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[NEWS] Big Bang’s impending comeback results in doubled stock prices for YG


 

 

It appears that the anticipation for Big Bang‘s comeback has helped YG Entertainment record its highest share price yet. Continue reading [NEWS] Big Bang’s impending comeback results in doubled stock prices for YG

[NEWS][120208] YG: “BIG BANG is six teams, and we’re starting with Daesung” + Big Bang World Tour


Proudcer, and now the CEO of YG entertainment company, who just celebrated their 15th anniversary, Yang Hyunsuk remembers 2011 as one of the more difficult year. Two friends (Daesung and G-Dragon) he had been taking care of since they were just kids, got in trouble. Even though they are better now, at the time it was extremely difficult to bear. Daesung got in to a car accident despite his will, and G-Dragon smoked marijuana. That BIG BANG will be returning this March. Though we got a taste of it last year in Europe, YG as a whole will be greeting the new year with a proper world tour. In time, we met with Yang Hyunsuk at the YG building.

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[NEWS] YG Family Concert Tour Successfully Ends


The YG Family Concert tour in both Korea and Japan have successfully came to an end.

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[NEWS] Yang Hyun Suk promises, “This year, I will do my very best for Big Bang”


 

A representative of YG CEO Yang Hyun Suk stated that he will have the upmost enthusiasm and pour his heart out for Big Bang’s comeback in February of 2012.

In OSEN’s recent phone conversation with Yang’s representative, it was stated, “This year’s first priority is Big Bang…I want to do everything I can for Big Bang. Even though there are preparations for new groups, we have almost been fully occupied with Big Bang’s music, so the plans [for the new groups] have been running late.” The debut of YG’s new groups, which were originally planned for the spring of this year, have a high probability of being pushed back to the second half of the year. Continue reading [NEWS] Yang Hyun Suk promises, “This year, I will do my very best for Big Bang”

[NEWS] Who were the most successful producers for 2011?


As the end of the year draws ever closer, the unavoidable year-end lists and rankings are starting to be released. Korean media label Star News recently compiled a list of the most successful producers of 2011, based on the monthly Melon charts.

Instead of simply counting album sales, the list was based on how many songs each producer managed to land in the Melon monthly chart’s top 50 ranking from January to November of this year. A total of 315 tracks were qualified to be considered for the ranking.

1. Yang Hyun Suk, YG Entertainment – 19 tracks

Hip-hop powerhouse YG Entertainment proudly claimed the title of the most successful producer this year, landing a total of 19 songs from groups such as Big Bang, 2NE1, and soloist Tablo.

Big Bang by itself took the credit for 13 out of the 19 songs, including unit group GD&TOP‘s “High High”(January, 3rd place), “Oh Yeah” (January, 2nd), “Don’t Go Home” (January, 27th), and “Knock Out” (January, 12th).

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