YG Entertainment

YG Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company which was founded in 1996. It was founded by Yang Hyun-suk and the current CEO as of 2022 is Hwang Bo-kyung.

Artists

See also (related category): YG Entertainment artists

All of the artists under YG Entertainment are collectively known as YG Family, similarly to SM Town and JYP Nation.

Recording artists

Groups

AKMU
WINNER
iKON
BLACKPINK
TREASURE
BABYMONSTER

Sub-units

GD & TOP (inactive)
GD X TAEYANG (inactive)

Soloists

Sandara Park
Tablo
Lee Hi
Kang Seung-yoon
Bobby
Jennie
Rosé
Lisa
Eun Jiwon
Jisoo

Record Producers

Teddy Park^[1]
Choice37^[2]
Jihyuk Jung (David)^[3]
Kang Uk-jin^[4]
Perry^[3]
AiRPLAY^[5]
Lydia Paek^[6]
Ham Seung-cheon^[7]
Future Bounce^[8]
iHwak ^[9]
Rovin ^[10]
Millennium (Choi Rae-sung)^[11]
Diggy
Liøn

Independent labels/artists

THEBLACKLABEL

Teddy Park (founder/producer)
KUSH (founder/producer)
Zion.T
Somi
Vince
Løren (under subsidiary Fire Exit Records
Okasian (producer)
Peejay (producer)
R.Tee (producer)
24 (producer)

Actors

List of actors under YG.^[12]

Comedians

Former artists and trainees

Former artists

1996-1996: Keep Six^[13]
1997-2020: Jinusean
2002-2004: Park Han-byul ^[14]
2003-2004: XO^[source?]
2002-2005: Swi.T^[15]
2003-2006: Wheesung
2003-2007: Big Mama
2003-2007: Lexy
2004-2007: Wanted^[source?]
2005-2007: SoulStaR^[source?]
2005-2008: 45RPM^[source?]
2004-2008: Brave Brothers
2007-2008: Kim Ji-eun^[16]
2003-2008: Stony Skunk
2009-2011: Jung Sung IL^[14]
2003-2011: Digital Masta^[17]
2008-2011: YMGA ^[14]^[18]
2009-2011: Huh E-jae^[14]
2003-2013: Gummy
2003-2015: Se7en
2000-2016: Masta Wu^[19]
2006-2024: BIGBANG
- 2006-2019: Seungri
- 2006-2022: T.O.P
- 2006-2022: Taeyang
- 2006-2022: Daesung
- 2006-2023: G-Dragon
2009-2017: 2NE1^[20]
- 2009-2016: Minzy^[21]^[22]
- 2009-2017: Park Bom
- 2009-2019: CL
- 2009-2021: Dara
2010-2018: PSY
2014-2017: BOM&HI
WINNER
- 2014-2016: Nam Tae-hyun^[23]
2014-2017: Stephanie Lee^[24]
2014-2017: Lee Yong-woo
2016-2024: Sechs Kies

Former trainees

Cho Seung-youn (UNIQ)^[25]
Go Kyung-pyo
Jang Hyun-seung (Beast)
Jooyi (BP Rania)^[26]^[27]
Jung Jin-hyung (Mix & Match contestant)^[28]
Kid Monster (HOTSHOT and Produce 101 Season 2 contestant)
Kim Bo-hyung (Spica)
Kim Eun-bi (Superstar K2 contestant)^[29]
Kim Sang-bin (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant)
Kim Sung-joo (UNIQ)^[25]
Lee Chang-min (Boys24)
Lee Ha-nui^[30]
Lee Jung-mi (K-pop Star season 1 contestant)^[31]
Lee Seo-yeon (Fromis)^[32]
Linzy (Fiestar)
Michelle Lee
Oh Jin-seok (Boys24)
P-Goon (Topp Dogg)
Park Ha-na
Park Hyun-jin, (K-pop Star season 6 winner)^[33]
SuPearls (K-pop Star season 1 contestant)^[34]^[35]
Yang Hong-seok (Mix & Match contestant and Pentagon)^[36]
Yuna Kim (The Ark)^[37]
Zelo (B.A.P)

YG Entertainment Media

Se7en debuted under YG Entertainment in 2003
Big Bang debuted in 2006 and was responsible for more than half of YG's albums sold in Korea from 2014 to 2017.
2NE1 debuted in 2009 as the first major girl group under YG and became the first group to achieve nine number-one songs on the Gaon Digital Chart.
Winner successfully debuted in 2014 and became the fastest K-Pop group to win #1 at music shows. They grabbed their first music show win just six days into their debut.
iKon debuted in 2015. Their 2018 single, "Love Scenario", broke several records at the time; including the longest run as the top-charting song, the most hours of 'perfect all-kills,' and the first song to be certified Platinum by the KCMA.
TREASURE

References

↑ "2NE1′s CL Reveals How She and Teddy Came Up With ′The Baddest Female′". MWAVE. 2013-06-09. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
↑ "Before the Album". Complex. 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "G-Dragon's Favorite Songs From YG Entertainment". Complex. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
↑ "iKON's New Title Song "B-DAY" is Composed and Written by B.I and BOBBY". YG Life. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
↑ "WINNER to Release New Songs Until the End of This Year and Its Second Title Track is "FOOL"". YG Life. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
↑ "Lydia Paek, songwriter for BigBang and 2NE1, is also a singer with a big voice". Strait Times. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
↑ "The Making of G-Dragon's "Coup D'Etat"". Complex. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
↑ "SECHSKIES's first new song was jointly written by TABLO and FUTURE BOUNCE who wrote BLACKPINK's "WHISTLE"". Complex. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
↑ "Update: YG Rapper ONE Announces Release Date Of First MV Teaser In New Teaser Image". Soompi. 2017-06-25. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
↑ "iKON confirmed "WHAT'S WRONG?" as one of the double title tracks for their new album… Written by B.I and BOBBY". YG Life. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
↑ "YG Entertainment's Newest Composer Revealed To Be A Male Trainee". Koreaboo. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
↑ "Actor List". YG Stage. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
↑ "[Video] How Yang Hyun Suk Went from Being Dirt Poor to YG CEO". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 "FORMER MEMBERS (WAS IN YG)". 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
↑ "Yang Hyun Suk opens up about how his relationship with wife Lee Eun Joo began". allkpop.
↑ WeLoveBom (12 February 2012). "'Voice In Korea, "YG Prepared Kim Ji Eun To Debut With Park Bom"". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
↑ "Dok2, Masta Wu, Sojin, and Digital Masta to release collaboration track, "Finale"". 27 November 2014.
↑ "YMGA - generasia". www.generasia.com.
↑ "YG "최근 마스타우 떠났다, 향후 음악활동 응원" 공식입장" (in 한국어). xsportsnews. 2016-01-08. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
↑ "K-pop girl band 2NE1 breaks up". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
↑ "'2NE1'에 대한 공식 입장". YG Entertainment. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
↑ Doo, Rumy (April 5, 2016). "Member Minzy to leave 2NE1". Kpop Herald. http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201604051739274802832_2. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
↑ "YG "위너 남태현 탈퇴 확정, 4인조 재편"(공식입장 전문)". Retrieved 5 December 2016.
↑ "[공식입장] 스테파니 리, YNK엔터와 전속계약..임수정과 한솥밥". OSEN (in 한국어). Retrieved April 26, 2017.
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 Adrina (19 September 2014). "(UPDATE) #UNIQ: YG's New Korean-Chinese Boy Group To Debut Under Yuehua Entertainment".
↑ "Rania's Jooyi rejected a casting offer from YG Entertainment". omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com.
↑ "Rania's Jooyi rejected a casting offer from YG Entertainment". allkpop.
↑ ""Mix & Match" Contestant Jung Jin Hyung Reveals Upcoming Debut Plans | Soompi". Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
↑ "'Superstar K2's Kim Eun Bi revealed to have withdrawn from YG Entertainment's new girl group". allkpop.
↑ "Honey Lee lists all the YG trainees that she rubbed shoulders with on 'Radio Star'". allkpop.
↑ "Sue Pearls Member Lee Jung Mi Made a Dramatic Comeback". KpopStarz. 5 February 2012.
↑ "Trainees From All Of The Big 3 Will Be Competing On "Idol School"". Koreaboo. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
↑ "'K팝6' 출신 보이프랜드 박현진, YG와 아름다운 이별". entertain.naver.com.
↑ "SuPearls disbands, YG Entertainment nullifies contracts". allkpop.
↑ "Lee Hi Talks About SuPearls Disbandment and Being Compared to Park Ji Min". Soompi.
↑ ""Mix & Match" Contestant Yang Hong Seok Becomes Cube Entertainment Trainee". Soompi.
↑ "Yuna Kim talks about why she left YG Entertainment". allkpop.

Other website

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[1] "2NE1′s CL Reveals How She and Teddy Came Up With ′The Baddest Female′". MWAVE. 2013-06-09. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-26.

[producers-2] "Before the Album". Complex. 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-26.

[Complex-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "G-Dragon's Favorite Songs From YG Entertainment". Complex. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[4] "iKON's New Title Song "B-DAY" is Composed and Written by B.I and BOBBY". YG Life. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[5] "WINNER to Release New Songs Until the End of This Year and Its Second Title Track is "FOOL"". YG Life. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[6] "Lydia Paek, songwriter for BigBang and 2NE1, is also a singer with a big voice". Strait Times. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[7] "The Making of G-Dragon's "Coup D'Etat"". Complex. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[8] "SECHSKIES's first new song was jointly written by TABLO and FUTURE BOUNCE who wrote BLACKPINK's "WHISTLE"". Complex. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[9] "Update: YG Rapper ONE Announces Release Date Of First MV Teaser In New Teaser Image". Soompi. 2017-06-25. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

[10] "iKON confirmed "WHAT'S WRONG?" as one of the double title tracks for their new album… Written by B.I and BOBBY". YG Life. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

[11] "YG Entertainment's Newest Composer Revealed To Be A Male Trainee". Koreaboo. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

[12] "Actor List". YG Stage. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

[13] "[Video] How Yang Hyun Suk Went from Being Dirt Poor to YG CEO". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

[ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 "FORMER MEMBERS (WAS IN YG)". 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[15] "Yang Hyun Suk opens up about how his relationship with wife Lee Eun Joo began". allkpop.

[16] WeLoveBom (12 February 2012). "'Voice In Korea, "YG Prepared Kim Ji Eun To Debut With Park Bom"". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[17] "Dok2, Masta Wu, Sojin, and Digital Masta to release collaboration track, "Finale"". 27 November 2014.

[18] "YMGA - generasia". www.generasia.com.

[xsp-19] "YG "최근 마스타우 떠났다, 향후 음악활동 응원" 공식입장" (in 한국어). xsportsnews. 2016-01-08. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

[20] "K-pop girl band 2NE1 breaks up". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

[21] "'2NE1'에 대한 공식 입장". YG Entertainment. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

[minzyleave-22] Doo, Rumy (April 5, 2016). "Member Minzy to leave 2NE1". Kpop Herald. http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201604051739274802832_2. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

[23] "YG "위너 남태현 탈퇴 확정, 4인조 재편"(공식입장 전문)". Retrieved 5 December 2016.

[24] "[공식입장] 스테파니 리, YNK엔터와 전속계약..임수정과 한솥밥". OSEN (in 한국어). Retrieved April 26, 2017.

[hype.my-25] 25.0 ^25.1 Adrina (19 September 2014). "(UPDATE) #UNIQ: YG's New Korean-Chinese Boy Group To Debut Under Yuehua Entertainment".

[26] "Rania's Jooyi rejected a casting offer from YG Entertainment". omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com.

[27] "Rania's Jooyi rejected a casting offer from YG Entertainment". allkpop.

[28] ""Mix & Match" Contestant Jung Jin Hyung Reveals Upcoming Debut Plans | Soompi". Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

[29] "'Superstar K2's Kim Eun Bi revealed to have withdrawn from YG Entertainment's new girl group". allkpop.

[30] "Honey Lee lists all the YG trainees that she rubbed shoulders with on 'Radio Star'". allkpop.

[31] "Sue Pearls Member Lee Jung Mi Made a Dramatic Comeback". KpopStarz. 5 February 2012.

[32] "Trainees From All Of The Big 3 Will Be Competing On "Idol School"". Koreaboo. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-29.

[33] "'K팝6' 출신 보이프랜드 박현진, YG와 아름다운 이별". entertain.naver.com.

[34] "SuPearls disbands, YG Entertainment nullifies contracts". allkpop.

[35] "Lee Hi Talks About SuPearls Disbandment and Being Compared to Park Ji Min". Soompi.

[36] ""Mix & Match" Contestant Yang Hong Seok Becomes Cube Entertainment Trainee". Soompi.

[37] "Yuna Kim talks about why she left YG Entertainment". allkpop.

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