[kpkf] shinee earns the most in sm in the first half of 2016

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

Arena tour: 16.61 billion won (170k+ attendees; sixteen concerts)
Osaka Kyocera Dome: 9.34 billion won (70k+ attendees; two concerts)
Tokyo Tokyo Dome: 11.41 billion won (105k+ attendees; two concerts)
Taemin's solo album: 1.78 billion won
Total earnings including Japanese sales/goods, downloads, etc: more than 40 billion won.

The ongoing tour began on January 30th and the main leg will end on April 24th. The sixteen concerts have been held in eight different cities throughout Japan. They will be performing at Osaka Kyocera Dome for the first time on May 14th for two days, and return to Tokyo Dome for the second time on May 18th, also for two days. Along with this, SHINee will also be releasing their thirteenth Japanese single, "Because of You", on May 18th. It's also been confirmed by both Minho and Taemin that SHINee will be making a Korean comeback before the year ends. (So, more $$$$$$ basically.)

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Pann: #1 earnings of SM in the first half of 2016 is SHINee.

1. [+135, -1] They're quietly strong.

2. [+115, -2] They're the top idol group of pretty boys.

3. [+110, -1] Last year, they did Tokyo Dome for 2 days but still earned more than 25 billion won. Amazing.

4. [+61, -0] They get called a has-been on Pann but this is the reality.

5. [+58, -0] They've been around for 9 years but they're still doing well. There are other groups that are lasting longer but SHINee members aren't that old yet. SHINee has potentials to last really long. The maknae is only 23.

6. [+58, -0] I thought there aren't that many SHINee fans around me, but they turned out to be hiding... A lot of them cosplay as non-fans.

7. [+52, -0] They're GODinee in reality.

8. [+49, -0] They're quietly strong indeed. I barely see Shawols on Pann so I thought SHINee doesn't have many fans. I didn't expect them to be strong like this. I'm viewing SHINee differently.

9. [+47, -0] I thought I was the only Shawol in my school but there was one or two in every class... But all of them cosplay as non-fans. ㅋㅋㅋ

10. [+41, -0] SHINee is quietly strong. But what's pitiful is that they're always in Japan when they're Korean artists... Since debut, they've done like 100 concerts but 90 of them were held in Japan.

source(s): kpopkfans / pann nate / @tweety_jac

bonus info: it was confirmed a few days ago that tvxq, super junior and shinee brought in the most money for sm last year. shinee brought in 25.4 billion won so they've already surpassed what they made in all of last year in under five months. their promotions in japan last year were also pretty limited: two dome concerts and two singles.

Comments

[initialc.livejournal.com]

I arrive in Korea a few days after the Japan concerts. I wish tickets were available when I booked my trip. :( At least I'll see them in L.A.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

honestly, i'm wondering where exo are in the earnings/revenue generating ranking bc they're being milked dry but still aren't in the top 3

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

ooo wow :o good for them!

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

apparently sm artists get the majority of the percentage of what they earn for overseas activities so they're probably seeing a good chunk, plus being a smaller group probably helps with distribution. i honestly wonder how much each of the members make in general because they're always doing individual activities on the side: onew and minho with acting, key with musicals and variety, etc. i kind of figure jonghyun brings in a shit ton of $$$$ with how many compositions / songs he has, plus his radio show and the book he released.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

truly GODnee :')

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, so I just made the conversion to dollars and that's almost 35 million dollars. Someone correct me, is that right??
HOLY SHIT SHINEE

I have nothing else to say than:

yaaaaaaas


I wonder how much BB and GG make tho

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

nope, lmao, you're right. it's a shiiiiiiiiiit ton of $$$$$$$. i'm reeling thinking about it esp b/c that doesn't include how much frickin' merch they're gonna sell over their last three arena concerts + dome shows (like tbh they could rake in a few mil usd alone right there). and like......... they're korean comeback too lol

idk about bb's numbers but apparently soshi brought in the fifth most last year in sales for sm. but i still bet that they probably bring in at least 20 billion won+ a year. i guess it depends on whether or not sm includes individual cfs, etc. into the equation.

[kirrita.livejournal.com]

Woohoooo~ $HIN€€...

OP, does the SHINee products at SUM counts?
Their sparkling water is the best selling item.. xD

[bomsnose.livejournal.com]

before or after taxes? :p
jk happy for them, they work their asses off, so better get something for it. also they have actual listenable japanese tracks.
they probably won't be able to go like this after they hit 30 or so, so better milk us before it's late.

[tsukiokuhime.livejournal.com]

Get them, SHINee! Get them!! I hope SM lets them participate more intheir next album production so they can get some $$$ from royalties and what nots.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

But what's pitiful is that they're always in Japan when they're Korean artists...
I totally agree. I wonder how much bigger they'd be in Korea and amongst kpop fans in general if they promoted more regularly in Korea (not only regular comebacks but reality/variety shows, etc). View was barely promoted and still sold +700k digitally and charted for around 4 months.
I'll never understand the decision of shipping them for almost 2 years to Japan every now and then. I know most of the money is there but at the same time it makes them look like they're not successful for SM standards (or flat out "flops" like lots of people like to say) simply because they're not as big as DBSK/SJ/SNSD/EXO in their homeland and amongst international kpop fandom when they actually can do pretty great, when they promote in Korea.

[nrafx.livejournal.com]

But you answered your own question... the money is there. SM doesn't need to care about their status in Korea (and definitely not the opinions of some teenagers on Pann) if they're making bank in Japan. They're going to target their efforts on making their younger groups popular so they can hopefully advance successfully into the foreign markets and be the next breadwinners when the older groups get hit with military/disbandment/etc. That's basically their entire business model.

Idk where this view that Shinee aren't big/popular enough came from anyway lol.

[spainawards2008.livejournal.com]

Since I dicovered how much bigger a cut of their earnings they actually get to keep in overseas profits I've become really glad that Shinee are in Japan all the time. Get that money bbs

[greenmoon666.livejournal.com]

Shinee are not has-beens. It's just that their fan base seem the most mentally stable unlike FANatics.

[cosmopudin.livejournal.com]

get the money$$ $hineee, heh my babes

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

Hope they get to see some of that money, especially if it's from overseas activities.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

iirc sm groups get a lot more (like more than sm does) of the overseas profit which is a relief.

[bea-chan22.livejournal.com]

Get that won and yen, boys!

PS: Can you pay some of the fans' student loans? I'm p. sure some of them went poor because of you all lol.

[slaynee.livejournal.com]

And yet people still think that they're a flop group? Bye

Happy for them

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Mte. It seems that to a lot of people not having explosive sales/popularity like other SM groups = flops.
90% of kpop wished to flop like them tho.

[tillynilly.livejournal.com]

lol at "cosplaying as non-fans"

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

where all those shinee "tie a yellow ribbon" gif when i need them???

this is interesting but also prooves all the hype on internet (we know fans love this "who's a has been and who will replace them" fanwar ) doesnt translate in making more money in real life

i mean a good portion of this list is now in the army .... look at suju and tvxq

anyways good for them

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

that's why people always stress "longevity" over "trend". there's so many groups that aren't able to make it past the trending status but shinee was one of them. i also never take the "who's a has been and who will replace them" comments about tvxq, suju, shinee, etc. seriously because ... like, if they can be eight to twelve years into their careers and still manage this sort of money? nothing to complain about. it says a lot.

[lycorisc.livejournal.com]

makes sense. get money boys

[xilopia.livejournal.com]

wow that's actally a lot of money. i'm a little surprised actually but i realize i've never actually thought about what sort of money they make/how lucrative kpop is in general.

(a quick question though, is earnings the same as profit?)

[ponpirot.livejournal.com]

Profit is supposed to be gross sales - deductions, but I'm not sure how the source receive info about the cut SM takes.

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

They get called a has-been on Pann

I need to have a word with the commenters on Pann.

[mycorrhizoid.livejournal.com]

I always laugh when people try to call SHINee flops. Sure, they've never had that huge "boost" in popularity like say EXO Growl / SNSD Gee etc eras - but that's because they have always sold well, even going back to debut era, and they've continue to grow slowly every year they've promoted. Furthermore, they've promoted pretty darn frequently and have never had any scandals big enough to slow their momentum.

I think a big part of the reason for this stability is that all the members have been promoted evenly in the long run. All of them have been given the opportunities to pursue their interests while simultaneously pulling their own weight as a team (which lead to more exposure in the long run - they've all branched different directions and made more individual connections and fans that then get led back to SHINee). This is the model that SM and other companies should be trying to emulate.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

that's soooooo true, especially re: individual connections and fans getting led back to shinee. taemin and jonghyun (especially taemin) gained the group so many fans (both new and those returning to the fanbase) with their solo debuts, and taemin drew in even more attention with his comeback in february. on top of that, jonghyun has gained a lot of fans via his radio show, minho and onew have through their acting, and key has through his musical performances / variety appearances.

and that's not even including the connections mentioned: onew is close with so many really well respected older producers and singers (like kim yeon woo), and jonghyun is friends with a loooot of indie / r&b artists like: crush, zion.t, gray, dear cloud, standing egg, etc. (and not to mention producers like don spike and philtre.)

[blubtrflynflats.livejournal.com]

get it my boys!

I kind of understand where the //they're has beens// comments have come from but I never thought that of shinee because the fandom has never been too showy when it comes to polls etc and sm leaves them to their own devices but the fandom always delivers when the group has concerts/has comebacks ((because as a tvxq fan, I read those a lot for tvxq and they come from very youngish commenters who have been kpop fans for 2-3 years max and change biases to whoever is in atm)). Judging by the way SM always gives them projects (be it albums/hosting gigs/acting) - be it solos or as a group - it means there is a certain level of trust that they will always deliver. Andddd have you seen how lackluster SM is in promoting them but concerts are always sold out? I'm not worried about shinee because they always deliver

get those moneys bb