Who is the biggest moneymaker in each of the Big 4?

BTS

NCT

Stray Kids

Blackpink, if they keep inactive it's Treasure

NCT have many units but even if we break down by units it's probably one of their units as EXO is not touring for a while, neither is TVXQ

You didn't ask currently you asked the biggest moneymaker so for Hybe and JYP it's BTS and TWICE.

HYBE - BTS or 17. Even inactive I feel BTS passive income must be a lot so not sure if 17 can beat that even with touring so I’ll just say both.

JYP : Twice correct me if I’m wrong tho it’s based on the fact twice can have so many sold out stops in the US and Japan two of the most profitable countries. Not sure SKZ can do this. Or have they already to twice level?

SM : NCT they currently have the biggest active touring capability.

YG : BP. Also there’s no one else

HYBE - BTS

SM - NCT (127, Dream)

YG - Blackpink

JYP - Twice

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JYP : Twice correct me if I’m wrong tho it’s based on the fact twice can have so many sold out stops in the US and Japan two of the most profitable countries. Not sure SKZ can do this. Or have they already to twice level?

Well, last year Stray Kids did 10 Dome concerts in Japan and their last Dome Tour sold out receiving over 2.5 million applications instantly.

To be honest, even If they didn't tour at all on Japan, their discography alone generate a lot of money from there. In 2023, according to Oricon, It generated over $44 million, the #5 best on Oricon Annual Total Sales Chart for any act and the only foreign act alongside Seventeen on Top 10.

On US, their last tour started on summer, 2022. Starting from there, they did 14 arena concerts and 2 bmo stadium concerts for Maniac Tour alone. So, I believe for their tour this year their results might be upgraded significantly.

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Well, last year Stray Kids did 10 Dome concerts in Japan and their last Dome Tour sold out receiving over 2.5 million applications instantly.

To be honest, even If they didn't tour at all on Japan, their discography alone generate a lot of money from there. In 2023, according to Oricon, It generated over $44 million, the #5 best on Oricon Annual Total Sales Chart for any act and the only foreign act alongside Seventeen on Top 10.

On US, their last tour started on summer, 2022. Starting from there, they did 14 arena concerts and 2 bmo stadium concerts for Maniac Tour alone. So, I believe for their tour this year their results might be upgraded significantly.

No discogroahy isn’t enough to offset the touring imo esp touring US and Japan both. When you sell 5 million albums you also need manufacture 5 million albums.

This didn’t answer who has the bigger tour for me tho. Like the amount of money twice made in the US must be staggering.

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No discogroahy isn’t enough to offset the touring imo esp touring US and Japan both. When you sell 5 million albums you also need manufacture 5 million albums.

This didn’t answer who has the bigger tour for me tho. Like the amount of money twice made in the US must be staggering.

I was talking about Japan alone, $44 million came from their 1.8M sales on Oricon + digitals. The reason why It generate so much money is because japanese studio albums are notably more expensive and Stray Kids released one in 2023. They selling 10 million otherwise Japan last year is just something else to add up that wasn't correlated (since you mentioned US and Japan).

My intention wasn't answering who is the biggest moneymaker currently overall on my own. I was answering just about the Stray Kids part on specific markets, since you said you weren't sure about their touring stats (and, as a consequence, their overall revenue). Someone else can add their perspective about TWICE.

Since Its the subject, knowing JYP has been adepted to minimum guaratee for booking concerts lowkey pisses me off, cause I wonder If in several concerts a big portion of the money goes for the producers instead of the Company and the artists. And the producers literally do the easiest job of all (especially for K-pop acts who have rabbit fans and don't need outside promotion for their demography to be aware they are touring).

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Hybe:

Obviously, it's BTS, but because they're currently on hiatus, Seventeen will take the lead as they are going on tour and have massive album sales.

YG:

Blackpink, but this year, it's probably Treasure, as YG didn't have profits from their individual activities anymore.

JYP:

I'm not sure between Twice and Stray Kids. I still think it's Twice, honestly, but I don't know if Stray Kids have already surpassed them in becoming the main money-makers for the company.

SM:

Probably NCT Dream or Aespa? NCT seems to be the most successful active boy group for now. Yet, Aespa is doing really well in sales too.

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BTS were on hiatus last year and we’re still 60% of Hybe’s income. It’s not about album sales. It’s about profits. And BTS passive income is crazy

HYBE: BTS and Seventeen

YG: Blackpink

JYP: Twice and Stray Kids

SM: NCT and Aespa