BrandNew Music Native name
브랜뉴 뮤직 Company type Private Industry Music Genre Predecessor IC Entertainment Brand New Production Brand New Stardom Founded 17 May 2011 Founder Rhymer [ko ] Headquarters , South Korea
Number of locations
Bangbae , Seocho District Key people
Rhymer (founder & CEO) Services Music production licensing publishing Subsidiaries Korean Roulette Website BrandNewMusic.co.kr/
Brand New Music (Korean : 브랜뉴 뮤직 , also stylized as BrandNew Music and initialized as BNM ) is a South Korean hip hop company founded in 2011 by rapper Rhymer [ko ] .[ 1]
2003–2012: Founding and first-generation artists[ edit ]
Kim Se-hwan (Korean : 김세환 ), known as Rhymer, founded the record label IC Entertainment in 2003 after having failed to establish a career as a rapper since his debut in 1995.[ 1] [ 2] The label later changed its name to Brand New Production.[ 3] [unreliable source? ] In 2009, Brand New Production merged with Future Flow, a record label owned by rapper and producer Cho PD . The combined company was named Brand New Stardom.[ 1] [ 3]
Brand New Stardom split into two companies in 2011, with Cho PD founding Stardom Entertainment and Rhymer founding Brand New Music. Artists Verbal Jint , Tae Hye Young, BNR, Keeproots, A-Man, and Miss S followed Rhymer to the new label.[ 1] [ 3]
Following the split of Brand New Stardom in 2011, the newly founded Stardom Entertainment sued Brand New Music, saying that Oh Yoo-mi, a member of Miss S, was still contracted with Stardom. According to Brand New Music, the two companies had previously agreed that "neither company would restrict Miss $'s movement."[ 4] [unreliable source? ]
Brand New Music released its first label collaboration, "Happy Brand New Year," at the end of 2012. Artists Verbal Jint , Phantom , As One , Miss S , Swings , Shijin, and Bumkey all contributed to the single.[ 5] [unreliable source? ] It reached #24 on Korea's Gaon Digital Chart .[ 6]
2013–2016: second-generation artists[ edit ]
In January 2013, Brand New Music launched its own Internet show , Brand New Live .[ 7] [unreliable source? ] That summer, rapper San E left major music label JYP Entertainment and joined Brand New Music.[ 8] [unreliable source? ] He has since become one of the most awarded artists in the label and one of the most successful rappers in Korean mainstream media.[ 9] [ 10] [unreliable source? ]
In early 2014, the label released its second collaboration, "You Make Me Feel Brand New", featuring Verbal Jint , San. E, Bumkey, Kanto , Swings and Phantom. The song samples the 1974 American soul hit song of the same name by The Stylistics .[ 11] [unreliable source? ] The single reached #13 on the Gaon Digital Chart.[ 12] Later that year, R&B singer C-Luv (now known as Taewan) joined the label, having debuted ten years prior under Rhymer's Brand New Production label.[ 13] [unreliable source? ] A few months later, rapper Swings left the label to focus on his own record label, Just Music Entertainment.[ 14] [unreliable source? ] In December, the label released "Brand New Day," its third collaboration, which featured Verbal Jint, San E, Phantom, As One, P-Type, Taewan, Kang Min-hee (of Miss $), Kanto, Champagne & Candle, Yang Da-il and DJ IT.[ 15] [unreliable source? ] The song reached #30 on the Gaon Digital Chart.[ 16] The year ended with Bumkey of the group Troy being indicted for dealing illegal drugs. Bumkey denied the allegations and was found not guilty in a trial the following year.[ 17] [unreliable source? ] [ 18] [unreliable source? ]
Several artists joined Brand New Music in 2015, including Eluphant , Gree, Pretty Brown , and Unpretty Rapstar 2 contestant KittiB .[ 19] [unreliable source? ] [ 20] [unreliable source? ] [ 21] [ 22] Brand New Music released its fourth label collaboration, "Heat It Up" in December. The song featured San E, Verbal Jint, Bumkey, Hanhae, Kanto, Kang Min-hee, Yang Da-il and Candle.[ 23] [unreliable source? ]
2016 saw new additions to the label including the Esbee, Chancellor , and actor Yang Dong-geun who raps under the name YDG.[ 24] [unreliable source? ] [ 25] [unreliable source? ] [ 26] [unreliable source? ]
2017–present: Sub-label and third-generation artists[ edit ]
In 2017, Brand New Music launched its indie sub-label "Korean Roulette", led by Kiggen as president. The first act to sign under it was the duo SBGB.[ 27] In July 2017, Brand New formed a duo MXM .[ 28]
On May 22, 2019, Brand New debuted their first idol group AB6IX , with Lee Dae-hwi , Park Woo-jin , Kim Dong-hyun and Jeon Woong among the members.[ 29] On October 29, Brand New debuted BDC .[ 30] On December 26, Han Dong-geun signed an exclusive contract with the company.[ 31]
On August 31, 2020, artist Lee Eun-sang , formerly of X1 , made his solo debut.[ 32]
On April 20, 2022, Brand New debuted their third boy group Younite .[ 33]
Soloists
Groups
Producers
9999
Assbrass
Dong Ne-hyeong
Elapse
LISHBEATS
MasterKey
NOMAD
On The Road
Won Young-heon
XEPY
Independent artists [ edit ]
Korean Roulette
Brand New Year 2015 (December 12, 2015)
Brand New World Seoul (September 22, 2017)
Brand New Year 2017 Brand New Season (December 22, 2017)
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^ "2014년 01월 Download Chart" . Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
^ "2014년 12월 Download Chart" . Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
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