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: 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]

• Bae Jung-nam
• Cha Seung-won
• Choi Ji-woo
• Choi Seung-hyun
• Go Joon-hee
• Hwang Seung-un
• Hwang So-hee
• Im Ye-jin
• Jang Hyun-sung
• Jang Ki-yong
• Jennie Kim
• Jung Chan-woo
• Jung Eugene
• Jung Hye-young
• Joo Woo-jae
• Kal So-won
• Kansyuji Tamotsu
• Kang Dae-sung
• Kang Dong-won
• Kang Seung-hyun
• Kang Seung-yoon
• Kim Hee-ae
• Kim Hee-jung
• Kim Jin-woo
• Kim Ji-soo
• Kim Sae-ron
• Ku Hye-sun
• Lee Ha-eun
• Lee Ho-jung
• Lee Hyun-wook
• Lee Ji-ni
• Lee Jong-suk
• Lee Seung-hyun
• Lee Soo-hyuk
• Lee Sung-kyung
• Nam Joo-hyuk
• Oh Sang-jin
• Ok Go-woon
• Park Jae-geun
• Park Sandara
• Seo Jeong-yeon
• Son Ho-jun
• Son Se-bin
• Yamato Kohta
• Yoo In-na

Comedians

• Ahn Young-mi
• Yoo Byung-jae

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)

References

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

Other website

• Official website