YG Entertainment

Introduction to YG Entertainment

YG Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1996 by Yang Hyun-suk. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. In addition, the company operates a number of subsidiary ventures under a separate public traded company, YG PLUS, which includes a clothing line, a golf management agency, and a cosmetics brand.


Following the Burning Sun scandal involving Big Bang's Seungri, accusations of corruption surrounding Yang Hyun-suk and a drug scandal involving iKon leader B.I, Yang Hyun-suk stepped down and resigned from all positions in YG Entertainment and his brother, Yang Min-suk, resigned as CEO on June 14, 2019. Hwang Bo-kyung was appointed as the new CEO of YG Entertainment on June 20, 2019.

Groups of YG Entertainment

BIGBANG 2006 - Present

AKMU 2014 - Present

WINNER 2014 - Present

iKON 2015 - Present

Sechs Kies 2016 - Present

BLACKPINK 2016 - Present

TREASURE 2019 - Present

Artists of YG Entertainment

G-Dragon 2001 - Present

Taeyang 2006 - Present

Daesung 2006 - Present

Jennie 2010 - Present

Lisa 2011 - Present

Jisoo 2011 - Present

Rosé 2012 - Present

Bobby 2016 - Present

Mino 2018 - Present

Roshe Han 2019 - Present

Redlic 2019 - Present

Naeun 2021 - Present

Former Groups of YG Entertainment

2NE1 2009 - 2017

Big Mama 2010 - 2012

Epik High 2012 - 2018

BOM&HI 2013 - 2016

Former Artists of YG Entertainment

Wheesung 2000 - 2006

Dara 2004 - 2021

Park Bom 2005 - 2016

Minzy 2005 - 2016

CL 2006 - 2019

Seungri 2006 - 2019

Seoyeon 2009 - 2017

Jung-A 2009 - 2016

Miyeon 2010 - 2015

Psy 2010 - 2018

Sua 2010 - 2019

Roya 2010 - 2017

Lee Hi 2012 - 2019

Jinny 2013 - 2018

Hannah Jang 2014 - 2017

Taehyun 2014 - 2016

B.I 2015 - 2019

Denise 2016 - 2018

Hanseol 2018 - 2019