Stardom Entertainment

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Stardom
스타덤
Type Private Company
Industry Popular music
Genre K-pop, hip hop, dance, pop, teen pop, R&B
Predecessor(s) Brand New Stardom
Founded 2009
Founder(s) Cho PD
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Production output Music albums
Services Entertainment agency
Owner(s) Cho PD
Website Official Website

Stardom Entertainment (Korean: 스타덤) (formerly known as Brand New Stardom Entertainment) is a Korean music record label founded by South Korean entertainer Cho PD during mid-2009. The company was renamed Stardom Entertainment when it split into Stardom Entertainment and Brand New Music.

History

The company was originally established in 1998 by Cho PD to distribute his own albums after his debut. The name was changed to Future Flow after the release of his third album and the label went on to discover and debut artists like Ra. D and Dok2.

Future Flow was closed due to some discord within the label but later incorporated into the Brand New Stardom merger. Brand New Music artists used to be joined with Brand New Stardom until Rhymer split off from Brand New Stardom and brought artists with him to Brand New Music. The company name was then changed to Stardom Entertainment.[1]

In February 2011, it was announced that Cho PD would be spending $1.4 million USD to create a seven-member hip hop group under his "Creating Korea's Eminem Project."[2] The group was debuted under the name "Block B" on April 15, 2011 while the company was still known as Brand New Stardom.[3]

After the separation from "Brand New Music," a new five-member girl group was announced in March 2012. The group was initially intended to debut in April through a variety show,[4] their debut date was delayed until August 2012. The group garnered much interest prior to their debut from both domestic and international fans.[5] The group went through member changes before the final line-up was released. On August 10, 2012, the group was debuted under the name "EvoL."[6]

Current roster

Debut Artists Gender Members Leader Disbanded Fanclub name Official color
2010 Jung Seul-gi Female Solo - - - -
2012 EvoL Female 5 Say - EVC / Voller -
2013 Topp Dogg Male 13 P-Goon - ToppKlass -

Notable trainees

  • Andy Zheng.D.H (AKA_Double A47 Also known as Andy.A47, He is chinese, and the leader of Hip-Hop group called A.L.B)
  • Park Soohyun

Former artists

  • A-Man
  • BNR (Currently in Brand New Music)
  • Bizniz (Currently in Brand New Music)
  • Block B (Currently in Seven Seasons)
  • Keeproots (Currently in Brand New Music)
  • Miss $ (Currently in Brand New Music)
  • Ra.D (Currently in LOEN Entertainment)
  • Rhymer (Currently in Brand New Music as its founding CEO)
  • Skull (Moved to Brand New Music, currently independent)
  • Tae Hye-young
  • Verbal Jint (Currently in Brand New Music)

Former notable trainees

  • Taewoon (Now a member of Coed School and Speed under GM Contents Media)
  • Lee Dasom (Former member of EvoL and Tahiti)
  • Jung Hanhae (Now a member of Phantom under Brand New Music)
  • Lee Min Young (Also known as M-Zero, former member of SoulFlow with Park Kyung,left stardom in July 2013)
  • Kwanghee (Former EvoL member)
  • Lee Seunghyun (Also known as Lee-U, former member of F.Cuz, now a member of M.Pire under Benjamin Ent.)
  • Lee Minyoung (Also known as M-Zero, currently an underground rapper)
  • Coco Chanel Lee (Former CCM Trainee,now member of girlgroup Blady under SY6 Entertainment)

See also

  • Brand New Music - Started as IC Entertainment in 2003, changed to Brand New Productions in 2006 until the merger with Stardom. Spun off in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Get To Know Stardom Family". stardom family tumblr. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Creating Korea's Eminem Project" (in Korean). Nate. 
  3. ↑ "Music Bank Debut" (in Korean). Naver. 
  4. ↑ "Brand New Stardom reveals two new group debuts this year". 
  5. ↑ "조pd의 걸그룹 이블, 데뷔 전 부터 해외 공연 계약 러브콜 잇달아 : 네이트 뉴스". 
  6. ↑ "EvoL reveals debut MV "We are a bit different"". 

External links

Executives
Current artists
Solo
Group
  • EvoL
  • The Note
  • Topp Dogg
Former artists
Solo
  • A-Man
  • Bizniz
  • Keeproots
  • Rhymer
  • Skull
  • Tae Hye-young
  • Verbal Jint
Group
Trainee
  • Taewoon
  • Lee Dasom
  • Song Minho
  • Jung Hanhae
Distributors
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