HJK Entertainment

HJK Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company. It is home to prominent kpop groups such as WWW, dia/mond, BlackX, and Genie, as well as numerous solo artists.

2000–2005: Creation and first generation artists
Hwang Sungmin established HJK Entertainment in early 2000 as an entertainment company focusing on creating new artists and new music. The company was named after Hwang's daughter Hwang Jinkyung, whom was thirteen at the time and a big interest in pop music and wanted to become a singer.

The company debuted their first ever act and boy group WWW in 2002 and two years later in 2004 their first girl group, Sweet5, debuted. Hwang Jinkyung was a member of Sweet5 and the group only lasted a year before disbanding. In 2005. their first soloist SoSo debuted.

2012: CEO and creative director change
The company had seen massive success with their artists, debuting BB.Baby in 2007, iCONIC in 2008 and dia/mond in 2011.

In February 2012, the former CEO Choi Taewook stepped down and soloist Hwang Jinkyung took his place at just age 25. She hired a new creative director within the company and claimed that "this would bring forward a new era to HJK Entertainment and that the company will continue to rise under [her] watch."

Groups

 * WWW (2002-present)
 * BB.Baby (2007-present)
 * iCONIC (2008-present)
 * dia/mond (2011-present)
 * BlackX (2013-present)
 * Black(XYZ)
 * Genie (2016-present)

Duos

 * Jisoul & Aejung (2016)

Soloists

 * SoSo (2005-present)
 * Hwang Jinkyung (2006-present)
 * Zero (2010-present)
 * Tina (2012-present)
 * Han Ara (dia/mond) [2014-present]
 * Jo Kwangseok (BlackX) [2016-present]
 * Violet Cha (dia/mond) [2017-present]

Former Artists

 * Sweet5 (2004-2005)