Cube Entertainment

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Cube Entertainment
큐브 엔터테인먼트
Type Private
Industry Popular music
Genre K-pop, dance-pop, electropop, motorpop, teen pop
Founded 2006 (as Playcube Inc.)[1]
Founder(s) Hong Seung-sung (Simon Hong)
Shin Jung-hwa (Monica Shin)
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Area served Worldwide
Key people Hong Seung-sung (Co-Founder and CEO)
Choi Jin-ho (CEO, A Cube)
Shin Jung-hwa (Co-Founder and CEO, Music Cube)
Services Music albums
Owner(s) SidusHQ (50.01%)
Hong Seung-sung (28.0%)
Universal Music Group (11.0%)
Subsidiaries A Cube Entertainment
Cube DC
Music Cube, Inc.
Cube Japan, Inc.
Website Official Website

Cube Entertainment (Korean:큐브 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean record label, founded in 2006 by Hong Seung-sung and Monica Shin. They made a strategic alliance with iHQ on September 17, 2013. Cube owns A-Cube Entertainment and Cube DC. The label's music is distributed by Universal Music Korea, CJ E&M Music and Live and LOEN Entertainment.

History

Cube Entertainment was founded in 2006 by Hong Seung-sung (aka Simon Hong), former president of JYP Entertainment, and Shin Jung-hwa (Monica Shin). Due to the founder's past relations, Cube is sometimes mistaken as a subsidiary of JYP Entertainment, however, it is an independent corporation. A-Cube Entertainment, founded in 2011, was its first subsidiary company.

Cube artists include 4Minute, Beast, BtoB, G.NA and Rain.[2] A-Cube's current roster consists of Huh Gak and A Pink. Cube DC artists consist of Roh Ji Hoon, Shin Ji-Hoon and M4M. M4M is a group trained in collaboration with Chinese company Xing Tian and will promote in China. Comedian Kim Kiri, a regular cast member on Gag Concert, signed onto Cube in September 2012, making him the first comedian under the label.

In 2013, it was announced that Rain signed a contract with Cube Entertainment. He officially joined after he concluded his military service on July 10, 2013. On October 15, 2013, Cube DC released a digital single for an a new soloist artist, Shin Ji-hoon who had placed in the top 6 for K-pop Star 2. She is also a figure skater and plans on having joint careers in both figure skating and singing. Another new soloist, Oh Ye-ri, was signed by Cube and released her debut digital single, "Because of You" on November 6, 2013. She was the winner of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)'s MBC College Song Festival in 2009.

Recording Artists

Cube Entertainment

Groups

Debut Artists Gender Members Leader Disbanded Fanclub name Official color
2009 4Minute Female Ji Hyun, Gayoon, Ji Yoon, Hyuna, So Hyun Ji Hyun - 4NIA Pearl Violet
2009 BEAST Male Doo Joon, Hyun Seung, Jun Hyung, Yo Seob, Gi Kwang, Dong Woon Doo Joon - B2UTY Dark Grey
2012 BTOB Male Eunkwang, Min Hyuk, Changsub, Hyunsik, Peniel, Ilhoon, Sungjae Eunkwang - Melody Slow Blue

Subunit

Debut Artists Gender Members Leader Disbanded Fanclub name Official color
2011 Trouble Maker Co-ed Hyun Seung, Hyuna - - - -
2013 2YOON Female Gayoon, Ji Yoon Gayoon - 4NIA Pearl Violet

Solo

Debut Artists Gender Group Fanclub name Official color
2010 Hyuna Female 4Minute - -
2010 G.NA Female Solo G.NI Pink
2012 Yang Yoseob Male BEAST Yeobo -
2013 Oh Ye-ri[3] Female Solo TBA TBA
2013 Yong Jun-hyung Male BEAST Jester TBA

Composers

Note: None of the composers are contracted under Cube Entertainment but Yong Jun-hyung

Choreographers

  • Prepix (mostly B2ST's choreographer)

Comedians

A Cube Entertainment

Debut Artists Gender Members Leader Disbanded Fanclub name Official color
2011 A Pink Female Chorong, Bomi, Eunji, Naeun, Namjoo, Ha Young Chorong Pink Panda Pink
2011 Huh Gak Male Solo - - - -

Cube DC

Debut Artists Gender Members Leader Disbanded Fanclub name Official color
2012 Roh Ji Hoon[4] Male Solo - - - -
2002
2013 (signed with Cube DC)[5] 		Rain Male Solo - - Clouds Silver
2013 M4M Male Jimmy, Alen, Bin, Vinson Jimmy - 方程式 (Formula) Black and Gold
2013[6] Shin Ji-hoon Female Solo - - - -

Former artists

  • Eddie Shin (Now a member of Aziatix under ASTAR Inc.)
  • Young Jee (Now under Hoyaspotainment)
  • Yookyung (Former A Pink member, Now studying in the United States)
  • Mario (Now a producer under Rainbow Bridge Agency)

Notable trainees

Discography

Main article: Cube Entertainment discography

Concerts

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andre Paine (January 5, 2010). "UMG Partners With Korean K-Pop Firm". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2013. 
  2. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/05/rain-signs-on-with-cube-entertainment-for-his-return
  3. ↑ serendipity (November 6, 2013). "Cube's new singer-songwriter Oh Ye Ri releases 'Because of You' MV". allkpop. Retrieved November 7, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Soloist Roh Ji Hoon debuts with "Punishment" on ‘Music Core’". allkpop.com. Retrieved 29 November 2012. 
  5. ↑ Grace Danbi Hong. "Rain Officially Signs with Cube DC". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved 17 September 2013. 
  6. ↑ "'K-Pop Star 2's Shin Ji Hoon signs with 'Cube DC' of Cube Entertainment". allkpop.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013. 

External links

A Cube Entertainment

Music Cube Inc.

Cube Japan Inc.

  • Playcube Inc. → Cube Entertainment
Executives
  • Hong Seung-sung (founder/CEO Cube)
  • Choi Jin-ho (CEO A Cube)
  • Shin Jung-hwa (founder Cube/CEO Music Cube)
Artists
Solo
Group
Subgroup
Actors / Comedians
  • Kim Ki-ri
Former
Subsidiaries
  • Cube DC Entertainment
  • A Cube Entertainment
  • Music Cube
Partnerships
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