All posts tagged "YG"

  • YG Entertainment's Yang Hyun-suk (Yonhap)
    YG talks about Big Bang’s contracts ending next year

    YG Entertainment head Yang Hyun-suk expressed Sunday his wish for Big Bang, one of K-pop’s top dogs, to continue under his agency. The five-member band is finally slated to make their long-anticipated comeback beginning May 1. It...

    • Posted April 27, 2015
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  • Rapper YG and Brave Brothers
    K-pop producer Brave Brothers working with rapper YG

    K-pop producer Brave Brothers has joined hands with American rapper YG for his upcoming 2015 album, Brave Entertainment said Monday. According to the agency, Brave Brothers — the 35-year-old (real name Kang Dong-chul) hitmaker behind songs by...

    • Posted December 15, 2014
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  • (Courtesy of YG Family)
    Billboard Magazine praises Hi Suhyun K-pop duo

    American music magazine Billboard has given a big shout-out to “Hi Suhyun,” the song duo from Korea’s most popular TV talent quest “Superstar K.” Lee Hi, 19, and Lee Su-hyun, 16, who have signed with YG Entertainment,...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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  • YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun-seok
    YG and Samsung join hands to launch fashion brand

    Korean entertainment mogul Yang Hyun-seok, CEO of YG Entertainment, introduced a joint fashion brand with Samsung titled NONA9ON on Friday, Yonhap reported. The brand is a part of Natural Nine, a clothing line launched by YG and...

    • Posted September 11, 2014
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  • smjypyg
    SM-YG-JYP see sales jump

    (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top three entertainment agencies saw their sales jump in the first half of the year, data showed Tuesday, on the back of their efforts to expand the K-pop boom in overseas markets and...

    • Posted September 2, 2014
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  • psy
    Louis Vuitton goes Gangnam Style: French giant pays $60 million for stake in YG

      (Yonhap) — YG Entertainment Corp., one of the most successful entertainment agencies in South Korea, whose client list includes Psy, announced Wednesday it will sell new shares worth 61 billion won (US$59.7 million) to the investment fund arm of...

    • Posted August 20, 2014
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  • Yang Hyun-seok, CEO of YG Entertainment.
    YG head donates $500K to help families of ferry victims

    Yang Hyun-seok, CEO of YG Entertainment, has donated 500 million won (nearly $500,000) to help families of the victims of the Sewol tragedy. The money was donated through YG Entertainment’s public campaign, WITH. Yang has been making various donations along with his artists, including rapper Sean, and K-pop...

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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