You only really mentioning 3rd gen groups, 2nd gen groups like Big Bang and TVXQ probably fall into the highest earning with other 2nd gen groups like super junior, shinee, apink still probably being quite high earners.
This report is from 2018 & Bigbang were in army back then. You might be right about TVXQ
Shinee & Apink are big groups but I doubt they were top 1% earners of 2018. They must've made a hefty amount still
what about trot singers?
and I think they only counting music here so if some trot guy sold 600k in one week then he probably hella rich in comparison to group members which need to split income not only with agency but also with other members.
Idk much about k-trot but u might be right.
add winner and ikon to that to specifically mino and b.i & u can't just assume that the whole group is in the list.
in NJTTW youtube show with kyukhyun mino show his house 2 house side by side 1 for him 1 for his family but we dont know if he owns it or just rent it .
and for b.i he dont share the detail but he once reveal with the income from love scenario he can buy 2 foreign car each month.
the biggest money make is concert but i dont think it's a good year for concert.and it doesn't specifically that the income only come from music activity there's other mean like like business, rent from building they own etc.
and the majority probably member of 2nd gen group
gd earn 1.5 million a year just from royalties alone not counting sales from his nike shoes , cf etc . dude can just sit there doing nothing still make million a year . dude living in a 7 million usd penthouse and buy painting that cost 3 million usd. with Bentley,Lamborghini and a Rolls-Royce .
idk about 3rd gen specifics number but they probably more or less around there too.
This report is from 2018 & since LS was released that year too you might be right about BI. iKON also toured that year which makes it even more likely.
Mino probably earns a lot too but definitely not as much as the top 1% idols. Though he has CFs, he doesn't have huge touring power.
I think that BB, Hyorin, Jaejoong, PSY and 2ne1 (expect Minzy) are still there... At least different sites mentioned them among reachest even last year.
This report is about 2018' s earnings so BB, PSY & 2ne1 can't be in as they all were inactive that year. I don't think Hyorin makes that much as she doesn't have big CF deals or touring power.
Idk about Jaejong