Chrome Entertainment

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Chrome Entertainment
Native name
크롬 엔터테인먼트
Industry Music
Entertainment
Genre
Founded Seoul, South Korea (August 2011)
FounderHwang Hyun-chang
Headquarters222-2 kingreon building B1, Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea [1]
Key people
Kim Jeong-tae (CEO)
Products Albums
Concerts
ServicesPublishing records
Entertainment agency
Website www.chrome-ent.co.kr

Chrome Entertainment is a record label and talent agency founded by Hwang Hyun-chang in 2011, based in Seoul, South Korea. Since 2014, Chrome Entertainment is a label under Sony Music Entertainment.

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History

Hwang Hyun-chang, a commercial photographer, was inspired to create a girl group after seeing T-ara's "Roly Poly" on television. Before that, he had never paid attention to pop idols and only listened to classical music. [2] After an initial investment of 10 million won, he converted his photography studio, Chrome Creative, into Chrome Entertainment. To finance this venture, Hwang sold his camera gear, used up all his savings, and went into debt. He later said, "If I had known how much it would cost, I would never have done it." [3]

The first group that Chrome Entertainment formed and managed was Crayon Pop, who debuted in July 2012. After the success of Crayon Pop's "Bar Bar Bar", which earned the company US$2 million, Chrome was able to debut more groups. [4] Boy band K-Much debuted in January 2014, [5] and two more groups debuted in June 2014: girl group Bob Girls and male duo Zan Zan (Hangul: 짠짠). [6] [7] On 2 December 2014, male trot singer Her Min-young signed a contract with Chrome Entertainment. [8] On February 24, 2015, it was announced that Bob Girls had disbanded. [9] Later that year, Zan Zan and Her Min-young left the agency. [10]

In 2016, Chrome Entertainment had major changes in management, with founder Hwang Hyun-chang leaving the agency. Kim Jeong-tae replaced him as CEO. [11]

Partnership with Sony Music

On 13 August 2013, Chrome Entertainment signed a strategic partnership contract with Sony Music Entertainment, which gave Sony international distribution rights to Chrome's music and albums. [12] [13] On 7 July 2014, Chrome Entertainment signed a label contract which made Chrome an independent label under Sony Music Entertainment. With this new contract, Chrome has the ability to distribute music from other agencies. [14] In August 2014, it was reported that K-pop trio Lip Service had signed a contract with Chrome Entertainment. [15] The company was subsequently credited under "manufacture" (as Chrome Entertainment Sony Music) on Lip Service's single album, Upgrade, released 20 August 2014.

Concerts

Chrome Entertainment has held several concerts for their artists. The first such concert was on 21 June 2014, called Chrome Happy Concert in Cheongju. [16] On 4 October, the First Chrome Family in Japan Concert was held in Shinagawa, Tokyo. On 3 December, Chrome Family released a single album, 2014 Chrome Family – A Very Special Christmas, with the single "Love Christmas". [17]

Artists

Recording artists

Actors

Former artists

Discography

TitleArtistReleasedTypeDistributor
Crayon Pop 1st Mini Album Crayon Pop 18 July 2012EP CJ E&M Music (2012–2013)
Sony Music (2013–present)
"Dancing Queen"24 October 2012Single
"Bar Bar Bar"20 June 2013
The Streets Go Disco26 September 2013EPSony Music
"Lonely Christmas"26 November 2013Single
Beyond the Ocean K-Much 7 January 2014EP
"Hero"Crayon Pop
(with Kim Jang-hoon)		3 February 2014Single
"What Should I Do" (Remix)K-Much17 February 2014
"Uh-ee"Crayon Pop1 April 2014
The 1st Single Album Bob Girls 10 June 2014
"Chicken Feet" (닭발)Zan Zan16 June 2014
"Hey Mister" ( Trot Lovers OST Part 1)Crayon Pop20 June 2014
Summer RepackageBob Girls31 July 2014
"C'mon C'mon" ( High School: Love On OST Part 5)Crayon Pop26 September 2014 LOEN Entertainment
The 1st Mini Album Strawberry Milk 15 October 2014EPSony Music
Pop! Pop! Pop!Crayon Pop19 November 2014 Pony Canyon
2014 Chrome Family – A Very Special ChristmasChrome Family3 December 2014SingleSony Music
"Y-Shirt"Soyul12 January 2015LOEN Entertainment
"December 24"K-Much17 February 2015Sony Music
"On the Hook"6 March 2015
FM Crayon Pop27 March 2015EP
The 1st Single AlbumHer Min-young7 April 2015Single
Zan Zan 2nd Single AlbumZan Zan25 June 2015
Crayon PopCrayon Pop20 January 2016Studio albumPony Canyon
Evolution Pop Vol. 1 26 September 2016Sony Music
Magical Realism Be.A 25 May 2017Extended playSony Music

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