LOEN Entertainment formerly Seoul Records (Hangul

Hangul

Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...

:서울음반), is a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 which distributes some of its bigger compatriots.

About the Company

The company was founded in 1978 as Seoul Records, with headquarters in Seocho-gu. In 2005, Korean conglomerate SK Group bought 63.48 percent of the company.

The name LOEN stands for:

• Live On Entertainment Networks
• Love + Entertainment

LOEN states that its vision is to be South Korea's leading entertainment company and its mission is to make customers happy designing entertainment lifestyle.

Labels distributed

• 101 Entertainment
• B2M Entertainment
• Contemode
  Contemode
  Contemode, stylized as "contemode", is a Japanese record label founded by Yasutaka Nakata in 2003. The label is based in Shibuya, Tokyo and specializes in a variety of musical styles including electropop, Shibuya-kei, lounge, dance, and hardcore house...
  
   (Korean distribution)
• Core Contents Media
• Cube Entertainment
  Cube Entertainment
  Cube Entertainment/ Play CUBE Entertainment is a South Korean record label, founded in South Korea 2008 by Hong Seung Sung, a former employee of JYP Entertainment. CUBE Entertainment is sometimes mistaken as sister company of JYP but the truth is Cube is not really a part of JYP company...
  
   (co-distributed with UMG Korea
  Universal Music Group
  Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
  
  )
• DreamTea Entertainment
• Fluxus Music
• JYP Entertainment
  JYP Entertainment
  JYP Entertainment is a Korean music record label, founded in South Korea in 1997 by Park Jin-young.- History :Park Jin-young founded the company in 1997 as "Tae-Hong Planning Corporation", which eventually became "JYP Entertainment" in 2001....
  
  
  • AQ Entertainment
  • Big Hit Entertainment
• Nega Network
• NH Media
• Open World Entertainment
• Pledis Entertainment
  Pledis Entertainment
  Pledis Entertainment is a South Korean music label, home to artists like Son Dam Bi, After School, and After School subunit Orange Caramel....
  
   (co-distributed with Sony Music Korea)
• Polaris Entertainment
• Star Empire Entertainment
  Star Empire Entertainment
  Star Empire Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company. Star Empire specializes in producing R&B and hip-hop music. Its current roster includes Jewelry, V.O.S, ZE:A, Nine Muses, Poppin' Hyun Joon, and actor Julien Kang.-Company:...
  
  
• Starship Entertainment
• T.O.P. Media
• TS Entertainment
• Happy Face Entertainment

Artists

• Monday Kiz
• IU
• Piggy Dolls
• Miji
• Sunny Hill
  Sunny Hill
  Sunny Hill is a band from South Korea. It originally had three members — Janghyun, Seungah, and Jubee, then added a fourth member, named Kota, and later in 2011 a fifth, named Misung.- Original Sunny Hill :...
  
  
• RU-N
• ZIA
• Noel
• 24/7
• N:SONIC
• Baek Ji Young
  Baek Ji Young
  Baek Ji-Young is a South Korean pop and ballad singer.-Career:Baek began her music career in 1999, splashing onto the Korean dance scene with her first album Sorrow. The first single, "선택" , was unusual in that it was one of the first Korean pop songs to feature Latin beats...
  
  

Former Trainees

• Park SangHyun - Thunder or Cheondung(천둥) of MBLAQ( now J. Tune Entertainment)
• Ahn Jaehyo - Jaehyo
  Jaehyo
  Ahn Jaehyo , is the lead vocalist of the South Korean boy group Block B created by Cho PD under his label called Brand New Stardom.-Personal life:...
  
  (안재효) of Block B ( now Brand New Stardom)