Orcion has released a list of the artists who've made the most money so far in 2011:

01. AKB48

-6.66 billion yen made (US Equivalent: About 83 million dollars)

02. Arashi

-6.59 billion yen made (US Equivalent: About 82 million dollars)

03. EXILE

-4.68 billion yen made (US Equivalent: About 58 million dollars)

04. Namie Amuro

-2.70 billion yen made (US Equivalent: About 34 million dollars)

05. Girls' Generation

-2.60 billion yen made (US Equivalent: About 32 million dollars)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/89093/full/

Queen Namie the only solo artist on the list

A mess.

BoA still ***** on all the lessors.

BoA is a flop in Japan now. Plus she hasn't released anything there since last summer.

No shade though. BoA is my second J-Pop fave after Queen Namie

I want to see how money every single AK848 chickadee actually pockets... I imagine they're handled better than TLC was during the "CrazySexyCool" era.

I wanna see AKB48 and EXILE get in a fight.

Only halfway through the year and AKB48 and Arashi have already made 80+ mil

So in Japan they are billionaires ?

These bitches.

I'm interested to know this aswell. The money definitely isn't split equally though.
Some girls are more popular than others with the Japanese public plus a couple of them have released solo singles. Not to mention the sub-units

Kinda random, but does anybody think Namie looks kind of like Shakira in that pic?


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Anyway, kudos to all of them! Girls' Generation

GIRLS' GENERATION

SLAYING BOTH IN KOREA AND JAPAN !!!

I am here for them and their reasonable number of members, yes.

BoA is NOT a flop in Japan! But she's focusing on Korea anyway.

Do you prefer J-pop to K-pop?

They don't even perform together since there are so many of them.

Sis where have u been at?
BoA has been flopping in Japan for awhile now. Her last album didn't even hit 100k.

& yes, I prefer J-Pop

Wow it seems Girls' Generation makes more money in Japan than Korean!!
And Namie slaying as usual

BoA's last album was the only one to flop. And both of the singles from this album went top 10, so she still has a chance, especially with all the koreans entering the japanese market.


By the way, AKB48 and Arashi making 80+million and we are still in the first half of the year

Namie

Girls' Generation

But BoA still >>>>>>>>>>>> tho. #Fact

'THE FACE' & 'BEST & USA' were flops.
And her last single might have made the top ten but it only sold 12k total which is hardly a hit.

But I am interested to see if this Korean wave in Japan will benefit BoA. I have my doubts considering BoA already conquered the Japanese market nearly 10 years ago.