Emperor Entertainment Group
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| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Albert Yeung |
| Genre | Cantopop |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong (SAR) |
| Location | Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Official website | http://www.eegmusic.com |
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| Traditional Chinese: | 英皇娛樂集團有限公司 | ||||||||||
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Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG SEHK: 8078) is one of the largest entertainment groups in Hong Kong. Established in Wan Chai in 1986, along with Music Icon Entertainment Limited and Emperor Motion Picture Group, EEG operates under the major conglomerate Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG).
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[edit] History
EEG was founded by a well-known wealthy businessman in Hong Kong, Albert Yeung. A division of Emperor Motion Picture Group, JCE Movies Limited is a film production and distribution company founded by Hong Kong star, Jackie Chan.
Many EEG artists are popular among Hong Kong youngsters nowadays; some examples include Twins, Joey Yung and Isabella Louisa Leong . In the beginning, EEG was only involved in CD and DVD publishing; however, they have since diversified their business to include movie production and concert organization.
[edit] Business
EEG is involved in a variety of businesses, which include concert organization, CD and DVD publishing, advertisements, movies, etc. They also own EEG Showroom, which sells popular artist merchandise including signature note books, accessories and also displays a range of special products not for sale.
- EEG's artists
- Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒)
- Joey Yung (容祖兒)
- Twins
- Sun Boy'z
- Jaycee Chan (房祖明)
- Isabella Louisa Leong
- Kenny Kwan (關智斌)
- Ken Hung (洪卓立)
- Raymond Lam Fung (林峯)
- Music Plus's artists
- Dave Wang (王傑)
- Yumiko Cheng (鄭希怡)
- Deep Ng (吳浩康)
- Vincy Chan (泳兒)
- Sherman Chung (鍾舒漫)
- Music Icon's artists
- Anthony Wong (黃耀明)
- George Lam (林子祥)
- Sally Yeh (叶蒨文)
- Don Li (李逸朗/李威樂)
- Mandy Chiang (蔣雅文)
- Keith Hoi-chun WONG (王凱駿)
- Baby Q
- Music Family's artists
- Hailie Ching-ching LEUNG (梁晴晴)
- Bianca Lam WU(LMC Music Label)(胡琳)
- Vincent Wong Ho Shun(Neway Star) (王浩信)
- Others
- Patrick Tam (譚耀文)
- Kathy Ka-yi YUEN (袁家怡/湯怡)
- Peter Bei-tak MAN (文彼得)
[edit] Related criminal incidents
- In 2001, comedian Shi Ho Leung(梁思浩) was attacked by triads after his impression of singer Joey Yung. In 2002, comedian Eric Tsang(曾志偉) needed stitches after he was attacked for ridiculing Joey Yung. Both Joey Yung and Albert Yeung (the owner of the music record company) were arrested by the police.[1]
- In 2003, Albert Yeung was again under investigation by the ICAC, along with Hong Kong singer Juno Mak, for allegedly bribing TVB for the Jade solid gold awards.[2][3] As many as 30 people were arrested in connection with corrupt allegations with preferential treatment of singers and controlling the music billboards.[1]
