Kpop Idols Who Have Paid Off Their Debt. Seungyeol once said that it was his dream to pay off all of his familys debts. This however is before the money is split between the group and the company and then between the members.
In a video titled BTS on how much money a Kpop idol makes former K-pop idol Henry Prince Mak from JJCC reveals how much he made. You are going to be in a highly competitive environment where you can be easily replaced. This however is before the money is split between the group and the company and then between the members.
The notable exception to this are groups from the Big 3 companies - SM Entertainment YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.
Their earnings would go into paying back their debt. MAMAMOOs entire fandom has been growing organically through a lot of hard. For example AOA took until mid-2016 to pay off all their debt to their company even though their success had already started all the way back in 2014 with the chains of hits in Miniskirt Like A Cat and later Heart Attack. BigHit was in a lot of debt to try to make BTS debut but it all paid off with the increasing popularity of BTS from year to year 95 of BigHits revenue was contributed by BTS and even merchandise sales reaching 10 Million US dollars.