Katana 497 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 It's funny when no one talk about SM's event and overseas promotions profit distribution. Events C : 60 S : 40 Overseas promotions C: 30 S: 70 SM distribution of album sales is sad af but the main income of a singer is not from their album but tours/events. And this is sad when some people think SM artists is not rich because of their album sales distribution. Just look at U2 and madonna, their current album sales is not as great as the new popular singers but they make a hundred million dollar in year just from their tour. Does that mean U2 and madonna are least rich from the singer who can sold more album than them? Album sales profit is just a penny compare to the tours profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickwithsin 11,102 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Why does anyone care about anything? It gives them something to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikaruaxi 1,243 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Lost Horse Child 952 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 why do people care about sm at all? their music isn't good, the only thing they have going for them is their looks and ability to provide a bandwagon for people who are too lazy to look for actual good music on their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deâ„“phina 14,904 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Cuz they just wanna shade SM idols. Only in Kpop would "Stfu your idols are making less per album than mine" be a thing to say. By the way, those numbers are totally made up and have no substantial backing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deumol 166 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Because they act like physical sales is the only way to get money and saying digital sales are cheap, when in fact neither bring money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondandlime 6,854 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 why do people care about sm at all? their music isn't good, the only thing they have going for them is their looks and ability to provide a bandwagon for people who are too lazy to look for actual good music on their own Believe it or not I actually find that SM produces some of the best music in kpop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Lost Horse Child 952 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Believe it or not I actually find that SM produces some of the best music in kpop I'll pray 4 u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeask? 889 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 why do people care about sm at all? their music isn't good, the only thing they have going for them is their looks and ability to provide a bandwagon for people who are too lazy to look for actual good music on their own music objective yknow not all think like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regality 955 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 They thought buying albums supported mostly their faves not the company is my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Lost Horse Child 952 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 music objective yknow not all think like that lol k, you like vixx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thatoneuser 3,235 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 They're jealous because their favs are from nugu companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceprince 2,268 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 And how much more popular their faves have become with their fair distributions? Theh are just butthurt and salty because SM's acts>>>>>>>>>>>>> their faves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfina 29,566 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Because they don't understand that music sales (BOTH physical and especially digital) don't turn a profit, especially in Korea (they don't even in the US) - so 50% of nothing is the same as 10% of nothing. EXO may be the only group that actually turns a small profit with their physical sales, but that money is going to UNICEF. People miraculously ignored the fact that SM actually has the BEST income distribution out of all the big companies for overseas touring and promotion, aka where idols ACTUALLY make the vast majority of their money. But you know, the evil SM narrative has to be fed, and people have to bring slavery into it, forgetting how fucking offensive that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaissocoollike 1,248 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Preach, fam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetooth 4,117 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 why do people care about sm at all? their music isn't good, the only thing they have going for them is their looks and ability to provide a bandwagon for people who are too lazy to look for actual good music on their own This TEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercalifragilistic 3,020 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Yeah, album sales profit distribution is abysmal (unless the artists profited from song royalty). Overseas activities and acting/modelling (including cf) gigs are where the artists get their income. Believe it or not I actually find that SM produces some of the best music in kpopIa. Some of their songs (esp. title tracks) are not for me but can't deny that the production quality is top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutupihateyou 21,439 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 if sm won't take a large amount of money from album sales, i don't think we could get regular comeback promotions from them especially when sm likes to give extravagant mv settings for their artists sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante. 7,795 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 idk they seem to think sm themselves is getting a huge amount of cash from album releases/digital sales, but they aren't. sm, just like its idols, makes their money off of overseas tours and cfs and other activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawolArmy 1,257 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 They thought buying albums supported mostly their faves not the company is my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC3 3,339 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Also, it doesn't seem crazy. Think about it SM doesn't really have idols self producing, except for 5. They hire foreign producers, lyricists, choreographers, basically they import stuff for their idols. SM needs to pay back all that plus they like to make packaging and concepts all nice, but that costs a lot of money. Unlike in YG who have their idols self produce they need to have the split more even because it's more fair that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Miku 155 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 The reality is, no one truly knows what SM's distribution to artists really is, or any company for that matter. There is no proof to the numbers released in articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najaflow 1,379 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Why does anyone care about anything? It gives them something to talk about. Because they don't understand that music sales (BOTH physical and especially digital) don't turn a profit, especially in Korea (they don't even in the US) - so 50% of nothing is the same as 10% of nothing. EXO may be the only group that actually turns a small profit with their physical sales, but that money is going to UNICEF. People miraculously ignored the fact that SM actually has the BEST income distribution out of all the big companies for overseas touring and promotion, aka where idols ACTUALLY make the vast majority of their money. But you know, the evil SM narrative has to be fed, and people have to bring slavery into it, forgetting how fucking offensive that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendoan 8,110 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 some of sing for u and exact profit will be donated to UNICEF anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dove 10,782 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 why do people care for profit distributions percentages compiled by random internet users on a korean forum how can you take the same source that claims YG idols sign 5 years max contracts when we all know Lee Hi signed a 10 years long one seriously? or should we just conveniently pick what to believe and what to throw away from the exact same source? even if these numbers have had any semblence of truth at some point in time, i hope people realize that idols can settle for better things every time they resign so these numbers can't be set in stone (assuming they were true to begin with) and can't remain always the same for everyone. like Heechul said, the reason they lasted long is resigning their contracts cleverly~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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