Woollim Entertainment
Woollim Entertainment (Korean: 울림 엔터테인먼트; RR: Ullim Enteoteinmeonteu) is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2003 by Lee Jung-yeop.
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Native name | 울림 엔터테인먼트 Woollim 엔터테인먼트 |
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Founded | October 1, 2003 |
Founder | Lee Jung-yeop |
Headquarters | Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Key people | Lee Jung-yeop (CEO) |
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Revenue | ₩11,739,000,000 (2012)[1] |
₩1,974,000,000 (2012)[1] | |
Total assets | ₩5,128,000,000 (2012)[1] |
Owners | Woollim Holdings (67,10%)[2] SM Culture & Contents (27,40%) |
Parent | SM Culture & Contents |
Website | www |
The label is home to artists such as Infinite, Lovelyz, Golden Child, Rocket Punch, and Drippin.[3] It has also handled Epik High, Nell and actor Kim Min-seok.
History
On June 2010, Woollim debuted their first ever boy group, Infinite.[4]
On August 2013, Woollim Entertainment merged with SM Entertainment's subsidiary SM Culture & Contents (SM C&C) to form "Woollim Label", an independent record label whose music would be different from SM Entertainment's sounds with their own color of music and an eclectic lineup of artists.[5]
On November 2014, Woollim debuted their first girl group, Lovelyz.[6]
On March 21, 2016, SM C&C announced that it decided to separate its video content business from its music content business. SM C&C established 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.[7]
On August 2017, Woollim debuted their second boy group after seven years, Golden Child.[8]
On August 2019, Woollim debuted their second girl group, Rocket Punch.[9]
On October 2020, Woollim debuted a seven-member boy group Drippin.[10]
Artists
Recording artistsGroups Subgroups/Project group
Soloists
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Producer/composer
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Notable traineesAll trainees in the company are collectively known as Woollim Rookie.
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Former artists
Former recording artists
- Epik High (2003–2010)
- Kim Dong-ryul (2004)
- Kang Kyun-sung (2007–2009)
- Jinbo (2005–????)
- Excellent (2005–????)
- Strawberry Fields (2008–2011)
- Pe2ny (2003–????)
- Tasty (2012–2015)
- Nell (2006–2016)[11]
- Jisun (2009–2017)
- Infinite
- Infinite H (2013–2017)
- Infinite F
- L (2010–2019)
- Golden Child
- Park Jae-seok (2017–2018)
- JOO (2015–2020)
Former actors
- Kwak Jung-wook (2003–2014)[13]
- Kim Min-seok (2014–2017)[14]
- Park Joo-hwan (2016–2020)
- Lee Jae-ahn (2016–2020)
- Byun Jun-seok (2016–2020)
Former entertainers
- Oh Hyun-min (2017–2018)
References
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- "울림엔터테인먼트 - 나무위키". Namu Wiki (in Korean).
- "Woollim Entertainment". woolliment.com.
- Ahn, Seong-ho (June 9, 2010). "[포토엔]인피니트, 긴장되는 첫 무대~". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Jeong, Hyeong-seok (August 9, 2013). "SM C&C, 울림엔터 합병…SM그룹 레이블 사업 본격화". Hankyung (in Korean).
- Seon, Mi-kyoung (November 17, 2014). "러블리즈, 17일 데뷔앨범 발매..소녀감성+음악성 담았다". Osen (in Korean). Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Lee, Min-ji (March 21, 2016). "SM C&C-울림엔터, 3년만 사업 분할 결정". Newsen (in Korean).
- Yun, Jun-pil (August 28, 2017). "'인피니트 동생' 골든차일드, 데뷔 D-DAY...오후 6시 음원·MV 공개". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Lee, So-dam (August 7, 2019). "'울림 신인걸그룹' 로켓펀치, 오늘 정식 데뷔..타이틀곡은 '빔밤붐' [공식]". Osen (in Korean). Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Choi, Ji-ye (October 28, 2020). "'인피니트 동생' 골든차일드, 데뷔 D-DAY...오후 6시 음원·MV 공개". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- "넬, 울림엔터와 결별...10년 활동 종지부". Etoday. March 22, 2016.
- ""호야 탈퇴"…인피니트, 완전체 깨고 6인조 축소 [공식입장]". TVReport. Naver. August 30, 2017.
- "곽정욱 '소녀무덤' 캐스팅, 불량소년 기태로 변신…기대감". starnews. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- "울림 측 "김민석과 전속계약 만료..재계약 NO"(공식)". Herald Pop. Naver. November 16, 2017.