include COCA-COLA, SK Telecom, and THE FACE SHOP.

YG Golf Academy

YG Golf Academy was formed by YG Entertainment through the acquirement of G-AD Communication, a golf agency that handles notable professional South Korean golfers such as Kim Hyo-joo, Lee Dong-min, Byun Jin-jae, and Yoo Go-un.[41] The company has also brought in the talents of the leading golf coach Han Yeon-hee to act as the head instructor of YG Golf Academy. This new venture into the international golf business will lead to activities such as the acquisition of golf courses, scouting and nurturing of talented golfers, hosting of golf tournaments, retailing of golf supplies and fashion products, and introduction of other related businesses.

Three Way Butchers

Three Way Butchers, known as Samgeori/3Geori Butchers (삼거리 푸줏간), is a restaurant in Hongdae specialising in pork. It is a new food venture under the umbrella of YG Food, a collaboration between YG and Noh Hee-young, the ex-advisor of CJ Group‘s food sector. The restaurant is commonly frequented by YG artists.[42]

Philanthropy

YG Entertainment pledged to 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, and in 2010 $160,000.[43] YG Family have also directly delivered US$4,400 worth of charcoal to families in need during the winter time.[44] 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.[45]

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 US$1 million.[46]

On May 4, YG Entertainment donated a total of 100 million KRW (~$92,450 USD) to the Korean Committee for UNICEF with the message, “Please use [the donation] to help in recovering the damage from the huge earthquake in Nepal, as well as the victims that are suffering from the aftermath.” It is said that the relief fund will be used in providing relief supplies and medicine for the prevention of infectious diseases among the population in Nepal.[47]

Artists

All artists under YG Entertainment are known collectively under the name YG Family, similarly to SM Town or JYP Nation.

Musicians

Groups

Soloists

Sub-units/Project groups

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.

Singer-songwriters

Producers

Actors/actresses

Entertainers

HIGHGRND artists

The Black Label artists

Dancers

HI-TECH

  • Lee Jae-wook
  • Park Jung-heon
  • Kim Hee-yeon
  • Kim Byung-gon
  • Kwon Young-deuk[60]
  • Kwon Young-don
  • Yoo Choong-jae
  • Heo Jun-seon
  • Han Byul

CRAZY[61]

  • Kim Hee-jung
  • Won Ah-yeon
  • Kim Min-jung
  • Park Eun-young
  • Choi Sae-bom
  • Choi Hye-jin
  • Kim I-seul
  • Jin Su-hyun
  • Mai Murakawa
  • Son Su-bin
  • Park Eun-chong

YGKPLUS

  • Hyoni Kang[62]
  • Sup Park[63]
  • Sora Choi[64]
  • Bom Chan Lee[65]
  • Jang Ki-yong
  • Joo Woo-jae
  • Kim Kibum
  • Kim Hyunjin
  • Park Bosung
  • Kang Hui
  • Kim Gabi
  • Lee Ho-jung
  • Lee Ha-eun
  • Stephanie Lee
  • Hong Hyo
  • Ji Esu
  • Um Yejin
  • Bae Jeong-nam
  • Hwang So-hee
  • Jung Yoo-jin
  • Shin Jaehyuk
  • Yoon Seonah
  • Kwon Hyunbin
  • Lee Jini
  • Jung Yongsoo
  • Byun Wooseok
  • Lee Seokchan
  • Kim Pilsu
  • Ellis Ahn (Ahn Soyeon)
  • Kim Seolhee

Trainees and former artists

Current trainees

  • Katie Kim (1993)
  • Moon Sua (1999, Unpretty Rapstar 2 contestant)
  • Jang Hanna (1996)[66]
  • Bang Yedam (2002)[67]
  • Lee Chaeyoung (2002)[68]
  • Jung Jaewon (1994)[69]
  • Im Sooah (1999) [70]
  • Roseanne Park (1997)[71]
  • Kim Jisoo (1995)[72]
  • Lalisa Manoban (1997)[73]
  • Jennie Kim (1996)[74]
  • Kim Joon-kyu (2000)[75]
  • Choi Raesong (2000)[76]
  • Ha Jiseo (1993)
  • Park Seoyoung (2000)
  • Jinny Park (1998)

Former artists

Former trainees

Discography

See also

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