YG Entertainment

Summary

YG Entertainment is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,201 views/month, #8 of 2,290).^[2]

Key Facts

• YG Entertainment is in the country of South Korea^[3].
• YG Entertainment's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• YG Entertainment's instance of is recorded as talent agency^[5].
• YG Entertainment's instance of is recorded as public company^[6].
• YG Entertainment's founder is recorded as Yang Hyun-suk^[7].
• YG Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Hapjeong-dong^[8].
• YG Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as YG Plus^[9].
• YG Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as The Black Label^[10].
• YG Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Seoul Music Entertainment^[11].
• YG Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as YG"MM^[12].
• YG Entertainment's discography is recorded as YG Entertainment catalog^[13].
• YG Entertainment's Commons category is recorded as YG Entertainment^[14].
• YG Entertainment's stock exchange is recorded as Korean Stock Exchange^[15].
• YG Entertainment's industry is recorded as entertainment industry^[16].
• YG Entertainment comprises YGEX^[17].
• February 24, 1995 marks the founding of YG Entertainment^[18].
• YG Entertainment's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.548782, 'lon': 126.907718}^[19].
• YG Entertainment's official website is recorded as https://ygfamily.com/^[20].
• YG Entertainment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:YG Entertainment^[21].
• YG Entertainment's product or material produced is recorded as album^[22].
• YG Entertainment's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+254'}^[23].
• YG Entertainment's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+668'}^[24].
• YG Entertainment's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '주식회사 와이지엔터테인먼트'}^[25].
• YG Entertainment's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'YG Entertainment Inc.'}^[26].
• YG Entertainment's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Original Production^[28]

• Country: KR^[29]

• Began / founded: 1996^[30]

• Genre(s): k-pop^[31]

• Community tags: k-pop^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: 17a726ae-0989-4c77-b0f2-ce356b28acf6^[33]

Body

Founding

YG Entertainment's founder is recorded as Yang Hyun-suk^[7]. February 24, 1995 marks the founding of it^[18].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '주식회사 와이지엔터테인먼트'}^[25] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'YG Entertainment Inc.'}^[26].

Operations

YG Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Hapjeong-dong^[8]. Subsidiaries include YG Plus^[9], a talent agency^[34], in South Korea^[35], founded in 2014^[36], headquartered in Seoul^[37]; The Black Label^[10], a record label^[38], in South Korea^[39], founded in 2016^[40], headquartered in Seoul^[41]; Seoul Music Entertainment^[11]; and YG"MM^[12], a record label^[42], in Thailand^[43], founded in 2021^[44], headquartered in GMM Grammy Place^[45].

Industry

YG Entertainment's industry is recorded as entertainment industry^[16].

Ownership

YG Entertainment's stock exchange is recorded as Korean Stock Exchange^[15]. Its product or material produced is recorded as album^[22].

Why It Matters

YG Entertainment ranks in the top 0.35% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,201 views/month, #8 of 2,290).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]