http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specia....html#topphoto

This is just from physical media only (CDs, DVD and Blu-rays). Too bad their music is "not very good" in my personal opinion.

Do you think Adele sold more than $227 million in music (physical + digital) in 2012?

i don't believe it. that is so much money. did you convert it right?

I believe it, they're ridiculously popular and the Japanese market is big. smh

edit - Consolation is, somewhere down the line, that ***** gotta be split up more than 48 ways

48 girls in 1 group?
i feel sorry for their manager

it is almost as big as the USA music market

USA trade value: $4.167 billion
Japan trade value: $3.958 billion
Germany
UK: $1.378 billion

Trade value is the money that the music industry get (after retailers take their cut).

Source:
http://s8.postimage.org/9sytu7j1x/20markets.png

wait 1 yen = 10$?

Their singles sold 1 million copies in one day in Japan. It is def. believable.

It is actually more than 48

That would make their gross $226845.94

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Please re-read what you type.

I just found out

I've never heard of them before

I wonder how much money one member gets.

19,098,000,000 yen ......


is

226,979,730 Dollars

UNLESS IT'S 19.098 MILLION NOT 19098 MILLION!

Is this music news?

There's 91 members in total

Not surprise. They're too big in Japan
list of #1 from 2000-2011
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/61011/full/


Ayu Queen of Jpop

Imagine how much little money they make lmfaooo

As if those label slaves will get any of that

ignorant