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TS Entertainment

South Korean record label

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TS Entertainment (also known as TS ENTER (Korean: 티에스이엔티이알)) was a South Korean record label and entertainment agency founded in 2008 by Kim Tae‑song (김태송). It was located at Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The company was responsible for managing idol groups such as Untouchable, Secret, B.A.P., Sonamoo, and TRCNG.

Throughout the 2010s, TS Entertainment became known for multiple lawsuits from its artists and staff involving workplace abuse, extortion, and failure to pay company employees. The company quietly shut down in January 2021, with the rest of its artists' contracts expiring by 2022.

01History

TS Entertainment was founded by Kim Tae-song in October 2008. The company signed Untouchable as their first artist and released their debut single "It's Okay" in the same month.

In October 2009, TS Entertainment officially debuted the four-member girl group Secret. They were first introduced to the public through the reality show Secret Story on Mnet. On October 13, 2009, Secret's debut single "I Want You Back" was released.

In July 2011, TS Entertainment established themselves outside South Korea through the formation of TS Japan in Tokyo, Japan.

In January 2012, TS Entertainment debuted a six-member boy band named B.A.P. The members were introduced in a documentary show, Ta-Dah, It's B.A.P which first aired on SBS MTV Korea on January 8, 2012.

On December 29, 2014, TS Entertainment debuted a seven-member girl group named Sonamoo.

On October 10, 2017, they debuted boy group TRCNG.

On April 28, 2018, TS Entertainment's CEO and founder Kim Tae-song, died.

On September 26, 2019, it was announced that a former employee of TS Entertainment reported the label to the Ministry of Employment and Labor due to overdue payments, which was later forwarded to the prosecution.

On January 31, 2021, TS Entertainment privately shut down and deleted its website.

In March 2023, it was confirmed that a genuine MAMA trophy of B.A.P, a group formerly handled by TS Entertainment, was bought at a flea market in the Philippines. The findings caused outrage among fans, who believed that TS Entertainment likely threw away B.A.P's first ever award after the company closed down, until it landed on a flea market in the Philippines.

03Former artists

Former recording artists

  • Untouchable (2008-2019)
  • Secret (2009-2018)
  • B.A.P. (2012-2019)
  • Sonamoo (2014-2021)
    • Sumin (2014-2019)
    • Nahyun (2014-2019)
    • Euijin (2014-2021)
    • Minjae (2014-2021)
    • NewSun (2014-2021)
    • D.ana (2014-2021)
    • High.D (2014-2021)
  • TRCNG (2017-2022)
    • Taeseon (2017-2019)
    • Wooyeop (2017-2019)
    • Jihun (2017-2022)
    • Hayoung (2017-2022)
    • Hakmin (2017-2022)
    • Jisung (2017-2022)
    • Hyunwoo (2017-2022)
    • Siwoo (2017-2022)
    • Hohyeon (2017-2022)
    • Kangmin (2017-2022)

Former actors

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