Logo of Cube Entertainment
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Industry | Entertainment |
Genre | K-pop |
Founded | August 29, 2006 (as Playcube Inc.) |
Founder | Hong Seung-sung (Simon Hong) Shin Jung-hwa (Monica Shin) |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Hong Seung-sung (Co-Founder and chairman) Shin Jung-hwa (Co-Founder and CEO, Music Cube) Park Choong-min (CEO, Cube) Noh Hyun-Tae (Vice president, Cube) |
Revenue | ₩ 19.4 billion (2014) |
₩ 1.11 billion (2014) | |
Owner |
SidusHQ (35.31%) Hong Seung-sung (15.59%) Universal Music Group (7.85%) Shin Young-joon (Michael Shin) (4.47%) Others(36.78%)(2016) |
Number of employees
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53 |
Subsidiaries | Music Cube, Inc. Cube DC Cube Japan Cube Entertainment Japan Starline Entertainment |
Website | Official Website |
Cube Entertainment is a South Korean record label founded on August 29, 2006 by Hong Seung-sung and Shin Jung-hwa as Playcube Inc.. They made a strategic alliance with iHQ on September 17, 2013. Cube owns Music Cube Inc. The label's music is distributed by Universal Music Korea, CJ E&M Music and Live and LOEN Entertainment.
Cube Entertainment was founded on August 29, 2006 by Hong Seung-sung (aka Simon Hong), former president of JYP Entertainment, and Shin Jung-hwa (Monica Shin) as Playcube Inc. Due to the founder's past relations, Cube is sometimes mistaken as a subsidiary of JYP Entertainment, however, it is an independent corporation. Plan A Entertainment formerly A-Cube Entertainment, founded in 2011, was Cube's first subsidiary company.
Cube artists include Hyuna, Jang Hyunseung, BtoB, Roh Ji Hoon, CLC, and Pentagon. Comedian Kim Kiri, a regular cast member on Gag Concert, signed onto Cube in September 2012, making him the first comedian under the label.
In 2013, it was announced that Rain signed a contract with Cube Entertainment. He officially joined after he concluded his military service on July 10, 2013. On October 15, 2013, Cube released a digital single for a new soloist artist, Shin Ji-hoon who had placed in the top 6 for K-pop Star 2. She is also a figure skater and plans on having joint careers in both figure skating and singing. Another new soloist, Oh Ye-ri was signed by Cube and released her debut digital single, "Because of You" on November 6, 2013. She was the winner of MBC's MBC College Song Festival in 2009.