FORBES KOREA’S “POWER CELEBRITY 40″ (OR WHO IS ALREADY RELEVANT IN KOREA)

[shinobu-chan69.livejournal.com]

Forbes Korea ranked the top 40 celebrities in Korea. They first gathered a list of the most-searched celebrities from portal sites, then trimmed the list by keeping the top 100 that had appeared on many variety shows, dramas, movies or was active in sports.

Then they examined how much each celebrity earned with one filming of a CF or a drama episode. Then an examination of how frequently they appeared on music videos and on the first page of various magazines and took over one whole page of a printed newspaper.

The number of appearances on variety shows were taken into consideration, as well as the rankings on Hanteo chart for singers. MCs were checked for how many shows they MCed and how frequently the shows aired, and drama and movie actors were checked for the popularity of the work and how much they were paid for it.

The end product was:


1. Girls’ Generation (Singer)
2. Park Jisung (Soccer player)
3. Kim Yuna (Figure skater)
4. Lee Seunggi (Singer)
5. 2PM (Singer)
6. Yu Jaesuk (MC)
7. Lee Chungyong (Soccer player)
8. 2AM (Singer)
9. Chu Shinsoo (Baseball player)
10. Kang Hodong (MC)
11. Lee Hyori (Singer)
12. Yoon Siyoon (Actor)
13. Rain (Singer)
14. Park Chuyoung (Soccer player)
15. Shin Mina (Actress)
16. Super Junior (Singer)
17. Wonbin (Actor)
18. Hwang Jungeum (Actress)
19. Kim Hyesu (Actress)
20. Go Hyunjung (Acress)
21. Kang Dongwon (Actor)
22. Lee Daeho (Baseball player)
23. Park Taehwan (Swimmer)
24. Lee Nayoung (Actress)
25. Jang Donggun (Actor)
26. Shin Sekyung (Actress)
27. Lee Kyungkyu (MC)
28. Big Bang (Singer)
29. Lee Minjung (Actress)
30. Choi Kyungjoo (Golfer)
31. 2NE1 (Singer)
32. Hyunbin (Actor)
33. Bae Yongjoon (Actor)
34. Moon Geunyoung (Actress)
35. Lee Minho (Actor)
36. Han Hyojoo (Actress)
37. Kim Taehee (Actress)
38. Park Chanho (Baseball player)
39. Park Myungsoo (MC)
40. BEAST (Singer)



INTERNET SEARCH
2PM rose no. 1 in Internet search, and last year had a total of 19 TV commercials.Recently the group members are filming for We got Married and Dream High. Last year they have been in internet search in a variety of topics. They are ranked No. 1 in Singer division (for internet search).

 

Full list of this cathegory:
1. 2pm
2. mblaq
3. snsd
4. lee hyori
5. beast
6. 2am
7. kara
8. IU
9. shinee
10. t-ara

I like this kind of lists cuz they show the reality in Korea. We, International fans, are easily confused.



Thankyou mods for the full Internet search list~<3

Sources:
Forbes Korea
Akasharing
Sup3rjunior wordpress
koreaboo (the site is on mainteance, so I can't find the link, sorry)
2PM's part:
http://www.2pm0904.com/ Kor-Eng: Egle @2pmalways
2pm always

Comments

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

Should I say in before "where's Shinee"?

[tofucakes.livejournal.com]

surprised there are no butthurt shawols here yet tbh

[satoshihoyeh.livejournal.com]

SNSD actually got paid by SM?

[cascadingascent.livejournal.com]

Not so sure of this, but I think the girls get most of the money from CFs, split nine ways, or so I thought.

[jibegajima.livejournal.com]

Wow, BEAST is on here.

...wow lol bbs getting important

[spread.livejournal.com]

Where is HAM?

[dorkileilafan.livejournal.com]

Fangirls lie, Fanboys lie, Entertainment companies lie, but numbers well they never lie! Girls' Generation it is!

[dorkileilafan.livejournal.com]

Also for the full chart, for those wondering the categories are Sales (how much money they earned), Media (how often you're covered by the media aka news), Broadcast (how often they're on tv), and Activities (how active they are in terms of promotions) and is their rank for each on.

[freezextheframe.livejournal.com]

fuck yeah beast. ngl i was surprised to even see them on this list.

[aishiteruyuto23.livejournal.com]

G.na is surprised, too.

[stillwaiting.livejournal.com]

SuJu got paid for stuff? Surprising.
At least they are on the list for something....

[aishiteruyuto23.livejournal.com]

BEAST! ohmagad! Beast made it! XD lol. i dint even expect them.

2PM. ilu♥

[livesmiling.livejournal.com]

wow seunggi is at no 4?


whoa.

[jennyjukes.livejournal.com]

are you kidding? i thought it was common knowledge that he was REALLY REALLY popular with like everyone? lol

*sorry said bother instead of popular last time

[crazyxcami.livejournal.com]

i guess BB is low since they're gone for 2 years...
but whatever. THEY'RE BACK NOW (;

[desty-chan.livejournal.com]

[ayeveee.livejournal.com]

LOLOL what is this ide

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Go Shin Sekyung at #26! :) And some pressed Shawols are bitter 'cause she's only dating Jjong for publicity. Pfft! Girl is more famous than this noona's favorite group.

[rinni1905.livejournal.com]

Excuse me, I know that there're a lot of butt-hurt Shawol out there, and I don't deny that the way they handled the whole JongKyung was so awful. I don't even proud of what they said about Shin Sekyung since the girl didn't do anything wrong even when she dated Jonghyun. A lot of Shawol still support JongKyung, not all of them are childish. But needn't you say your sentence "girl is more famous than this noona's favourite group"?

I remembered that DBSK hardly have their appearance in Korean Forbes, but do you get people to say that SNSD is more famous than DBSK, nor SNSD is more famous than BigBang or SJ according to this chart? I don't mind you stated your opinion, but please stay civil and classy.

[dandanfung.livejournal.com]

totally loving the second list because internation fans are way too delusional about their groups

\o/ surprised mblaq docked 2nd and above snsd

[angelcharms.livejournal.com]

so am I

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

FUCK YEAH ONEDAY!

[sylviya.livejournal.com]

I WANNA BE ON THE COVER OFFFF FOOOOOORBES MAGAZINE

Surprised MBLAQ was so high on the internet search ranking

[hybridchickens.livejournal.com]

smiling next to oprah and the queen~ snsd and lee seunggi

[ayunda14.livejournal.com]

OMG MC YOO!!! \o/

[aleexnews.livejournal.com]

bb still beat beast and other people who have been promoting all this time when they've been gone for 2 years?
fuck yeah. they'll be number 1 soon and im surprised 2NE1 wasn't higher

[vulgarchic.livejournal.com]

Not surprised really...They don't go on variety shows, they only released one album and were only active for a few months of 2010.
The fact that they're even on there without being all that active last year has me impressed. And they're one of only 2 girl groups on that list o_o
Soshi + 2NE1 = jjang

[applesncrack.livejournal.com]

Beast <333
Glad to see the boys on the list :D

[pottertastic.livejournal.com]

throw some glitter make it rain

[shocko-o.livejournal.com]

lol @ yoona's face & whatever jessica's doing. those too look high

[aleexnews.livejournal.com]

Also i love mblaq but i dont get how they're higher than SNSD, IU, etc.

[shocko-o.livejournal.com]

proud for 2am!
though there was one point where jo kwon might have had too much on his plate, and was everywhere- reality shows, inkigayo, family sitcom.

[tofucakes.livejournal.com]

UM hell yeah oneday is snatching the wigs of your favorites

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

Of course, SNSD is the top.


(Though considering Miley Cryus, Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga, in that order, where the top searched for celebs in America; I'm not exactly taking the search list as good or a bad sign.)

[tofucakes.livejournal.com]

speaking of which, can someone explain why 2PM's hair is fucked up again

[aishiteruyuto23.livejournal.com]

TnT blonde Taec?
they shudda given the bleach to Junho.
he works light hair better than Taec!

[dilettantka.livejournal.com]

fuck yeah 2am.

[pottertastic.livejournal.com]

omg your icon lol.