The songs that define each label?

Top 6 songs from each label that define them?

For JYPE I see it as the below (was unsure whether to include g.o.d. or not as all their biggest songs were before they officially joined).

It's Raining (Rain)

Tell Me (Wonder Girls)

Heartbeat (2PM)

Bad Girl Good Girl (Miss A)

Cheer Up (Twice)

Gods Menu (Stray Kidz)

JYP's Don't Leave Me would be there instead of Gods Menu but JYPE wasn't a thing when he released it

SM: Have too many groups so hard to narrow down. Had to do 7 as they all had a large impact.

Candy (H.O.T)

I'm Your Girl (S.E.S)

Number One (BoA)

Mirotic (TVXQ)

Gee (SNSD)

Sorry Sorry (Super Junior)

Growl (EXO)

YG:

Unsure but will be something like Lies, Bang Bang Bang, D4, Gangnam Style, Love Scenario and ne of I Am The Best/I Don't Care. They've had so many soloists over the years and short lived groups at the start that this one won't be accurate

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For JYP personally I'll put 'Park Ji yoon-Adult Ceremony'. Imo, out of all hit songs from JYP Ent, that song have the best legacy so far.

It was in my first draft but put in Stray Kidz instead due to them leading the new era for the company and Gods Menu being that turning point for me.

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This is quite hard to answer as people would have different "definitions" for a company but for me

I don't really know about JYP but for the other two

SM

Into The New World

Growl

Gee

Sorry Sorry

Red Flavor

Ring Ding Dong

I don't really find SM's first act iconic song to be bigger than their predecessors tbh

YG

Lies

I Am The Best

Love Scenario

As If Its Your Last

Loser

Lonely

For YG, it's all about the variety I guess? These songs are not really the most popular of their groups but they are indeed deemed as the groups' best releases

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Different definitions of a company or impact?

S.E.S and H.O.T essentially laid the path for the future success of every SM group after them. I'd find it incredibly hard to negate the impact their success had on the label with their success defined by those two songs. What did Red Flavor achieve for the label? Or Ring Ding Dong?

I don't think either of those are label defining songs.

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Imo it's too soon to say that for Gods Menu. Adult Ceremony is still relevant up till now, everyone and their mother cover that song when they reach adulthood, it's sort of become a staple somehow. And I honestly can see it still being relevant for the next 20 years or so, can't say the same for other JYP hits.

I don't disagree an can see arguments with replacing it. I think JYPE have a few hits that will transcend a while. I only included one Twice song when TT could have also been there for starting a level of dominance for JYPE in the country that has led to a lot of success for the company.

A recap for people

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BH has just one notable hit maker, so I will sit this out lol

Yeah there's not too many labels you could do a decent list for. DSP yes but I don't know the groups too well.

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Heartbeat or Hands Up, not sure

Tell Me

Nobody

BGGG

Hush

Cheer Up

SKZ in the future, not sure about now

Also I've never followed more than one group from non jype so I have no clue

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Surprised by the Hush inclusion and I don't think Rain can be ignored when it comes to JYPE. Nobody would have also been on the list but was trying to keep it to one per group otherwise there'd be more Twice.

Hands Up came too late in 2PM's career, would have to be Heartbeat or maybe Again and Again for me.