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mobius

13th September 2011 12:59 AM

How much money does it take to dress, feed, and shelter a girl group?

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According to Y Star, a Korean cable channel, the figure comes out to 65 million won per month for a popular 7-member girl group. The figure translates into approximately $60,000 United States dollars.

The biggest drain on money, not unexpectedly, is for the monthly rent on their dormitories. Approximately $22,000 dollars are spent on sheltering a girl group each month.

Apart from that, money spent on hair and makeup comes to a whopping $19,000 dollars per month – and that’s with a 50 percent celebrity discount. For skin care, companies invest $9,000 dollars to keep their idols looking blemish-free.

Add in the miscellaneous expenses – $10,000 dollars for food and transportation – and the companies are looking at nearly $60,000 dollars per month to keep their stars on top.

Source: allkpop

http://www.allkpop.com/2011/09/how-m...-for-one-month

So its costs approximately 1 million USD a year to maintain a girl group.

susiowong

14th September 2011 12:33 AM

... Wow. $19,000 just for makeup and hair. :rolleyes

TeamAyu2004

14th September 2011 02:30 AM

Its actually 720K, but that figure doesn't include their pay either.. which i would assume is much more...
Pretty interesting...

Polyrhythm

14th September 2011 04:21 AM

Thats not so much, considering they don't actually pay the girls for working :trolleyes

amorphose

14th September 2011 04:45 AM

I don't get the Korean music industry. Why do they house them and that kind of stuff? :S

a_kingdom21

14th September 2011 12:29 PM

and how much money would be spent to feed and dressed up akb48
48 girls..
@_@
lol...

Kanzaki

16th September 2011 09:54 AM

The dormitory thing, is that strictly korean? I recall something about Morning Musume being babied like that too. Well I guess, since they're on tour and a lot of them are underage...Idk.

TofuBunny

16th September 2011 10:21 AM

^ I think only Korea does that. And it's totally optional. Krystal from f(x) for example lives with her family and not with the other girls.
Although it is more convenient for all the members to live together, and most of the time the manager lives there as well.

Ranma Matsuri

19th September 2011 09:45 AM

The housing thing is pretty interesting... I can see why they do it though. For a company to provide the housing for the members of a group is probably the easiest and most convenient method to keep them all together and avoid any problems with members not being able to afford living in the area or not being old enough to live on their own.

With J girl groups management usually either helps the girls find housing or the girl has to find a way herself. Momosu members in the past have had to move in with relatives in the area or share apartments to cut down on the high costs of living in Tokyo. Some AKB48 members roommate with each other for similar reasons though since they are a 'local' group girls usually can stay with their families.

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