TOP 8 Idols Who’re So Rich Off Royalties They Never Have To Work A Day In Their Lives

Producing genius idols never have to work another day in their lives because the amount of royalties they cash in each year is mind-blowing.

8. SEVENTEEN’s Woozi

A rising producer-star of the next generation. All of SEVENTEEN’s hit songs have been produced by Woozi himself!

7. 2PM’s Jun.K

Jun.K has been complimented by the #1 producer of all Korean artists, Park Jin Young! Jun.K produced songs for his solo albums, as well as some of 2PM’s hit songs.

“Jun.K is a musician-producer who’s a master of the keyboards.”

— Park Jin Young

6. SHINee’s Jonghyun

Not only does Jonghyun produce for SHINee and his solo albums, he’s the mastermind behind some of the greatest hits of Lee Hi, IU, EXO, and more!

5. CN BLUE’s Jung Yonghwa

Jung Yonghwa has over 140 songs registered under his name. In 2015, he revealed that he released 27 self-produced songs in that year alone, and he continues to create more each year.

4. HIGHLIGHT’s Yong Junhyung

Ever since his BEAST days, Junhyung has raked in royalties for his self-produced songs. He once revealed on Radio Star, “I have so many royalties that it’s hard to manage them.”

3. B1A4’s Jinyoung

Jinyoung made the 3rd most in terms of royalties last year. He created hit songs like Produce 101’s “In The Same Place”, “When The Cherry Blossoms Fade”, Oh My Girl’s “One Step, Two Steps”, Moonlight Drawn By Cloud OST “Misty Road”, and so much more.

2. BLOCK B’s Zico

Zico gets paid a royalty fee for all of the songs he produced for BLOCK B, FANXY CHILD and his solo albums. Recent statistics revealed that his songs were streamed over 2.05 billion times this year alone!

1. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon

G-Dragon fits in the top 5 producers in all of Korea. Each year, he makes more than 800 million won (~$707,000 USD) just off the royalties of his songs. He has over 153 songs registered that pay him royalty fees.

Source: 1boon