On January 5th, TV Report released the data results they’ve compiled from various advertisement and model contracting companies in order to find the most expensive celebrity figures of 2011.
The data they’ve published were updated as of January 2011, and consists of appearance and contract fees paid to singers for year-long contracts.
So who are the most expensive CF stars?
According to the results, Rain and Big Bang were classified under ‘Special A Class’ in the industry, and are both worth $1 million to $1.5 million USD.
2PM, SNSD, Lee Hyori, and 2NE1 were placed in the $800,000 to $900,000 USD sector, while BoA followed at $700,000 to $800,000 USD.
Lee Seung Gi, Kim Hyun Joong, Jay Park, Super Junior, JYJ, Son Dambi, and the Wonder Girls placed at $500,000 to $600,000 USD.
2AM, CNBLUE, KARA, 4minute, MBLAQ, and After School (excluding UEE)are worth a minimum of $400,000 USD. After School’s UEE exceeds that amount.
IU, FT Island, Seo In Young, and SECRET were revealed to have been in discussion for $200,000 to $300,000 USD.
Of course, the true worth of a star cannot be determined by numbers, but the numbers give better insight into the commercial aspect of the stars.
For 2010's Dosirak Online Charts, 2NE1 won the category of "Album of the Year" with their album "To Anyone". Meanwhile 2AM won the category of "Song of the Year" with "Can't Let You Even if I Die". SNSD was chosen as "Artist of the Year" while miss A took "Rookie of the Year".
In addition to 2AM's "Can't Let You Go Even if I Die" winning the "Song of the Year", it also won "Best K-Pop Song", as well as coming in at #1 for the Top 50 songs of the Dosirak Charts. Along with this song, 2 additional 2AM songs made it onto the Top 50: "I Was Wrong" came in at #29 and "I'm Sorry I Can't Laugh for You" came in at #30. 2AM's leader, JoKwon, also earned a spot on the chart at #28 with a duet that he sang with his virtual wife, Brown Eyed Girls' Ga-In, for variety show We Got Married: "We Fell in Love". Their counterpart 2PM came in at #41 with their song, "Without You".
Along with winning "Album of the Year", 2NE1 was able to take #26 and 27 spots on the chart with their songs "Can't Nobody" and "Go Away".
Various other Korean artists also made the Top 50 chart. Check out the whole chart below.
Complete 2010 Dosirak Winners:
Best K-pop Song: 2AM’s “Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die”
Best Pop Song: Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK”
Best OST Song: Lim Jae Bum’s “Stigma” from the ‘Chuno‘ OST
Album of the Year: 2NE1’s “To Anyone”
Artist of the Year: SNSD
Rookie of the Year: miss A
Longest Winning Streak: IU & 2AM’s Seulong’s “Nagging”
Twitter Choice: miss A’s “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Song of the Year: 2AM’s “Can’t Let Yo Go Even If I Die”
2010 TOP 50:
1. “Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die” – 2AM
2. “Oh!” – SNSD
3. “Bad Girl Good Girl” – miss A
4. “Nagging (with 2AM’s Seulong) – IU
5. “I’m a Loner” – CNBLUE
6. “Unable” – 4Men
7. “I Go Crazy Because of You” – T-ara
8. “Lupin” – KARA
9. “2 Different Tears” – Wonder Girls
10. “Because It Hurts So Much I Could Die (ft. Mellow)” – MC Mong
11. “Time Please Stop” – Davichi
12. “NU ABO” – f(x)
13. “Change (ft. BEAST’s Yong Junhyung) – HyunA
14. “Love Taught Me To Drink (ft. Baek Chan of 8eight)” – Lee Seung Gi
15. “Run Devil Run” – SNSD
16. “Love” – CNBLUE
17. “Confession” – Hot Potato
18.”Wonder Woman” – SeeYa & Davichi & T-ara
19. “I Was Able to Eat Well” – Homme
20. “Huh” – 4minute
21. “Magic” – Secret
22. “Bang!” – After School
23. “Bubble Love” – MC Mong & Seo In Young
24. “Love Song” – Rain
25. “I’m This King of Person” – DJ DOC
26. “Can’t Nobody” – 2NE1
27. “Go Away” – 2NE1
28. “We Fell in Love” – Jo Kwon & Ga-In
29. “I Was Wrong” – 2AM
30. “I’m Sorry I Can’t Laugh For You” – 2AM
31. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” – Lee Hyori
32. “Stigma” – Lim Jae Bum
33. “It Has To Be You” – Yesung
34. “Dang Dang Dang” – Supreme Team
35. “Come Back” – Vibe
36. “Love is Bitter, Pain is Calling” – Seo In Young
37. “Shock” – B2ST
38. “What a Spiteful Word (ft. Jangyup of Brown Eyed Soul)” – Seo Young Eun
39. “Love Light” – CNBLUE
40. “All I Learned Was Love” – December
41. “Without You” – 2PM
42. “Madonna” – Secret
43. “Queen” – Son Dambi
44. “It Hurts Because It’s Love” – Min Kyung Hoon
45. ”I’ll Move” – Brown Eyed Soul
46. “I Need a Girl (ft. G-Dragon)” – Taeyang
47. “I My Me Mine” – 4minute
48. “Because You’re a Man” – Gummy
49. “Love Love Love” – F.T. Island
50. “Breathe” – miss A
For 2010's Dosirak Online Charts, 2NE1 won the category of "Album of the Year" with their album "To Anyone". Meanwhile 2AM won the category of "Song of the Year" with "Can't Let You Even if I Die". SNSD was chosen as "Artist of the Year" while miss A took "Rookie of the Year".
In addition to 2AM's "Can't Let You Go Even if I Die" winning the "Song of the Year", it also won "Best K-Pop Song", as well as coming in at #1 for the Top 50 songs of the Dosirak Charts. Along with this song, 2 additional 2AM songs made it onto the Top 50: "I Was Wrong" came in at #29 and "I'm Sorry I Can't Laugh for You" came in at #30. 2AM's leader, JoKwon, also earned a spot on the chart at #28 with a duet that he sang with his virtual wife, Brown Eyed Girls' Ga-In, for variety show We Got Married: "We Fell in Love". Their counterpart 2PM came in at #41 with their song, "Without You".
Along with winning "Album of the Year", 2NE1 was able to take #26 and 27 spots on the chart with their songs "Can't Nobody" and "Go Away".
Various other Korean artists also made the Top 50 chart. Check out the whole chart below.
Complete 2010 Dosirak Winners:
Best K-pop Song: 2AM’s “Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die”
Best Pop Song: Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK”
Best OST Song: Lim Jae Bum’s “Stigma” from the ‘Chuno‘ OST
Album of the Year: 2NE1’s “To Anyone”
Artist of the Year: SNSD
Rookie of the Year: miss A
Longest Winning Streak: IU & 2AM’s Seulong’s “Nagging”
Twitter Choice: miss A’s “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Song of the Year: 2AM’s “Can’t Let Yo Go Even If I Die”
2010 TOP 50:
1. “Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die” – 2AM
2. “Oh!” – SNSD
3. “Bad Girl Good Girl” – miss A
4. “Nagging (with 2AM’s Seulong) – IU
5. “I’m a Loner” – CNBLUE
6. “Unable” – 4Men
7. “I Go Crazy Because of You” – T-ara
8. “Lupin” – KARA
9. “2 Different Tears” – Wonder Girls
10. “Because It Hurts So Much I Could Die (ft. Mellow)” – MC Mong
11. “Time Please Stop” – Davichi
12. “NU ABO” – f(x)
13. “Change (ft. BEAST’s Yong Junhyung) – HyunA
14. “Love Taught Me To Drink (ft. Baek Chan of 8eight)” – Lee Seung Gi
15. “Run Devil Run” – SNSD
16. “Love” – CNBLUE
17. “Confession” – Hot Potato
18.”Wonder Woman” – SeeYa & Davichi & T-ara
19. “I Was Able to Eat Well” – Homme
20. “Huh” – 4minute
21. “Magic” – Secret
22. “Bang!” – After School
23. “Bubble Love” – MC Mong & Seo In Young
24. “Love Song” – Rain
25. “I’m This King of Person” – DJ DOC
26. “Can’t Nobody” – 2NE1
27. “Go Away” – 2NE1
28. “We Fell in Love” – Jo Kwon & Ga-In
29. “I Was Wrong” – 2AM
30. “I’m Sorry I Can’t Laugh For You” – 2AM
31. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” – Lee Hyori
32. “Stigma” – Lim Jae Bum
33. “It Has To Be You” – Yesung
34. “Dang Dang Dang” – Supreme Team
35. “Come Back” – Vibe
36. “Love is Bitter, Pain is Calling” – Seo In Young
37. “Shock” – B2ST
38. “What a Spiteful Word (ft. Jangyup of Brown Eyed Soul)” – Seo Young Eun
39. “Love Light” – CNBLUE
40. “All I Learned Was Love” – December
41. “Without You” – 2PM
42. “Madonna” – Secret
43. “Queen” – Son Dambi
44. “It Hurts Because It’s Love” – Min Kyung Hoon
45. ”I’ll Move” – Brown Eyed Soul
46. “I Need a Girl (ft. G-Dragon)” – Taeyang
47. “I My Me Mine” – 4minute
48. “Because You’re a Man” – Gummy
49. “Love Love Love” – F.T. Island
50. “Breathe” – miss A
The Korean entertainment in 2010 was marked by the surge of the popularity of K-pop and Korean films advancing in the international arena.
However, the K-pop music scene was rocked by controversies, including the issues surrounding popular boy bands TVXQ, 2PM and SS501.
Here are the top 10 stories that have made significant impact in the Korean entertainment last year. (omitted parts irrelevant to SNSD.)
4. K-pop invades Japan - More K-pop groups debuted in the lucrative Japanese music market. Several years ago, TVXQ and BoA paved the way for the entry of K-pop music in Japan. Big Bang has also become popular there. In 2010, Girls Generation, KARA and 2PM also debuted in Japan while FT Island debuted as a mainstream group.
8. Girls Generation dominates K-pop industry - Nine-member Girls Generation dominated the K-pop industry in 2010 based on album sales and popularity. The girl group won the grand prize in the 25th Golden Disk Awards in addition to numerous awards it received in 2010. Online music site Monkey3 cited Girl Generation’s “Oh” as the No. 1 Best Song in 2010. Hanteo, another online music site, bestowed the 2010 Best Singer Award to Girls Generation. The pop group also became successful in Japan, winning the Best New Artist award in the 52nd Japan Record Awards.
“Beautiful Girls” is the bonus track off SNSD’s first live album, ”Into the new world“, and just moments ago, the music video for this song was released!
Check it out below!
