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'''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==
{{Category see also|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===
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'''Groups'''
* [[AKMU]]
* [[WINNER]]
* [[iKON]]
* [[Blackpink|BLACKPINK]]
* TREASURE
* BABYMONSTER
'''Sub-units'''
* GD & TOP (inactive)
* GD X TAEYANG (inactive)
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'''Soloists'''
* Sandara Park
* Tablo
* [[Lee Hi]]
* Kang Seung-yoon
* Bobby
* [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]]
* [[Rosé (singer)|Rosé]]
* [[Lisa (rapper)|Lisa]]
* Eun Jiwon
* [[Jisoo]]

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'''Record Producers'''
* Teddy Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/37921/cl-talks-about-the-production-of-the-baddest-female|title=2NE1′s CL Reveals How She and Teddy Came Up With ′The Baddest Female′|date=2013-06-09|access-date=2014-10-26|publisher=MWAVE|archive-date=2014-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015152814/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/37921/cl-talks-about-the-production-of-the-baddest-female|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Choice37<ref name="producers">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/g-dragon-coup-detat-making-of/before-the-album|title=Before the Album|publisher=Complex|year=2013|access-date=2014-10-26|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708080243/https://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/g-dragon-coup-detat-making-of/before-the-album|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Jihyuk Jung (David)<ref name="Complex">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/g-dragon-favorite-songs-yg-entertainment/|title=G-Dragon's Favorite Songs From YG Entertainment|date=2013-09-12|access-date=2017-06-06|publisher=Complex|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404072440/https://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/g-dragon-favorite-songs-yg-entertainment/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Kang Uk-jin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/89440?lang=en|title=iKON's New Title Song "B-DAY" is Composed and Written by B.I and BOBBY|date=2017-05-19|access-date=2017-06-06|publisher=YG Life}}</ref>
* Perry<ref name="Complex"/>
* AiRPLAY<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/87065?lang=en|title=WINNER to Release New Songs Until the End of This Year and Its Second Title Track is "FOOL"|date=2017-03-29|access-date=2017-06-06|publisher=YG Life}}</ref>
* Lydia Paek<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/lydia-paek-songwriter-for-bigbang-and-2ne1-is-also-a-singer-with-a-big-voice|title=Lydia Paek, songwriter for BigBang and 2NE1, is also a singer with a big voice|date=2015-07-10|access-date=2017-06-06|publisher=Strait Times}}</ref>
* Ham Seung-cheon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/g-dragon-coup-detat-making-of/before-the-album|title=The Making of G-Dragon's "Coup D'Etat"|date=2013-09-10|access-date=2017-06-06|publisher=Complex|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708080243/https://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/g-dragon-coup-detat-making-of/before-the-album|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Future Bounce<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/79636?lang=en|title=SECHSKIES's first new song was jointly written by TABLO and FUTURE BOUNCE who wrote BLACKPINK's "WHISTLE"|date=2016-08-31|access-date=2017-06-06|publisher=Complex}}</ref>
* iHwak <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/2017/06/25/rapper-one-announces-official-debut-date/|title=Update: YG Rapper ONE Announces Release Date Of First MV Teaser In New Teaser Image|date=2017-06-25|access-date=2017-07-07|publisher=Soompi|archive-date=2017-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029121242/https://www.soompi.com/2017/06/25/rapper-one-announces-official-debut-date/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Rovin <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/59440?lang=en|title=iKON confirmed "WHAT'S WRONG?" as one of the double title tracks for their new album… Written by B.I and BOBBY|date=2015-12-18|access-date=2017-07-07|publisher=YG Life}}</ref>
* Millennium (Choi Rae-sung)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaboo.com/buzz/yg-entertainments-newest-composer-revealed-male-trainee/|title=YG Entertainment's Newest Composer Revealed To Be A Male Trainee|date=2017-05-19|access-date=2017-07-07|publisher=Koreaboo}}</ref>
* Diggy
* Liøn
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===Independent labels/artists===
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'''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)

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===Actors===
List of actors under YG.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actor List|url=http://ygstage.com/yg-profile|website=YG Stage|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404031102/http://ygstage.com/yg-profile|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* [[:ko:배정남|Bae Jung-nam]]
* [[Cha Seung-won]]
* [[Choi Ji-woo]]
* [[T.O.P (rapper)|Choi Seung-hyun]]
* [[Go Joon-hee]]
* [[:ko:황승언 (배우)|Hwang Seung-un]]
* [[:ko:황소희|Hwang So-hee]]
* [[Im Ye-jin]]
* [[Jang Hyun-sung]]
* [[Jang Ki-yong]]
* [[Jennie Kim]]
* [[Jung Chan-woo (singer)|Jung Chan-woo]]
* [[Jung Yoo-jin|Jung Eugene]]
* [[Jung Hye-young]]
* [[:ko:주우재|Joo Woo-jae]]
* [[Kal So-won]]
* [[:ja:勧修寺保都|Kansyuji Tamotsu]]
* [[Daesung|Kang Dae-sung]]
* [[Kang Dong-won]]
* [[Kang Seung-hyun]]
* [[Kang Seung-yoon]]
* [[Kim Hee-ae]]
* [[Kim Hee-jung (actress born 1992)|Kim Hee-jung]]
* [[Kim Jin-woo (musician)|Kim Jin-woo]]
* [[Kim Ji-soo]]
* [[Kim Sae-ron]]
* [[Ku Hye-sun]]
* Lee Ha-eun
* [[:ko:이호정 (배우)|Lee Ho-jung]]
* [[:ko:이현욱 (모델)|Lee Hyun-wook]]
* [[:ko:이진이|Lee Ji-ni]]
* [[Lee Jong-suk]]
* [[Seungri|Lee Seung-hyun]]
* [[Lee Soo-hyuk]]
* [[Lee Sung-kyung]]
* [[Nam Joo-hyuk]]
* [[Oh Sang-jin]]
* [[:ko:옥고운|Ok Go-woon]]
* Park Jae-geun
* [[Sandara Park|Park Sandara]]
* [[Seo Jeong-yeon]]
* [[Son Ho-jun]]
* [[:ko:손세빈|Son Se-bin]]
* [[:ko:야마토 코타|Yamato Kohta]]
* [[Yoo In-na]]
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===Comedians===
*[[Ahn Young-mi]]
*[[Yoo Byung-jae]]

==Former artists and trainees==
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===Former artists===
*1996-1996: Keep Six<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mwave.interest.me/en/mobileweb/kpop-news/article/7068/video-how-yang-hyun-suk-went-from-being-dirt-poor-to-yg-ceo |title=&#91;Video&#93; How Yang Hyun Suk Went from Being Dirt Poor to YG CEO |access-date=2017-10-10 |archive-date=2017-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730082225/http://mwave.interest.me/en/mobileweb/kpop-news/article/7068/video-how-yang-hyun-suk-went-from-being-dirt-poor-to-yg-ceo |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*1997-2020: [[Jinusean]]
*2002-2004: [[Park Han-byul]] <ref name="ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com">{{cite web|url=https://ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com/yg-entertainment/former-members/|title=FORMER MEMBERS (WAS IN YG)|date=21 June 2012|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404044951/https://ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com/yg-entertainment/former-members/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2003-2004: XO{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
*2002-2005: Swi.T<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2012/05/yang-hyun-suk-opens-up-about-how-his-relationship-with-wife-lee-eun-joo-began|title=Yang Hyun Suk opens up about how his relationship with wife Lee Eun Joo began|website=allkpop}}</ref>
*2003-2006: [[Wheesung]]
*2003-2007: [[Big Mama (band)|Big Mama]]
*2003-2007: [[Lexy (singer)|Lexy]]
*2004-2007: Wanted{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
*2005-2007: SoulStaR{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
*2005-2008: 45RPM{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
*2004-2008: [[Brave Brothers]]
*2007-2008: Kim Ji-eun<ref>{{cite web|url=https://welovebom.com/2012/02/12/news-voice-in-korea-yg-prepared-kim-ji-eun-to-debut-with-park-bom/|title='Voice In Korea, "YG Prepared Kim Ji Eun To Debut With Park Bom"|last=WeLoveBom|date=12 February 2012|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730075413/https://welovebom.com/2012/02/12/news-voice-in-korea-yg-prepared-kim-ji-eun-to-debut-with-park-bom/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2003-2008: [[Stony Skunk]]
*2009-2011: Jung Sung IL<ref name="ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com"/>
*2003-2011: Digital Masta<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreaboo.com/uncategorized/dok2-masta-wu-sojin-digital-masta-release-collaboration-track-finale/|title=Dok2, Masta Wu, Sojin, and Digital Masta to release collaboration track, "Finale"|date=27 November 2014}}</ref>
*2008-2011: YMGA <ref name="ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.generasia.com/wiki/YMGA|title=YMGA - generasia|website=www.generasia.com}}</ref>
*2009-2011: [[Huh E-jae]]<ref name="ygfamilyyblog.wordpress.com"/>
*2003-2013: [[Gummy (singer)|Gummy]]
*2003-2015: [[Seven (Korean singer)|Se7en]]
*2000-2016: [[Masta Wu]]<ref name="xsp">{{cite web|url=http://www.xportsnews.com/jenter/?ac=article_view&entry_id=679654|title=YG "최근 마스타우 떠났다, 향후 음악활동 응원" 공식입장|date=2016-01-08|access-date=2016-01-08|publisher=xsportsnews|language=ko|archive-date=2019-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134256/http://www.xportsnews.com/jenter/?ac=article_view&entry_id=679654|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2006-2024: [[Big Bang (band)|BIGBANG]]
**2006-2019: Seungri
**2006-2022: [[T.O.P]]
**2006-2022: Taeyang
**2006-2022: Daesung
**2006-2023: G-Dragon
*2009-2017: [[2NE1]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/11/201_218973.html|title=K-pop girl band 2NE1 breaks up|date=25 November 2016|access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref>
**2009-2016: Minzy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yg-life.com/archives/73266|title='2NE1'에 대한 공식 입장|publisher=YG Entertainment|date=April 5, 2016|access-date=April 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="minzyleave">{{cite news|last1=Doo|first1=Rumy|title=Member Minzy to leave 2NE1|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201604051739274802832_2|access-date=April 5, 2016|work=Kpop Herald|date=April 5, 2016}}</ref>
**2009-2017: Park Bom
**2009-2019: CL
**2009-2021: Dara
*2010-2018: [[PSY]]
*2014-2017: BOM&HI
*[[WINNER]]
**2014-2016: [[Nam Tae-hyun]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20161125n23734?mid=n0107|title=YG "위너 남태현 탈퇴 확정, 4인조 재편"(공식입장 전문)|access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref>
*2014-2017: [[Stephanie Lee]]<ref>{{cite web|title=[공식입장] 스테파니 리, YNK엔터와 전속계약..임수정과 한솥밥|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110633607|website=OSEN|access-date=April 26, 2017|language=ko}}</ref>
*2014-2017: [[Lee Yong-woo]]
*2016-2024: [[Sechs Kies]]

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===Former trainees===
*Cho Seung-youn ([[Uniq (band)|UNIQ]])<ref name="hype.my"/>
*[[Go Kyung-pyo]]
*[[Jang Hyun-seung]] ([[Highlight (band)|Beast]])
*Jooyi ([[BP Rania]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/6504191.html|title=Rania's Jooyi rejected a casting offer from YG Entertainment|website=omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2011/04/ranias-jooyi-rejected-a-casting-offer-from-yg-entertainment|title=Rania's Jooyi rejected a casting offer from YG Entertainment|website=allkpop}}</ref>
*Jung Jin-hyung (''Mix & Match'' contestant)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.soompi.com/2017/04/02/mix-match-contestant-jung-jin-hyung-reveals-upcoming-debut-plans/ |title="Mix & Match" Contestant Jung Jin Hyung Reveals Upcoming Debut Plans &#124; Soompi |access-date=2017-10-10 |archive-date=2017-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627050049/https://www.soompi.com/2017/04/02/mix-match-contestant-jung-jin-hyung-reveals-upcoming-debut-plans/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Kid Monster ([[Hotshot (band)|HOTSHOT]] and ''[[Produce 101 Season 2]]'' contestant)
*Kim Bo-hyung ([[Spica (band)|Spica]])
*Kim Eun-bi (''[[Superstar K2]]'' contestant)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/10/superstar-k2s-kim-eun-bi-revealed-to-have-withdrawn-from-yg-entertainments-new-girl-group|title='Superstar K2's Kim Eun Bi revealed to have withdrawn from YG Entertainment's new girl group|website=allkpop}}</ref>
*Kim Sang-bin (''[[Produce 101 Season 2]]'' contestant)
*Kim Sung-joo ([[Uniq (band)|UNIQ]])<ref name="hype.my">{{cite web|url=https://hype.my/2014/26815/uniq-ygs-new-korean-chinese-boy-group-to-debut-under-yuehua-entertainment/|title=(UPDATE) #UNIQ: YG's New Korean-Chinese Boy Group To Debut Under Yuehua Entertainment|last=Adrina|date=19 September 2014}}</ref>
*Lee Chang-min ([[Boys24]])
*[[Lee Ha-nui]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/12/honey-lee-lists-all-the-yg-trainees-that-she-rubbed-shoulders-with-on-radio-star|title=Honey Lee lists all the YG trainees that she rubbed shoulders with on 'Radio Star'|website=allkpop}}</ref>
*Lee Jung-mi (''[[K-pop Star (season 1)|K-pop Star season 1]]'' contestant)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/3904/20120205/k-pop-star-sue-pearls-lee-jung-mi-dramatic-comeback.htm|title=Sue Pearls Member Lee Jung Mi Made a Dramatic Comeback|date=5 February 2012|website=KpopStarz}}</ref>
*Lee Seo-yeon ([[Fromis]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaboo.com/lists/trainees-big-3-will-competing-idol-school/|title=Trainees From All Of The Big 3 Will Be Competing On "Idol School"|date=2017-06-29|access-date=2017-06-29|publisher=Koreaboo}}</ref>
*Linzy ([[Fiestar]])
*[[Michelle Lee (singer)|Michelle Lee]]
*Oh Jin-seok ([[Boys24]])
*P-Goon ([[Topp Dogg]])
*[[Park Ha-na]]
*Park Hyun-jin, (''[[K-pop Star 6: The Last Chance|K-pop Star season 6]]'' winner)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003565222|title='K팝6' 출신 보이프랜드 박현진, YG와 아름다운 이별|website=entertain.naver.com}}</ref>
*SuPearls (''[[K-pop Star (season 1)|K-pop Star season 1]]'' contestant)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/02/supearls-disbands-yg-entertainment-nullifies-contracts|title=SuPearls disbands, YG Entertainment nullifies contracts|website=allkpop}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/481108wpp/lee-hi-talks-about-supearls-disbandment-and-being-compared-to-park-ji-min|title=Lee Hi Talks About SuPearls Disbandment and Being Compared to Park Ji Min|website=Soompi}}</ref>
*Yang Hong-seok (''Mix & Match'' contestant and [[Pentagon (South Korean band)|Pentagon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/article/751591wpp/mix-and-match-contestant-yang-hong-seok-becomes-cube-entertainment-trainee|title="Mix & Match" Contestant Yang Hong Seok Becomes Cube Entertainment Trainee|website=Soompi}}</ref>
*Yuna Kim (The Ark)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/04/yuna-kim-talks-about-why-she-left-yg-entertainment|title=Yuna Kim talks about why she left YG Entertainment|website=allkpop}}</ref>
*[[Zelo]] ([[B.A.P]])
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== References ==
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==Other website==
* {{Official website}}

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