The five-member K-pop band Big Bang will be included in Forbes’ 2016 Celebrity 100 issue, which analyzes and ranks the world’s top 100 highest-earning entertainers and celebrities.
This will be the first time a K-pop group is featured on the annual list and Big Bang’s ranking position will be revealed when the list is announced on Tuesday.
The band made $44 million in pretax earnings from June 2015 to June 2016, according to a recent Forbes article. This is over $10 million more than the annual income of the highest-grossing American pop band, Maroon 5.
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