Comparison of idol groups' contracts

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

Company
SM Entertainment
Singer/group name|Year of debut|# years contract lasts
TVXQ|2004|13
Super Junior|2005|5~13
SNSD|2007|5~13
SHINee|2008|6~13


Company
JYP Entertainment
Singer/group name|Year of debut|# years contract lasts
Wonder Girls|2007|7
2PM|2008|7
2AM|2008|7


Company
YG Entertainment
Singer/group name|Year of debut|# years contract lasts
1TYM|1998|no contract
Big Bang|2006|5
2NE1|2009|5


Company
DSP Entertainment
Singer/group name|Year of debut|# years contract lasts
SS501|2005|5
KARA|2007|7



Sorry if it's messy 8( but I think it gets the point across


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Comments

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

you're welcome, and I wasn't surprised either :|

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

... wow, that was approved fast. Haha

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

yw~

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

What about Cube Entertainment?

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

idk, it wasn't on there haha

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

ugh, sm is such a bitch.

[nene718.livejournal.com]

Not surprised that SM is the most fucked up.

[carmelxboo.livejournal.com]

mte.

[phasera.livejournal.com]

holy crap; i wonder who the other idols in SM are with the 13 year contracts... O_o that really does seem like an eternity in the ent. biz.

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was BoA :|
but if she does have the 13 yr contract at least she only has like 3 more years

[cityscripts.livejournal.com]

So everyone in SM gets different contract periods, right? Then I wonder who the ones in SNSD, SuJu and SHINee have the 13 year contracts. :X

[slaphappyfuck.livejournal.com]

*steals ondubu*

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

Fewest years contract AND a case of even no contract? You go YG Coco. 4 for you YG Coco.

[cityscripts.livejournal.com]

YG does seem like the best/more standard compared to SM.

[houseclouds.livejournal.com]

ygs not a regular mom, he's a cool mom

[sathien.livejournal.com]

5-7 feels somehow reassuring.
13 is captivity.
BoA on the other hand = 88 years.

wtf sm.

[miduhyo.livejournal.com]

idky but i wonder what it feels like to be in the same group as someone but to have a different contract length.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

SM knows how to use the divide and conquer principle.

[megasourwarhead.livejournal.com]

YG <3

(http://tinypic.com)


Shame on you SM

[slaphappyfuck.livejournal.com]

*steals grinch in disguise tabi*

[twnklsnowflake.livejournal.com]

this is just amazing-.-

[miduhyo.livejournal.com]

yeah, mte. it sounds like a long time (and for them to be actually tied to sm, it is a long time), but thirteen years from now, snsd members and suju members will likely still be regulars on variety shows and stuff.

[nezumi-kenka.livejournal.com]

Did DSP see KARA lasting longer than SS501?

Or did he just pick the number at the end of the year?

[pinkiyoojin.livejournal.com]

LOL
idk, maybe the boys are gonna do military duty before they're 30?

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

damnnn, 13?
it should always be at least 5.
and if the artists are happy, then they'd be happy to renew for another 5.
holding them down for 13 is... yikes.

[cinnabun11.livejournal.com]

thats daunting... poor SHINee boys, they already seem overworked

[yuei-vuisaki.livejournal.com]

That's why all shawol,cassis/big east and elf must gathered our power/money and buy SM...
Shinee is still young, i hope they Wont facing problem like this in the future -/\-

[calandrinon.livejournal.com]

Hold on a second. I thought DBSK's initial contracts lasted 5 years, hence the renewal in February. Did they sign on for 13 MORE years or is it going to be 13 in total, as in, they have 8 more to go? And does that mean HoMin have the same contracts, not the 7 year one as it was initially said?

This is so damn confusing.

[kireny.livejournal.com]

i would think they all have the 13 years (cause on the business side why would want 2 members of DBSK to have shorter contracts)

but I thought they just renewed back in december because their initial ones were only 5 years? cause there was all this panic about "5 years curse" while they were renewing, wasnt there?

[shonen-key.livejournal.com]

Goddamn, SM artists will be tied to the company until their 30s D:

[revivalove.livejournal.com]

Teukie after 13 years = 36! :(

[nimco.livejournal.com]

and this ladies and gentlemen is why I love YG.
dang 1tym have no contract?!

GD and Taeyang probably renewed theirs already.

[missatira.livejournal.com]

i wanna know how much the rest of the companies take in terms of profit. could it be possible that they take 80%-90% as well? All the korean artists, regardless of company, just seem so POOR to me.

I bet YG gives the most back to the artist though

[lollipoprei.livejournal.com]

SM is a bitch. the end.

[painheart.livejournal.com]

mte.

[rockthecliche.livejournal.com]

lol i love how all this dbsk mess has brought yg into such a ~wonderful~ light. they're a lot fairer, by far, but come on guys, yg artists are still under their ridiculous, strenuous schedules. look at big bang! seungri looked like he didn't sleep for 3 days normally, now he looks like he hasn't slept in 10 weeks.

[shonen-key.livejournal.com]

Don't forget that YG artists are not allowed to go oversea without permission, they have to report their whereabout[?] if they go somewhere and the friend-screening :/

[psychtiger.livejournal.com]

I love how 2NE1 has a 5 year contract.. I think it will work perfectly for them. In 5 years, Bom will probably break away from the group and move into her solo career. Dara will probably go into acting and work in dramas or something. CL and Minzy could make a duo... do want. :D Or CL will start to be a solo rapper/produce for other artists. Minji might lead another YG group. :D

I feel bad for SHINee though. D; They are so young and have a 13 year contract... poor Taemin. 8'(

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

What only 5 years on Big Bang and I just discover then in 2009?!?!?!? *cries*

[baeraki.livejournal.com]

lol *hugs*

i'll give them til 2012
when the world ends har har har XD

i can't see them leaving that soon, tbh.