Why SNSD, much more popular than IU in 2012, made less money than her?

  • Because she is a solo artist and perhaps her contract.


    . SNSD had to split their money 9 ways, which means the individual members won't get the amount they created alltogether. Lets say SNSD made 9 million. They each would get less than million back then due to it being split between 9 members and SM taking some of the money.

  • It is like cheering for your favorite sports team. You don't really care whether the players make lots of more money than you.

    so like when Messi and Ronaldo's fans fight over who gets more CFs than who scores more goals? =O

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  • A) SM is infamously tight fisted


    B) IU doesn’t have to split her money 9 ways


    C) Jessica’s business probably operated at a loss for several years


    D) IU has bigger endorsements and more longevity. Jessica’s solo career never really took off.


    C) Music composition credits = royalties

  • firstly I'll assume certeris paribus (keeping all other things equal - like production costs and KOMCA credits and so forth)


    thus SNSD is a nine member group and thus would have to earn 9 times the amount that IU does in order to make the same money...

  • Because she is a solo artist and perhaps her contract.


    . SNSD had to split their money 9 ways, which means the individual members won't get the amount they created alltogether. Lets say SNSD made 9 million. They each would get less than million back then due to it being split between 9 members and SM taking some of the money.

    Plus SM took a large portion of their earnings too while IU had little expense and she had the right to watch her accounting


  • Huge and successful soloists obviously earn more than huge and successful groups.


    Another thing, SM idols tend to not show how much money they have. Imagine TVXQ who at one time had the best tour numbers in Japan with over a million tickets sold, how rich do you think they are? Yet there's nothing you can find about their wealth.


    If it helps, I saw somewhere that Yuri has a 10 or 11 million dollar building, meanwhile Yoona has real estate worth over 16 million dollars.


    I don't think they are broke at all compared to IU. Don't be surprised if some Snsd members are richer than her.

    No one knows what are the exact net worths of Idols'. The one we see on the net is not credible.

    Very true.

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