Stone Music Entertainment (스톤뮤직엔터테인먼트) was a South Korean entertainment company under CJ ENM's Entertainment division. Founded in 2018, it handled artist management, music production, and distribution. On April 8, 2021, Stone Music closed down after CJ ENM liquidated the company. However the "Stone Music" name will continue to operate as a music distribution brand.[2]
History[]
The company began operating sometime in August 2017, co-managing Wanna One with YMC Entertainment when they first debuted with 1X1=1 (To Be One).
In 2018, CJ E&M Music merged with the company.
On April 20, 2021, CJ ENM announced that Stone Music had been liquidated to provide more effective services to artists by streamlining label operations. The "Stone Music" name will continue to be used as a music distribution brand in their company. Other sub-labels under CJ ENM are not affected by the news.[2]
On August 3, 2021, CJ ENM announced the launch of their new integrated label, WAKEONE, with Stone Music Entertainment, ONEFECT Entertainment, Studio Blu, and Off The Record Entertainment to be integrated into WAKEONE.[3]
Subsidiaries[]
- 1887 Entertainment
- AOMG
- Hi-Lite Records
- Off The Record Entertainment
- WAKEONE
- Studio Blu
- Swing Entertainment
Joint ventures[]
- CJ Victor Entertainment
- The Music Works Entertainment
Former[]
- B2M Entertainment
- Highup Entertainment (2017–2018; joint venture)
- Jellyfish Entertainment
Investment Support[]
Former[]
Former artists[]
- For past artists prior to the merger, see CJ E&M Music.
Groups[]
- JBJ (with FAVE Entertainment) (2017–2018)
- fromis_9 (2017–2018)
- Wanna One (with YMC Entertainment) (2017–2018)
- X1 (with Swing Entertainment) (2019–2020)
- IN2IT (with MMO Entertainment) (2017–2020)
- SG Wannabe (2017–2021)
- TO1 (2019–2021)
Duos[]
- Davichi (2017–2021)
Soloists[]
- Emma Wu (2017)
- Kevin Oh (2017)
- Park Boram (with MMO Entertainment) (2017–2018)
- Heize (with Studio Blu) (2017–2020)
- Eric Nam (2017–2020)
- Son Ho Young (with MMO Entertainment) (2017–2021)
- Kim Feel (with MMO Entertainment) (2017–2021)
- Roy Kim (2017–2021)
- Ha Hyun Sang (2019–2021)
Actors[]
- Lee Beom-soo
- Song Seung-heon
- Kim Min Jae
Trainees[]
- Bae Eun Yeong (2018)
- Lee Si An (2018-2020)
- Jo Yu Ri (2018-2021)