December is that interesting period of the year where all the boffins from the entertainment industry gather around in some magical room to rank their own achievements over the year. The actors had their moment in the spotlight, and now it’s time for the music industry to pat themselves on the back with a survey asking who was the most active agencies of 2013 run by news media outlet “Star News.” In news that I’m sure is surprising to no one, SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment were voted as the agencies that performed the best in 2013. Meanwhile Starship Entertainment (Home of Sistar) and Mystic89 (Home of Lim Kim, Park Ji Yoon, Yoon Jong Shin) were voted as the agencies that have rose to sudden prominence in 2013.
On December 12, news media outlet “Star News” released the results of a survey that asked industry officials which agencies they believed were the most successful in 2013. Some of the people that participated in the survey include Core Contents Media CEO, Kim Kwang Soo, Starship Entertainment CEO Kim Si Dae, MBC’s Jae Young Jae PD, SBS’s Bae Sung Woo PD and a whole suit of other important figures from SM, jTBC, FNC Entertainment and the like. In total, 35 individuals participated in the survey.
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There was also plenty of positive responses about YG Entertainment with CEO of Universal Music Korea, Yang Bum Joon, stating that “YG has used their pre-existing mass appeal to their advantage to allow their artists to produce songs that they want to produce.” He especially points out G-Dragon, stating that “G-Dragon is currently cementing himself as a super star with no peers while it seems like Taeyang has finally cemented himself as a musician.”
Jung Hae Ik, CEO of Happy Tribe Entertainment (Home to Boys Republic) also praised YG Entertainment for “Showing off a wide variety of hit songs, with PSY at the fore followed on by G-Dragon and Taeyang.”
YG Entertainment certainly didn’t rest on their laurels, continuing to push the advantage they had thanks to PSY’s success last year. They quickly released PSY’s hotly anticipated next hit “Gentlemen” in April of this year, and PSY once again approved his global appeal, scoring another world record for must watched video in 24 hours. It may not have been the massive success of “Gangnam Style” but it was a great start to 2013 for the agency.
Within the domestic market, G-Dragon released his much awaited 2nd album “Black” with a staggering total of four title songs. He was quickly followed by Taeyang’s album in November while Seungri also released his own mini album “Lets Talk About Love” in August.
The Big Bang boys weren’t the only ones staying busy for YG Entertainment. 2NE1 also saw plenty of success this year with “Falling In Love” released in July, “Do You Love Me” in August and “Missing You” in November. CL also released a solo single in May.
But once again just like SM Entertainment, one of YG Entertainment stand out successes involved rookies. By this I mean their massively popular reality survival program “Who Is Next:WIN” which saw two teams of YG trainees battle it out for the privilege of finally making an official debut. The winning group comprised of Kang Seung Yoon, Lee Seung Hoon, Song Min Ho, Nam Tae Hyun and Kim Jin Woo will most likely debut sometime in 2014 and looks to be another success story for the agency.
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