Emperor Entertainment Group
| Emperor Entertainment Group | |
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| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Albert Yeung |
| Genre | Cantopop |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong (SAR) |
| Location | Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Official website | http://www.eegmusic.com |
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| Traditional Chinese | 英皇娛樂集團 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 英皇娱乐集团 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yīnghuáng Yúlè Jítuán |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | jing1 wong4 jyu4 lok6 zaap6 tyun4 |
Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG; Chinese: 英皇娛樂集團; literally: "British Emperor Entertainment Group") is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong founded by Albert Yeung Sau-Shing in and established in Wan Chai in 1986, along with Music Icon Entertainment Limited and Emperor Motion Pictures, EEG operates under the major conglomerate Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG).
The major businesses of Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG) include the production and distribution of local and foreign records, music publishing, artiste management, concert organization, play production, movie and TV production, new media production as well as merchandise licensing and distribution. EEG now has emerged as one of the market leaders of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.
Dedicated to nurturing young talents, EEG is the cradle of many of the hottest artistes in the Hong Kong music industry. Artistes under EEG management are frequent award winners of the territories' various annual music award ceremonies. It is especially proud to be three-year consecutive winner of the Super Charged Award, which remains an unbreakable record up till now.
EEG was founded by a well-known wealthy businessman in Hong Kong, Albert Yeung. The music label was originally called , until 1999. During the Fitto era, artist signed under the label includes Julian Cheung, Bondy Chiu, and the late Roman Tam. The label is affected by 1997 Asian financial crisis, which has caused the label, to be acquired by EEG in 1999. During the EEG's acquisition of Fitto, Nicholas Tse has become one of the artist rosters.
Most EEG's artists are most popular among Hong Kong entertainment nowadays; some examples include Twins, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Raymond Lam, Nicholas Tse, Leo Ku and Joey Yung. In the beginning, EEG was only involved in CD and DVD publishing; however, they have since diversified their business to include movie production and concert organization.
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