[Charts & Rankings] Ayu, The Supernova of Asian Entertainment [numbers are questionable]

[ストロボ・EdGE]

I thought Koda Kumi would be beating her from now on...

[ren0210989]

awesome news
i hope she will keep it up at the top

[Lady_Eowyn]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Sure, whenever something seems good and it concerns Ayu, there is always an error at work ^_^

hahahahahahaa

100% agree with ya

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by ayu-fan

i think they have an error with the numbers, you know the japanese usually write the number as for example 25.3万枚 which means 253.000, so i think ayu's real earnings was around 3 billion yen which is more make sense.

3 billion yen is very roughly about 30 million dollars, so does that sound about right?

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Sure, whenever something seems good and it concerns Ayu, there is always an error at work ^_^

Of course not. But there is nothing reliable that I can see about this source. Its not just Ayu, the numbers seem off for ALL the artists and people are just giving suggestions for why this might be.

[asmAyumi1992]

I'm impressed by her income

[y_nathz]

ayu n kuu = fantastic ^^
the only female i can see there ~
congrats girls !

just noticed ayu is that rich O.O
in only a half year..
she's so lucky ~

[Chibi-Chan]

To clear things a little up.^^ (And I hope I'm right... XD)

The article speaks about Ayu as the "Highest grossing female artist of the year". That means Ayu earns 30.906 billion yen as gross salary.
(I don't know how to explain gross, please look it up if you don't know its translation.)
But that's her taxable income! I don't know how high her taxes are, but I guess they are very high. All the more you earn, all the more you have to pay taxes.
So what she has left in the end as her net pay will be considerably lesser.

I hope that helps (and I'm right... XD).

[Francotirador]

I like the title "The Supernova of Asian Entertainment"... sounds great for a signature or a wallpaper :-)
Another title for the queen.

[Kilyk]

Makes sense if the whole Asian market is accounted for.

[chu-lips]

from what i know she paid 300mill yen+ in 2003.....

but since then jpn tax dept stop releasing number for japanese artist tax......

[pink_horse_088]

OO I didn't know kat-tun was so famous.
WOw!! AYU was placed in first.

[Lady Alterna]

Congrats to Ayu and Kuu. They would so hard this year. I hope for their continued success. Trick and Next Level were awesome. Two of my favorite albums ever.

[sailorseraphim]

Thats awsm!!!! i wanna go see her sooooo bad!!!!

[zellyx]

<3 niiice!!
Thats a lot of money... :0

@ Lady_Alterna
Trick and Next Level have been my favorite albums so far too!
They've both got that dance, pop, and trance/techno style.

@ Lady_Alterna
Trick and Next Level have been my favorite albums so far too!
They've both got that dance, pop, and trance/techno style.

[lfe.]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

To clear things a little up.^^ (And I hope I'm right... XD)

The article speaks about Ayu as the "Highest grossing female artist of the year". That means Ayu earns 30.906 billion yen as gross salary.
(I don't know how to explain gross, please look it up if you don't know its translation.)
But that's her taxable income! I don't know how high her taxes are, but I guess they are very high. All the more you earn, all the more you have to pay taxes.
So what she has left in the end as her net pay will be considerably lesser.

I hope that helps (and I'm right... XD).

And to add to this...

Doesn't matter how much she grosses, shes still a client of Avex Trax. All that money goes to them first. She probably has a contract just like every other music artist where she gets a lump sum payment per album and percentage of profits for CD/DVD/concert ticket sales.

[truehappiness]

Shouldn't we move this into the Rumors thread? haha.

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Probably. Even many international artists at the height of their popularity don't make as much annually as this "article" claims.