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J.Y. Park

The architect of K-pop's global rise — J.Y. Park, founder of JYP Entertainment and pioneering producer.

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Park Jin-young, known as J.Y. Park, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer who debuted as a solo artist in 1994.[1] JYP Entertainment, which Park Jin-young established in 1997, grew into one of South Korea's most lucrative entertainment companies.[1][2]

Making and release

In 2016, Park released the single "Still Alive" and recorded "Fire" with Conan O'Brien, Steven Yeun and Park Ji-min.[3] Park's solo debut occurred in 1994 with the track "Don't Leave Me" featured on his album Blue City.[4] The label JYP Entertainment was created by Park in 1997, originally operating under the name Tae-Hong Planning Corp.[5] Park was the inaugural Asian producer to enter the U.S. music scene in 2004, working on tracks for Will Smith, Mase, and Cassie.[6]

The Wonder Girls' song "Nobody" made Park the first Korean songwriter to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 when it landed at number 76 in October 2009.[7] Park put out the single "No Love No More" on December 3, 2009.[8] "Who's Your Mama?" featuring Jessi was released by Park in 2015 and knocked Miss A off the top position on Korean music charts.[9] Park's autobiography Live for What? came out on August 11, 2020, and the single "When We Disco" with Sunmi followed one day later.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jang, My Daily, September 18, 2015; "Park Jin-young Has Ambitions to Conquer the World", The Chosun Ilbo, July 3, 2007; Kwon, "K-pop Star - the last show standing", The Korea Times, February 23, 2015; Jung, "JYP 'Still Alive'", The Korea Herald, April 6, 2016; Herman, "TWICE Leads JYP Entertainment To Become No. 2 K-Pop Agency", Forbes, January 18, 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Yang, "Future Pop", Portfolio, March 27, 2008; Chandran, "The future of K-pop might not be Korean, according to star-maker JYP", CNBC, October 24, 2016; "TWICE's Label JYP Entertainment Rises to No. 1 Market Capitalization Among K-Pop Agencies", Forbes (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Conan O'Brien & Steven Yeun Get K-Pop Makeover for J.Y. Park's 'Fire' Music Video"; Team Coco, "J.Y. Park "Fire" feat. Conan O'Brien & Steven Yeun & Jimin Park Official M/V", April 9, 2016; Tenasia, June 23, 2016; "Unnies' new song 'Shut Up' is taking the real-time charts by storm!"; Xports News, September 22, 2016 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Hankyoreh, March 20, 1993; The Chosun Ilbo, April 1, 1993; Naver; Yonhap News Agency, November 3, 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: MBC, November 29, 2014; Jeong, JoongAng Ilbo, March 30, 2010; Melon, March 8, 2018; The Chosun Ilbo, October 23, 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Way Back Wednesday: J.Y. Park"; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Billboard October 31, 2009 Issue (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "YESASIA: Park Jin Young 1st Single Album CD - Park Jin Young (JYP), Kakao M (Loen Entertainment) - Korean Music - Free Shipping", www.yesasia.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: My Daily, April 13, 2015; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "J.Y. Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Benjamin, "J.Y. Park Has To Tell His Story: On Autobiography, 'Disco' & The Values That Rule His Company", Forbes, August 31, 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article J.Y. Park (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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