IU Brings in More Munniez Than Our Faves. Yep. ALL OUR FAVES

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

Surprising news has recently emerged regarding the well-loved singer IU, who is reported to have earnings over $10 million USD in the year of 2011. This startling salary has surpassed various idols prominent in the K-Pop scene, especially SNSD, Wonder Girls, and KARA. IU’s yearly earnings has confirmed her place as both number one in successful comeback and in the highest revenue this year.

On December 25, Gaon music charts placed IU’s “Last Fantasy” album, which debuted on November 29, as number one on their album rankings. Also, IU’s title song “You and I” placed at the very top on Gaon’s top ten singles chart in December, which was practically undefeatable through the weeks of November 27 to December 17. All of IU’s songs on her “Last Fantasy” album have placed within the top 20 on Gaon’s top 100 song list.

IU is already known to have recorded $6 million USD in record sales last quarter, but the newly revealed figure of $10 million USD annually has stunned a lot of people. IU’s last album, “Real,” which debuted on December 9 2010, had similar music chart dominance as “Last Fantasy” and her title song for that album was “A Good Day.” This single gained instant popularity due to IU’s amazing ability to reach three stages of consecutive high notes, an attempt clearly heard in the middle of the song, and this feature along with the song’s cute lyrics gained popularity not only amongst the youth but the middle-aged audience as well.

“A Good Day” remained strong from the day of its release to February of 2011, in which the song was always found in the top ten of the nation’s top music ranking charts. Moving on from IU’s album songs, her Original Sound Tracks (O.S.T.) attempts were quite successful as well, with her single “Someday” appearing on “Dream High” and “Only I Didn’t Know” being the main song of “Real Plus.” These two songs were well known in the months of January and February this year and also reached high on Gaon charts, even reaching number one for both O.S.T.’s.

Continuing her strong efforts, IU released two singles in May and June. Firstly, her “Hold My Hand” O.S.T. for the highly popular drama “The Greatest Love” ranked seventh on Gaon’s top-ten singles list from May 22 but by May 28 rose to second place. Secondly in June, IU collaborated with figure skater Kim Yuna to release “Ice Flower” which also followed in IU’s successful O.S.T. footsteps and ranked high as well. Undoubtedly, IU’s skills are backed up with expertise and predictable success in all her songs and albums. This characteristic of the singer’s has carried on through to her most recent album “Last Fantasy.”

Now combining her record sales success, radio broadcastings, and commercial castings, the approximate revenue figure recorded up to this point is easily over the $10 million USD mark. Going back to her “Last Fantasy” album, IU has reached her success due to help from various well-known musicians and song writers that made the songs as magical as they are. However, IU is only nineteen, and with high anticipation people will be awaiting what the incredibly talented singer along with her equally skilled music team will produce next. The possibilities are never-ending, and it seems IU’s salary is equally infinite.

Source: Soompi

Dayum, bb. I knew you're swimming in munniez. Group idols must be really pressed rn

Comments

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

She didn't make more money than my fav.

[baboboy.livejournal.com]

lol true

[cherrypark.livejournal.com]

I don't understand the first paragraph. 10million USD is certainly a lot and as a soloist her portion is probably large compared to most idol members, but there's no way she generated more revenue than SNSD... unless they're only counting Korean music sales? Even then...

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

Snsd, wg, and kara didnt do much in Korea this year so it makes sense.

[cherrypark.livejournal.com]

hmm, I guess IU has been consistently releasing OST songs throughout the year before her album comeback. if it's true, wow. :o

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

doesnt she have to split the money with tons of people tho?

[cherrypark.livejournal.com]

for digital sales the breakdown is (I think) ~45% distributor (MelON, Bugs, Olleh, etc), ~40% entertainment company (LOEN), 10% song production (composer, lyrist, producer), 5% singer (IU). for physical sales the singer gets 1-2%? I read this information a long time ago, so it might not be accurate. I don't know the breakdown for CFs and music festival/concert performances, but I'm assuming the idol's cut is bigger for those.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

i still find it hard to believe that she earns 10 million $ a year. or did i get something wrong.. ?

[cherrypark.livejournal.com]

no, you're right - I always assumed that 10 million was her total revenue generated, not her actual earnings (which is probably around or under 1 million). I was just doing the breakdown that, yes, she splits the money with multiple sources.

[toomanysides.livejournal.com]

No source from soompi?

Nonetheless even if it were true, it has to mean per member basis. SNSD and KARA easily surprised 10 million revenue from Japan album sales alone.

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

They did the fact finding themselves.

LOLJK they have this habit of forgetting or intently skipping to add the original news source. I even caught them paraphrasing an entire Akp article, which was hilarious.

[toomanysides.livejournal.com]

lol this is shit that akpoop used to do. Like how can you say IU has highest earnings without figures of the other people IU is claimed to surpassed. I lol'd at the end... her salary is equally infinite.

[orenji13.livejournal.com]

Congratulation IU!!!!!

[baboboy.livejournal.com]

congrats! :D she's an angel

[aleexnews.livejournal.com]

congrats little dongsaeng ;) she deserves it for all the hard work she's done this year<3

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

how does she make so much money? her songs are boring tbh

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

Those 'boring' songs are loved by more people in the market of a wider age bracket than our faves. Plus the profit she received from multimedia appearances and product endorsements contributed significantly to this end result.

[quietreveries.livejournal.com]

her songs are boring tbh

idts

[uglypricetag.livejournal.com]

uhhh her songs are alright. it's kpop that is stale atm tbh.

[tees2mai.livejournal.com]

her songs are boring tbh
no

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

Accurate.

[bumie.livejournal.com]

congrats IU <3

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Not 10 mill, probably, but remember she got royalty off half the album because of songwriting credits, and even the worst-selling track sold like 500 000 digital copies, and earlier in the year she had great success with 'Hold My Hand' which she got all the royalty for herself, as well. Plus tons of CFs

[mongs.livejournal.com]

damn she's like the korean t-swizzle

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

she's sf overrated i mean yeah her voice is amazing but most of her songs are ballads which sound all the same

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Korea loves them ballads.

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

there are good ballads out there, hers are not

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Her ballads are basic, I prefer her indie sounding songs.

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

ia. 4am is a great song imo but that's it.

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

How much of that paper does she actually pocket tho?

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

SlayU beating our favs. I'm glad for her, her company seems to actually try so good for them. This is what you call chart domination, not some of the other slay posts where people get a top ten hit.

[threebits.livejournal.com]

congrats IU