YG Entertainment Inc

YG Entertainment Inc. is an entertainment company based in Seoul, South Korea, operating in South Korea, Japan, and internationally. It engages in the planning, production, and sale of music records and albums, online music distribution, and services to artists for dramas, movies, advertisements, and events. The company also operates record and music investment distribution, music platform content sourcing, advertising agency and production, and manufactures and sells merchandise and cosmetics. It has released artists such as JINUSEAN, 1TYM, SE7EN, BIGBANG, 2NE1, AKMU, WINNER, iKON, BLACKPINK, and TREASURE, and provides content services. Formerly known as Hyun Entertainment, it changed its name to YG Entertainment Inc. in April 2001 and was founded in 1996.