Starship Entertainment

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Starship Entertainment
Genre
Founded January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)
Founder Kim Shi-dae
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Parent LOEN Entertainment (since 2013)
Subsidiaries King Kong Entertainment
Website Official Website

Starship Entertainment (Hangul: 스타쉽 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean record label. It currently consists of ballad singer K.Will, soloist Yoo Seungwoo, girl groups Sistar and Cosmic Girls, and boy groups Boyfriend,[1][2][3][4] Monsta X, and UNIQ.

History

The company's founder, Kim Shi-dae, previously worked as a road manager for a K-pop band named Cool and worked for Bang Si-hyuk's company Big Hit Entertainment between 2005 and 2007 before establishing his own company. Starship's first artist was K.Will, followed by Sistar, Boyfriend,and Monsta X.[5] The company has 23 employees.[5]

On December 18, 2013, 70% of the label's shares was acquired by its distributor, LOEN Entertainment, making it an independent subsidiary of the latter.[6]

Starship Planet

Starship Planet is a winter project where all artist participate in one winter song every year since 2011.

Recording artists

Groups

Soloists

Actors

  • Choi Wonmyeong
  • Kim Dasom (Sistar)
  • Yoon Bora (Sistar)

Starship X

Starship X (스타쉽 엑스) is a house-label of Starship Entertainment, founded in 2013. It focuses on Korean Hip Hop.

Groups

  • NuBoyz (Members Shownu, Wonho, and Jooheon are now apart of Monsta X except member #Gun)

Soloists

Discography

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Main article: Starship Entertainment discography

Trainees

Current

Notable former trainees

  • Noh Yoon-ho - He is an eliminated contestant from "NO.MERCY" and is now under Happy Face Entertainment.
  • Park Min-kyun - He is an eliminated contestant from "NO.MERCY" and is now under WM Entertainment.
  • Shim Chae-eun (former Produce 101 contestant) and is now under Star Empire Entertainment.
  • Ten (NCT member) and now is under S.M. Entertainment

Partnerships

References

  1. ↑ "스타쉽 엔터테인먼트", Naver. Retrieved 22 October 2011. (Korean)
  2. ↑ "Starship Entertainment unveils profiles of twins for upcoming boy band, Boy Friend", Allkpop, 23 March 2011.
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