2014 allkpop awards Winners!

Happy birthday to 2NE1's sassy leader, CL!  She recently was listed in our '13 Female Idols Who Were Born in the Year of the Sheep,' meaning she has now turned 24 years old--congratulations.Despite her young age, she has met great success in her career as an artist.  This year, she's going to be debuting in America as a solo act, too.  With all that swag and confidence, she's going to take over the music industry for sure. Fans likewise celebrat

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Se7en showed his gratitude to the the YG Family and YG Entertainment, which represented him since his debut in 2003 until recently. The solo artist and YGE parted ways after they decided not to renew his contract after his mandatory military service. Se7en posted to his Twitter on February 25, "Thank you, YG Family!!! I'll never forget... #remember #forever #love #YGFamily," expressing his thanks to his now former labelmates.Big Bang's G-Dragon 

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It has recently been reported that singer Se7en and YG Entertainment will not be renewing their contract.On February 25, reports mentioned, "Se7en had enlisted in the army without having his contract renewed with YG Entertainment so there were questions as to whether or not they'll be continuing their ties now that he has been discharged. However, both parties decided that they will not be renewing the contract." Although Se7en's contract with th

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Looks like Will Smith is a YG stan.  On February 21st, KBS 2TV's 'Entertainment Relay' broadcasted a past interview held back in May 2014 with Hollywood stars Will Smith and Margot Robbie.During the interview, Smith showed his K-Pop love specifically for one agency. According to Korean media, he said, "YG is really amazing. I want the YG family to shoot me a call."The last time Smith talked about the YG family was back in May 2013, when he promi

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YG Entertainment partnered up with Woori Bank in launching a check card that features various discounts, including deals for the YG E-shop, YG concert tickets, restaurants, movies, etc.The news of their collaboration first broke early this month when the entertainment label released a simple teaser picture that read, 'YG x Woori.' In addition to officially launching the check card, YG Entertainment also released a promotional video which included

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The Lunar New Year's holiday and celebrations continue, but sadly, it doesn't appear YG Entertainment artists are getting a break.  Or perhaps they didn't ask for one, considering their reputations as super idols!YG's Yang Hyun Suk revealed to TV Report recently, "Everyone gave back their Lunar New Year's vacation.  They had originally planned a vacation to spend time for the first time in a long while with their family.  However, the lineup for

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On February 19, Chaebol.com released a chart of the listed stock values possessed by famous celebrities and agencies according to closing stock prices on February 17.The list revealed the values with YG Entertainment's Yang Hyun Suk at top with ~180 billion KRW (~ 164 million USD), SM Entertainment's Lee Soo Man in second with ~140 billion KRW (~ 130 million USD), and FNC Entertainment's Han Sung Ho in third with 75 billion KRW (~ 68 million USD)

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In addition to Suzy and JYP Entertainment losing their lawsuit concerning publicity rights, it has been revealed that Psy and YG Entertainment have also lost their lawsuit against a vendor that sold a doll that allegedly looked like Psy.  It was revealed that YG Entertainment had filed the lawsuit citing that their rights to publicity were infringed upon by a vendor that has been selling dolls, which seemed to have been inspired by Psy.However t

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2NE1's CL has returned to Korea after preparing for her upcoming U.S. debut as a solo artist! Her agency YG Entertainment rep stated on the 10th, "CL, who departed for the States on January 13, has returned to Korea yesterday (9th) after working on her U.S. solo debut album there... CL, who visited the States for the second time after her visit last year, started a music camp in LA under Scooter Braun's support for the past month with local, tal

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Jang Hyun Sung talked about how his prejudice towards YG Entertainment was broken once he started working with the agency. During an interview with Newsen on February, Jang Hyun Sung shared, "Personally, I haven't noticed a big difference in my activities, but my perception of YG has changed.In the past, I wasn't too fond of the way that the major labels including SM, JYP, YG, and more were the envy of youth. I'm also a father, so

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