YGEX

Japanese record label
  • Max Matsuura
  • Yang Hyun-suk
Distributor(s)Avex EntertainmentGenre
  • K-pop
  • J-pop
Country of originJapanLocationTokyo, JapanOfficial websitewww.ygex.jp Edit this at Wikidata

YGEX is a Japanese record label. A subsidiary of the Avex Group, it is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded on April 12, 2011 by Japanese record company Avex Group and South Korean entertainment company YG Entertainment, and this is the first time that Korean entertainment company has established a record label in Japan. The label's name YGEX is a portmanteau of the companies involved, YG Entertainment and AVEX, and has two meanings: "EXPERIENCE" and "EXCLUSIVE".[1][2]

Overview

The label is exclusively for singers signed to YG Entertainment. The purpose of setting up a dedicated label is to protect YG's musicality as it is. YG was more reluctant to expand into Japan than other companies in South Korea. This is because it was a burden to abandon the musical characteristics of the company and "Make it into Japanese music" when entering Japan. By setting up a dedicated label there, YG's musical commitment was protected.[3] At the launch of the label, avex's Max Matsuura chairman stated that he would establish a "YGEX sound" that is neither K-POP nor J-POP.[4]

Artists

  • Big Bang
    • D-LITE
    • G-Dragon
    • SOL
  • Winner
  • Sechs Kies
  • Treasure

Former artists

  • SE7EN
  • Gummy
  • 2NE1
  • V.I (BIGBANG) –Retired from the entertainment industry in March 2019.
  • B.I (iKon)
  • Blackpink –Transferred to Interscope Records / Universal Music in 2019.
  • GD & TOP
  • iKon

References

  1. ^ "エイベックス ：韓国YGと新レーベル「YGEX」設立　BIGBANG、2NE1ら所属アーティスト登場" (in Japanese). 2011-07-21. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "エイベックス、BIGBANGら所属の韓国大手音楽プロダクションと新レーベル設立". Oricon (in Japanese). July 21, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "「韓日巨大レーベル誕生」…ＹＧとＡＶＥＸが"ＹＧＥＸ"設立" (in Japanese). July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "BIGBANG、SE7ENら所属のYG Entertainmentとエイベックスが提携発表。専用レーベル「YGEX」設立". Barks (in Japanese). July 21, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.

External links

  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Parent Company website (in Japanese)
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