DSP Media


DSP Media, is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1991 by Lee Ho-yeon. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house.
The label is home to prominent artists such as APRIL, Heo Young-ji, and KARD. It represented several pioneering groups, including SoBangCha, ZAM, COCO, Fin.K.L, Sechs Kies, SS501, KARA, Rainbow, and A-JAX. It also manages actors such as Lee Hyun-joo and Cho Shi-yoon and is home to former X1 member Son Dong-pyo.

History

Daesung Enterprise was founded in September 1991 by Lee Ho Yeon to provide entertainment to the public. One of their first Korean music groups was Firetruck. The group was a hit and is still loved by the older Koreans.
In February 1999, with the success of star groups like Sechs Kies and FIN.K.L., the company went through legal actions to rename itself as DSP Entertainment.
After merging with Hoshin Textile Company in March 2006, DSP Entertainment was renamed DSP Enti.
In September 2008, DSP Enti was renamed DSP Media. By this time, the company became renowned for its success in the kpop music, Korean drama and TV show production industries.
In March 2010, Lee Ho Yeon suffered a stroke, after which his wife, Choi Mi-kyung began running the company. DSP was the biggest rival of SM Entertainment , but since then, the company's success had declined. Lee Ho-yeon's ability played a big role in the past success.
In the early morning of February 14, 2018, Lee Ho Yeon died at the age of 64, after a long battle with an illness.
On November of 2019, three years after Rainbow disbanded, DSP Media announced their 10th anniversary reunion.

Artists

All artists under DSP Media are collectively known as DSP Friends.

Recording artists

Groups
Soloists
Former recording artists
Former actors
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