FNC Entertainment

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FNC Entertainment
Parent company CJ Music
Founded 2006 (2006)
Founder Han Sung Ho
Status Private
Distributor(s) CJ E&M Music and Live
Genre K-pop, pop, rock
Country of origin  South Korea
Location Seoul, South Korea
Official website www.fncent.com
FNC Entertainment on Facebook
FNC Entertainment on Twitter
FNC Entertainment's channel on YouTube
fncacademy.com

FNC Entertainment, formerly FNC Music, is a subsidiary label of CJ E&M Music and Live. The name FNC stands for "fish and cake". It started off by exclusively managing musicians but changed its name to FNC Entertainment in 2012, and began to broadened their business field of entertainent. It has since January 2012, been based in its own company offices in Cheongdam-dong. They have the third largest market share in terms of music sale, behind SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment.[1]

Recording Artists

Debut Name Hangul/Hanja Number Of Members Leader Gender Fanclub Official Color
2007 F.T. Island 에프티 아일랜드 5 Choi Jong-hoon Male Primadonna Yellow
2010 CNBLUE 씨엔블루 4 Jung Yong-hwa Male Boice Blue
2012 Juniel 주니엘 Solo - Female Banila -
2012 AOA 에이오에이 8ⓒ7 Jimin Female Elvis -
2014 N.Flying 엔플라잉 4 Kwon Kwangjin Male - -

Former Artists

  • Oh Wonbin (Former F.T. ISLAND's guitarist & rapper, later debuted as solo singer on 2010 but leave FNC on 2013)
  • M Signal (Duo, debuted under FNC on 2011)

Sub Units

Debut Year Name Origin Number Of Members Gender
2009 F.T Triple F.T Island 3 Male
2013 AOA BLACK AOA 5 Female
2013 Romantic J Lee Jonghyun of CNBLUE & Juniel 2 Male and Female
2014 Two Song Place Song Seung Hyun of FT ISLAND & Song Eun Yi 2 Male and Female

Actors

In November 2012, the company signed on to exclusively manage actors Yoon Jin-seo and Lee Dong-gun.[2][3][4]

Notable Trainees

Kkokkoma Band [꼬꼬마 밴드]

  • Gwak Dongyeon - Singer & Actor Trainee (Guitar)
  • Oh Heejoon - Singer Trainee (Vocal & Guitar)
  • Lee Hweechan - Singer Trainee (Drum)
  • Seo Dongseong - Singer Trainee (Bass)

Others:

  • Lee Dongwon - Singer Trainee
  • Kim Seokwoo - Singer Trainee
  • Jung Insung - Singer Trainee
  • Baek Juho - Singer Trainee
  • Kwon Dokyun - Actor Trainee
  • Jung Mimi - Singer & Actor Trainee
  • Lee Daeun - Singer Trainee
  • Andy Su (The winner of K-Pop Star Hunt Season 3)

Former Trainees

  • Jung Jonghyo (Now a member of LC9 under Nega Network with stage name J-HYO)
  • Kim Jungwoo (Now a member of SPEED under Core Contents Media)
  • Lee Dasom (Former member of TAHITI under Dream Star Entertainment)

Discography

For more details on this topic, see FNC Entertainment discography.

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Ji-soo (22 February 2012). "Carving out niche with pop rock bands". Korea Times. Retrieved 9 March 2013. 
  2. ↑ Lee, Tae Ho (27 November 2012). "Actor Lee Dong-gun Inks Exclusive Contract with FTIsland, CNBLUE’s Agency". 10 Asia. Retrieved 5 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (28 November 2012). "Lee Dong Gun Becomes Family with CN Blue, FT Island, Juniel, and More". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 4 April 2013. 
  4. ↑ Ho, Stewart (15 November 2012). "Actress Yoon Jin Seo Joins FT Island’s FNC Entertainment". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 11 May 2013. 
  5. ↑ Lee Da Hae Signs Contract with CNBlue and Lee Dong Gun’s Agency FNC Entertainment

External links

Subsidiaries

Recording Artists
Actors
MC
  • Song Eun-yi
Subsidiaries
Related
  • Mediopia Technology Corp. → Mnet Media Corp. → CJ E&M Music Performance Division (DBA CJ E&M Music and Live)
Predecessors:
  • Mediopia Technology Corp.
  • Daeyoung AV (later became Poibos)
  • MaxMP3
Core Contents Media
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Actors
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Subsidiaries
Good Entertainment
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Maroo Entertainment
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