EXO is indeed the wealthiest group, as per internet sources, with such an estimated net worth of $1 billion. Nevertheless, the accuracy of this statistic is debatable. BTS, but in the other hand, is said to have a market value of $60 million.
Let’s take a closer look at the careers of both bands to see how they made their millions.
BTS
BTS was formed in 2010 after “RN,” a South Korean rapper as well as future group leader, met alongside Bang Si-hyuk, the CEO of Big Hit Entertainment.
Bang Si-hyuk believed that perhaps the youth of the period needed “a hero to provide them a shoulder to cry on.” BTS was featured on various singles by artists like as 2AM and Lee Seung-gi after joining the group.
Around 2012, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook were added to the group.
“We started to tell the tales that people wanted to hear and were ready to hear, stories that other people couldn’t or wouldn’t tell,” Suga said of the initial BTS’ objectives.
“We said what other people were feeling,” he said, “such pain, concerns, and worry.” That really was our goal: to generate a relatable sense of empathy.”
BTS didn’t become famous overnight, in their first single only reaching number 124 just on Korean charts.
BTS did not attain considerable mainstream popularity until 2016. In May 2016, band released The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, a compilation album.
The album dominated Korea’s Gaon Weekly Chart for 2 straight weeks and had minor success with in United States, reaching at number 107 on the Billboard 200.
In May 2016, BTS was also the first K-pop group to get their own Twitter emoji.
In the United States, BTS had tremendous success in 2018. Its album, Love Yourself: Tear, went to number one in the United States, making it the first Korean album to do so.
Its next album, Map of the Soul: 7, had the same chart-topping triumph inside the United States.
It’s really no surprise that perhaps the band has generated a fortune from international music sales, that are worth an estimated $60 million.
EXO
EXO The notion that EXO is actually two bands—EXO-K and EXO-M—can be confounding to newbies to the EXO fans.
Korean and Mandarin are represented by the additional letters at the conclusion of the band’s name.
Despite the fact that the two subgroup bands cooperate on music as well as perform their tracks in both languages, they had marketed the songs as distinct bands, having EXO-K handling Korean promotion and EXO-M handling Chinese promotion.
With everything out of the way, let’s look into how EXO came to have a $1 billion net worth.
In 2012, both subgroups released their first EP, Mama. The Korean version reached number one upon that Gaon Album Chart in South Korea, as well as number eight just on Billboard World Albums Chart.
The Mandarin version came in second on China’s Sina Album Chart, narrowly missing out on the top position.
XOXO, EXO’s debut studio album, was released across both Korean as well as Mandarin in 2013. The album sold almost one million copies in total, representing the first time a South Korean artist has achieved so in almost a decade.
EXO’s sixth studio album, Don’t Mess Up My Tempo, was a huge hit when it was released in 2018.
