How much does it actually cost to have an album/have a comeback?

If a group costs ₩900 million to debut (774.273 dollars), ₩197 million (170.000 dollars) for a mini-album and related costs, and ₩500 million (430.000 dollars) for their first comeback, that comes to over ₩1.5 billion (1.290.455 dollars) just for one K-Pop group!

These numbers are based on a hypothetical 5-member boy group. If each of the members trains for an average of 3 years, this alone would cost JYP Entertainment between ₩700 million won and ₩900 million won (or, approximately $845,000 USD).

A comeback for an existing group isn’t much cheaper. A mini-album with three songs costs ₩12 million won to record and ₩15 million won to produce. That’s a total of ₩27 million won, just for three songs!

A single music video can cost ₩150 million won. If the company were to release a music video for every track on the mini-album it would cost them ₩450 million won, plus the album’s jacket shooting cost of ₩20 million won!

… And the price of a mini-album is nothing compared to the marketing costs. Promoting an existing group’s comeback through music broadcasts costs ₩500 million won!

That ₩500 million includes: ₩50 million for choreography, ₩100 million for backup dancers, ₩170 million for stage outfits (worn for 6 weeks of promotions, to 4 music shows a week), and ₩10 million just for stage makeup! Viral marketing costs another ₩150 million, while processing and other miscellaneous costs run up to ₩2 million.

If a group costs ₩900 million to debut, ₩197 million for a mini-album and related costs, and ₩500 million for their first comeback, that comes to over ₩1.5 billion just for one K-Pop group!

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lets see what google say

15m won = 12,9k usd

A comeback of an already debuted group is also not cheap. A mini album with only 3 songs can cost 12 million won for recording, 15 million won for producing, and 20 million won for photo taking. The cost for an MV is estimated to be 150 million won, so three MVs' will be 450 million won.

Interesting thread, Icyruios.

There is topic about it.

JYP revealed the amount of money invested in a KPOP group’s debut and comeback | KBIZOOM

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Like I'm curious about this but I don't know if anyone will know roughly how much it costs.

How much does it cost to do lets say a mini album. Hiring producers/songwriters/composers, booking studios recording sessions, editing of the song arrangement of the song etc. I suppose for groups who writes their songs do not need to hire songwriters, but probably will still need to hire producers to produce the song for them.

Filming of MV, stage setup, hiring dancers, booking locations for filming, editing of the MV after

And even the live performances, how much does it cost to go on a music show. Plus hiring of backup dancers if you need to.

Also, many other misc stuff like makeup/hair styling/food blah blah

I probably missed out on a lot of stuff

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Jyp actually mention it . It cost around 1 million to debut a group.

U can just reduce the training cost for comeback .

It's on a Kboo article

Here's How Much It Costs To Debut A New K-Pop Group

JYP Entertainment's statistics on how much it costs to debut a K-Pop group and how much it costs for them to make a comeback... It's a lot.

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I short the link coz it says kboo is cencored

I can do a video much cheaper. Jeez what prizes😳

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If a group costs ₩900 million to debut (774.273 dollars), ₩197 million (170.000 dollars) for a mini-album and related costs, and ₩500 million (430.000 dollars) for their first comeback, that comes to over ₩1.5 billion (1.290.455 dollars) just for one K-Pop group!

These numbers are based on a hypothetical 5-member boy group. If each of the members trains for an average of 3 years, this alone would cost JYP Entertainment between ₩700 million won and ₩900 million won (or, approximately $845,000 USD).

A comeback for an existing group isn’t much cheaper. A mini-album with three songs costs ₩12 million won to record and ₩15 million won to produce. That’s a total of ₩27 million won, just for three songs!

A single music video can cost ₩150 million won. If the company were to release a music video for every track on the mini-album it would cost them ₩450 million won, plus the album’s jacket shooting cost of ₩20 million won!

… And the price of a mini-album is nothing compared to the marketing costs. Promoting an existing group’s comeback through music broadcasts costs ₩500 million won!

That ₩500 million includes: ₩50 million for choreography, ₩100 million for backup dancers, ₩170 million for stage outfits (worn for 6 weeks of promotions, to 4 music shows a week), and ₩10 million just for stage makeup! Viral marketing costs another ₩150 million, while processing and other miscellaneous costs run up to ₩2 million.

If a group costs ₩900 million to debut, ₩197 million for a mini-album and related costs, and ₩500 million for their first comeback, that comes to over ₩1.5 billion just for one K-Pop group!

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If its JYP we can expect everything from training to mv is first class. I now really would like to know how much cheaper smaller companies can go. For example i remember first gfriend outfits and videos were very simple and probably much cheaper than the later mvs and outfits. Or DKB produce their own choreo and songs. Also a smaller company would probably not spend that much on marketing or training.