YG Entertainment ‘Owned K-Pop And Crushed 2014’ According To Vice Music Channel Noisey

Noisey, a website created by Vice magazine, released an article online on how YG Entertainment crushed and owned 2014 in the K-Pop industry.

The article went on an in-depth feature about YG Entertainment’s successful year in K-Pop.

 Noisey stated that 2014 was YG Entertainment’s year in that they launched their fashion brand NONAGON as well as their cosmetic brand, Moon Shot.

And if those brand launches weren’t enough, Louis Vuitton also made an $80 million dollar investment to YG as well.

2NE1’s leader CL has also signed with Scooter Braun and will be making her U.S. solo debut sometime next year. This is also the same agency that worked with Psy.

Group 2NE1 also had their song, “I Am The Best” used for Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 commercial, which made their old song make a comeback not he music charts.

In terms of music, YG has not let us down as they released many successful albums this year.

Hip-hop group Epik High made a comeback this year with their album, Shoe Box, and topped many charts with their song, “Born Hater.”

Both teams from YG’s reality show, “WIN: Who Is Next” were also a big hit this year. WINNER released their debut album, 2014 S/S, and became one of the hottest K-Pop albums in Asia for 2014.

Big Bang’s Taeyang also released his solo album, RISE, and won the Song Of The Year award at the 2014 Mnet MAMA in Hong Kong.

Most recently, Korea’s creative content agency also revealed that Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips” was the most loved K-Pop song in the U.S. for 2014.

Akdong Musician’s “Melted” was also a much loved song for this year and the fact that the duo writes and produces all their songs, it makes it that much better.

And finally, 2NE1’s comeback with CRUSH earlier this year and did not let down their fans as they brought a fierce and powerful performance.

Noisey also revealed that amongst other agencies, who went through “crumbling groups and lawsuit mutinies,” YG was able to push through and make 2014 the best year ever.

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