Specializing in Entertainment Infrastructure and IP business

YG PLUS excels in producing and distributing a wide array of content that spans music, merchandise, and beyond, all harnessed from the intellectual property (IP) of artists who set global trends. We are dedicated to pioneering the generation of innovative cultural content by fostering engagement and interaction between artists and fans. We are committed to continuously innovating a range of business models within the music industry, with the aim of delivering compelling content to a global audience.

OUR BUSINESS

Music Solutions

Discovering new music and adding value to lead music industry development.

YG provides a variety of music services, leveraging its expert understanding of music content, significant experience, and business capability. YG PLUS is the managing agency for Naver’s music platform ‘VIBE’, and conducts music production∙investment∙distribution for over 400 partner companies in domestic and overseas markets, including YG Entertainment and HYBE, and our company provides a service called ‘MIXTAPE’, which is a next-generation digital music distribution platform designed to address the challenge of distributing music globally for independent artists. By discovering and distributing well-made musical content, we are expanding the reach of K-POP in the global market and leading the effort to build a new ecosystem that will contribute to the growth and advancement of the music industry.

Platform & Partnership

NAVER VIBE, SEOUL MUSIC, Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL, LINE MUSIC, KKBOX, JOOX, MyMusic, Yandex, Zing mp3, Omusic, Anghami, Tencent

BIZ-CONTACT
NAVER VIBE

NAVER VIBENAVER VIBE

Music service with not only your favorite music,
but also music that could perfectly meet your preferences

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mixtape

mixtape.

MIXTAPE is a next-generation digital music distribution platform designed
to address the challenge of distributing music globally for independent artists.

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Business History
  1. 2023

    1. 03.

      Beta launch of ‘MIXTAPE’, the next-generation digital music distribution platform

      Established additional OOH advertising platform (Sangam DMC Digital Signage)

  2. 2022

    1. 12.

      Exceeded 400 partner labels for record/digital copy distribution

  3. 2022

    1. 10.

      Established OOH advertising platform (Gangnam City Bldg. G-Vision)

  4. 2022

    1. 08.

      Surpassed 10 Billion KRW in cumulative label investments

  5. 2022

    1. 07.

      Exceeded 10,000 tracks in terms of the number of distributed music

  6. 2022

    1. 05.

      Established OOH advertising platform (Incheon Airport AMT, Dongdaemun APM)

  7. 2022

    1. 04.

      Selected by Korea Creative Content Agency as final program awardee for the ‘2022 ICT-Music Tech Content Creation Support Program’

  8. 2022

    1. 02.

      Exceeded 300 partner labels for record/digital copy distribution

  9. 2022

    1. 08.

      Surpassed KRW 10 billion in cumulative label investment commitments

  10. 2022

    1. 01.

      Internalize the operation of independent album distribution centers

  11. 2021

    1. 12.

      Surpassing KRW 7 billion in cumulative label investment commitments

  12. 2021

    1. 09.

      Expand playlist channels under the Seoul Music brand (Spotify, Youtube, Melon, FLO, Genie, etc.)

  13. 2021

    1. 08.

      Establish OOH advertising infrastructure (signage at the Hyundai Department Store in Samsung-dong, in-store music, POZ, G Bus, etc.)

  14. 2021

    1. 04.

      Record/digital copy distribution for HYBE and associate companies

  15. 2021

    1. 03.

      Selected as IFPI and ISRC Manager

  16. 2021

    1. 01.

      Domestic/overseas direct contract platform (Apple Music, Spotify, Youtube, Tidal, and 20 others) DDEX interface internalized

  17. 2020

    1. 10.

      Exceeded 200 partner labels for record/digital copy distribution

  18. 2020

    1. 07.

      ‘YG PLUS Music Contents Lab Ltd’ SPC investment entity founded

  19. 2019

    1. 12.

      Exceeded 100 partner labels for record/digital copy distribution

  20. 2019

    1. 06.

      SEOUL MUSIC Brand Youtube channel opened

  21. 2019

    1. 05.

      YG PLUS distribution system WAPL 1.0 opened

  22. 2019

    1. 01.

      YG Ent. record/digital copy distribution started

  23. 2017

    1. 12.

      YG PLUS record/digital copy distribution started

  24. 2023

    1. 01.

      Partnership with a mobile carrier, LG U+, for content licensing

  25. 2022

    1. 12.

      Established a performer information database system for the Federation of Korean Music Performers

  26. 2022

    1. 08.

      Launched translated lyrics service for overseas content

  27. 2021

    1. 06.

      Create Korea’s first Dolby Atmos music content database

  28. 2020

    1. 09.

      Billboard K-POP Chart Broadcast Monitoring Data Provision Contract

  29. 2020

    1. 07.

      Recording Industry Association of Korea Broadcasting Fee Monitoring Service Contract

  30. 2019

    1. 07.

      Line Music Taiwan Music Content and License Supply Contract

  31. 2018

    1. 05.

      Line Music Japan Music Content and License Supply Contract

  32. 2018

    1. 04.

      Naver Music Content and License Supply Contract