G-Dragon, Kangta, BEAST’s Yong Jun Hyung Make Astounding Figures from Royalties

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

It was revealed on SBS’s “Good Morning” show that Big Bang’s G-Dragon, Kangta, and BEAST’s Yong Jun Hyung make an astounding sum from royalties alone. Among idols, BEAST’s Yong Jun Hyung places third in royalty income. On last year’s July 13 broadcast of MBC’s “Golden Fishery: Radio Star,” Yong Jun Hyung was established as the highest earning member of BEAST due to his songwriting.

On the show, Yong Jun Hyung was asked whether the royalties for his songwriting was a comfortable amount, to which he answered “to the point it’s overwhelming”. Yong Jun Hyung currently has 29 songs registered with the Korea Music Copyright Association (KMCA).




Kangta ranks second for royalties among idols (albeit he’s more a veteran of the category). On the May 31 broadcast of KBS 2TV’s “Happy Together 3,” actor Lee Ji Hoon announced that Kangta’s nickname is “Money King”. With over a hundred songs registered with the KMCA, Kangta reportedly makes an annual income of at least 500 million won (roughly $420,000 USD) from royalties.

Lee Ji Hoon continued to reveal, “whether we drink or eat, Kangta pays for it often. Kangta’s nickname is ‘Money King’. He’s been writing songs since he was young, and so makes a lot in royalties. He uses this money as if it were his allowance. The money that comes in every month is a tremendous amount.”



Big Bang’s G-Dragon has the honor of topping the list. He attracted much attention when he went on the April 20 broadcast of SBS’s “Go Show” and stated, “I’m in charge of songwriting despite my young age. My songwriting royalties are enormous.” It has become known that G-Dragon makes over a billion won (~$846,000 USD) a year in royalties.




Source: Soompi

Comments

[uptown-side.livejournal.com]

He makes at least that, if that's only his royalties. What about cf fees or albums sales? Boy's rollin in it.

[naturalhonee.livejournal.com]

on royalties alone. i think he probably makes double that in a year when you add on everything else

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

that's not very much at all compared to americans celebs :S i feel bad for korean celebs tbh.

[jaehominjukey.livejournal.com]

that boy earns 70k per mth?! O.O say what?!

ok.. he is insanely rich for a guy that young..

[amandaplan.livejournal.com]

i cannot rn. that is so much $$

[thebluemonk.livejournal.com]

man think of all the weed gdragon could buy with all that money.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

We could all get high
I'd buy shoes though

[periodpains.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2powp68)

[cottonowl.livejournal.com]

So many numbers... /dizzy

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I love Kangta's works. It's esp amazing and hopefully he gonna produce something like 'Agape' again since I absolutely love that song. :)

[uledy.livejournal.com]

for real! i got student loans to pay off!

[scubajr.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, GD gets a lot of money.

[allthingsgood.livejournal.com]

i know nothing about music production in the biz sense, but do people get paid more to compose, produce, or write songs?

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Composer and writers actually get most of the money from album sales, it's why YG makes so much because the songs are produced inhouse.

[pinkinmoon.livejournal.com]

one billion won

got dam gurel

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

How does Junhyung make so much money? What song has he even written? Don't tell me those lame raps of his are it.

[the-erotomanic.livejournal.com]

nobody is talking about quality, okay. but yes, when he guest raps for another artist, he writes his own verses.

[laceandskin.livejournal.com]

Is that before or after taxes and other deductions?

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

the heck is junhyung doing there. poor top always get overshadowed by gd. he writes all his raps too.

[jaydk.livejournal.com]

I wonder how the split works out, when TOP writes his rap and GD writes the rest of the lyrics?

Whatever the case, all those GD&TOP videos where they're draped in luxury goods going to parties attended only by beautiful model types suddenly seem a lot less unrealistic.

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

Get that scrilla, #2 bias

[montauks.livejournal.com]

its still upsetting that they don't make as much compared to american celebrities and work x10 as much tho ;~;

[simplyobessed.livejournal.com]

ia

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Kangta oppa! Call me! :)

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

that's pennies compared to what american artists make :S it's not fair

[des-akazim.livejournal.com]

.....still...doing...pretty good?

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUM!!! That much for GD? No wonder he's the producer of all the albums too!

[zoetheslacker.livejournal.com]

really surprised at Kangta raking it in. i wonder if that's the reason why he seems so comfortable still hanging out in SME's dungeon?