Blackpink - NewJeans - Baby Monser: Who gets the higher first salary?

Many idol groups in Korea take many years to earn their first money, while others achieve success and receive "huge" compensation in just a short time participating in Kbiz.

It takes KPOP many years to earn their first money, while others achieve success and receive "huge" compensation in just a short time.

Kpop fans can only see the glamor on the outside but have difficulty understanding the reality behind the stage lights that idols have to experience. There is a huge difference in income between idols who are on the verge of success and idols who have not yet reached a certain level of popularity. Such top artists are estimated to have a net worth in the millions. On the contrary, for those who still have a low level of public recognition, the number they receive is only very modest.

Recently, Kim Yoo Yeon and Kim Na Kyung of the 24-member girl group tripleS appeared on MBC's "Omniscient Interfering View" as guests. Here, they suddenly shared about their first salary receipt.

Accordingly, tripleS is currently known as the largest girl group with a number of members up to 24 people. Therefore, the group's production costs alone reached 10 billion won (183 billion VND).

Hearing that, Jeon Hyun Moo said, "I heard that your first salary is equal to the salary of a manager at a big company." In response, member Kim Yoo Yeon answered tactfully instead of giving a specific number: "I received my first salary last year and treated the members to a meal."

Meanwhile, NewJeans was revealed to have received its first salary 2 months after debut. According to the Korean Financial Supervisory Service, ADOR's sales last year reached 110.3 billion won (more than 2,000 billion VND), 5 times higher than the previous year (19 billion won/347.8 billion VND). copper).

With operating profits of up to 33.5 billion won (613.3 billion VND), the total salary that NewJeans members receive is about 26.1 billion won (477.8 billion VND). Because the group has 5 members, each person can earn more than 5 billion won (91.5 billion VND).

In addition, StayC - a famous girl group with continuous hit songs such as "So Bad", "Stereotype", "Bubble"... revealed that they were paid for the first time after promoting " Teddy Bear". StayC's first salary is estimated to be 98.25 million won (1.7 billion VND) and each member receives about 200 million won (3.6 billion VND) in the second.

Choi Ye Na - solo singer and former IZ*ONE member, appeared on an online entertainment show and mentioned her salary: "I went abroad with my family for the first time after receiving got my first salary since my solo debut. We just traveled again this year. I also bought a house for my parents in Yangpyeong (Gyeonggi, Korea)."

TV Report stated that, in reality, the time and amount of salary for each Kpop idol is completely different. And there are idols who don't make much money the first time they get paid.

For example, Jo Kwon - 2AM. He once shocked everyone when he confessed that he shed tears after being paid for the first time.

Jo Kwon shared: "The first salary I received was 210,000 won (3.8 million VND) after deducting all training costs that the company had previously paid. I remember we were like that. for 3 years. I burst into tears. I hugged my mother and couldn't stop crying."

While GFriend's Yuju revealed she was paid for the first time after 2 years of debut.

KPOP Idol: The one who received a salary after 2 months of debut, the one who worked for free for 2 years.

Unlike the favorable start of their juniors, boy group BTS had to go through an extremely difficult time right from the first days. At the time BTS debuted, Big Hit Entertainment (later Big Hit Music, a subsidiary of HYBE) was still a very small company, so not only was the group not paid any compensation, but they also had to bear the burden. on the shoulders of the company's billions of won debt.

As for YG, Blackpink, Baby Monster, etc., although their first salary was not announced, the audience still believes that this number is not small. Because, when Blackpink was founded and debuted, YG had huge resources.

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