Woollim Entertainment

Woollim Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Native name	울림 엔터테인먼트 Woollim 엔터테인먼트
Type	Public
Industry	Entertainment
Genre	K-pop Dance R&B Electropop Rock
Founded	October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)
Founder	Lee Jung-yeop
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Number of locations	Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Lee Jung-yeop (CEO) Lee Ji-young (VP)
Services	Music Production Record Distribution Licensing Artists Management
Revenue	₩11,739,000,000 (2012)[1]
Net income	₩1,974,000,000 (2012)[1]
Total assets	₩5,128,000,000 (2012)[1]
Owner	S.M. Culture & Contents (71%) Lee Jung-yeop (17%) Lee Ji-young (12%)
Parent	S.M. Culture & Contents Co., Ltd.
Website	Official website

Woollim Entertainment (Korean: 울림엔터테인먼트; Ullim Enteoteinmeonteu) is a South Korean record label and entertainment company founded in 2003 by Lee Jung-yeop. The label is formerly home to hip-hop group such as Epik High and Indie-rock band such as Nell Its current roster of artists includes Infinite, Jisun, Rphabet, Lovelyz, Joo,^[2] as well as actors like Kim Min-seok and entertainers like Oh Hyun-min.^[3]

In August 2013, it merged with S.M. Entertainment's subsidiary S.M. Culture & Contents (S.M. C&C) to create an independent label "Woollim Label", whose music will be different from SM Entertainment's sounds with their own color of music and an eclectic lineup of artists.^[4]

On March 21, 2016 SM C&C (SM Culture & Contents Co., Ltd.) announced that it decided to separate its video content business from its music content business. SM C&C will establish Woollim Entertainment (Woollim Entertainment Co., Ltd) to handle its music content business, with SM C&C owning all stocks of the company. The partition came into effect on June 8, 2016.^[5][6]

Artists

Actors

Entertainers

• Oh Hyun-min

Trainee

Woollim Boys

• Lee Dae-Yeol (1993)
• Choi Sungyoon AKA "Y" (1995)
• Park Jaeseok (1995)
• Lee Jangjun (1997)
• Son Youngtaek AKA "TAG" (1998)
• Bae Seungmin (1998)
• Bong Jaehyun (1999)
• Kim Jibum (1999)
• Kim Donghyun (1999)
• Hong Joochan (1999)
• Choi Bomin (2000)

Woollim Girls

• Yoon Soyoon (1998)
• Kwan Eunbi (1995?)

Former artists and trainees

Former recording artists

• Epik High (2003–2010)
• Kim Dong Ryul (2004)
• Kang Kyun-sung (2007–2009)
• Jinbo (2005–????)
• Excellent (2005–???)
• Pe2ny (2003–????)
• Tasty (2012–2015)
• Nell (2006–2016)^[8]

Former actors

• Kwak Jung-wook^[9] (2003–????)

Former trainee

• Oh Yeon-kyung (The SeeYa and F-ve Dolls)
• Cho Seunghee (F-ve Dolls, DIA, Actress)
• Ki Hui-hyeon (DIA)
• New Sun (Sonamoo)
• Yoo Ji-ah
• Lee Hae-Joon (Boys24)
• Park Hee-Jun (VAV)
• Nam Yoon-Sung (former Produce 101 Season 2 contestant)
• Baek Ji-heon (Idol School)
• Kim Chea-rin
• Jeon Woong
• Lee Chaeun
• Kim SuBin
• Lim SuBin

Discography

2003

• Epik High - Map of the Human Soul

2004

• Kim Dong-ryul - Outpouring
• Epik High - High Society

2005

• Epik High - Swan Songs
• Excellent - 3.14 Circle Ratio

2006

• Epik High - Black Swan Songs
• Nell - Healing Process

2007

• Epik High - Remapping the Human Soul
• Nell - Let's Take a Walk
• Kang Kyun-sung - A Path Of Love

2008

• Kang Kyun-sung - A Serenade
• Nell - Separation Anxiety
• Epik High - Pieces, Part One
• Pe2ny - Alive Soul Cuts Vol.1
• Pe2ny - Alive Soul Cuts Vol.1`The Instrumental Session`
• Epik High - Lovescream
• Nell - The Trace

2009

• Jisun - The Mermaid.. Returns Home
• Epik High - Map the Soul
• Kang Kyun-sung - Happy And
• Epik High - Remixing The Human Soul

2010

• Epik High - Epilogue
• Infinite - First Invasion
• Infinite - She`s Back

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

References

The information in this article is based on that in its Korean equivalent.

External links

• Official website