How much are KPOP stars paid?

The Korea’s National Singer Association has recently elected trot artist Tae Jin Ah to be its next president. As the group’s new representative, Tae Jin Ah revealed, “I will make appearance fees for music programs more realistic now.”

What does he mean by that?

Apparently, the singers are only paid $200 for each guest appearance on a music show on  MBC, SBS, and KBS

If the singers are in the industry for 5-10 years already, they are paid $300.

If they are in the industry for 10-20 years already, they are paid $400.

If they are in the industry for 20-30 years, they are paid $500 and so on and so forth.

For idols in a group, they are paid more but its not alot more. For instance, each SNSD members get a mere $100 for each performance.

This is ridiculously little because they spent about $5000 for each stage performances, mainly credited to the cost of the props, costumers, dancers, makeup and stuff.

Hence, they are de facto losing money for every show they attend. Nonetheless, they are still appearing on music shows because this is apparently one of their medium to promote their albums and songs. These shows are the ones with one of the highest ratings when it comes to Korea. Many viewers are constantly tuning into the show and the live performances can really make a difference.

The live performances are different from the audio recorded ones. They will thus be able attract new fans and stuff. It's a fresh new outlook.

Nonetheless, all these are discretionary, it is considered a risk to attend music shows. If it turns out to be unsuccessful, the company will lose more than they can possibly imagine. It could amount to hundreds of thousands of losses.

At the end of the day, attending the music shows is a form of marketing. That way, they will be exposed to the public. It's like advertisements, but will the viewers be motivated to buy their albums? That's a different story.

Once their popularity has soared, they will naturally be invited by other organisers to annual music festivals, commercials and even Dream Concerts.

Once they are able to get to the Dream Concert, their popularity will be brought to whole new level and naturally the amount of money earned will be unimaginable.

Just imagine, one ticket cost around $200, how much do these stars earn?

Good luck kpop stars! 

Hwaiting

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