YG Entertainment
South Korean entertainment company
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Summary
YG Entertainment is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of record label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,017 views/month, #8 of 2,290).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: South Korea[3]
- Instance of: talent agency[4], public company[5]
- Founder: Yang Hyun-suk[6]
- Headquarters location: Hapjeong-dong[7]
- Child organization or unit: YG Plus[8], The Black Label[9], Seoul Music Entertainment[10], YG"MM[11]
- Discography: YG Entertainment catalog[12]
- Commons category: YG Entertainment[13]
- Stock exchange: Korean Stock Exchange[14]
- Industry: entertainment industry[15]
- Has part(s): YGEX[16]
- Inception: February 24, 1995[17]
- Official website: https://ygfamily.com/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:YG Entertainment[19]
- Product or material produced: album[20]
- Employees: 254[21], 668[22]
- Official name: 주식회사 와이지엔터테인먼트[23], YG Entertainment Inc.[24]
- Legal form: joint-stock company[25]
- Official blog URL: http://www.yg-life.com/[26]
- Native label: YG 엔터테인먼트[27]
- Different from: YG[28]
- Operating area: worldwide[29]
- Significant person: Yang Min-suk[30]
- Social media followers: 7,128,341[31], 4,504,999[32], 8,450,777[33], 9,091,849[34]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Type: Original Production[35]
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Country: KR[36]
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Began / founded: 1996[37]
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Genre(s): k-pop[38]
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Community tags: k-pop[39]
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MusicBrainz ID: 17a726ae-0989-4c77-b0f2-ce356b28acf6[40]
Why It Matters
YG Entertainment has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]