1: Boss Jay Chou is the richest, with 460 music copyrights in hand, 13 million physical sales, and the winner of digital album profits.

Regarding who is the richest singer star, there is no doubt that this one must be Jay Chou who is his own boss and controls all the copyrights. Here we need to understand a basic concept: the party that owns the music copyright is the biggest beneficiary in music distribution. The longer the time, the more vitality the work has, and the more money it will make. Here we take Jay Chou and Jacky Cheung as examples to briefly explain the difference in interests caused by music copyright.

Jacky Cheung’s physical record sales are much greater than Jay Chou’s. I personally guess that Jacky Cheung’s physical record sales are around 27 million, while Jay Chou’s physical album sales are around 13 million. But Jay Chou earned much more than Jacky Cheung for each album they released.

Jacky Cheung only has the performance rights for all his music, does not own any copyright, and does not participate in copyright dividends. For all of Jay Chou's album music, Jay Chou enjoys copyright (composition, music production, and a small part of lyrics and arrangement) and performance rights, and all copyrights of Jay Chou's own are operated and managed by Jay Chou's own company, Jaywell Company, and distributed at the same time. album.

So, in essence, the high sales volume of Jacky Cheung’s music albums is not directly related to the amount of money he makes, but is the reward income through the company’s evaluation, or the contract price increase at the next renewal, which is determined by The company decides. As for Jay Chou's album sales profits, except for the few remaining copyrights (such as translations) given to lyricist Fang Wenshan, arranger Zhong Xingmin, etc., they are all obtained by Jay Chou personally (the majority of the dividends: composer) and the company, excluding the final company operating expenses, music After paying taxes on non-copyright work expenses (harmony, mixing, recording, performance, etc.), all that is left is Jay Chou’s due income.

To put it bluntly, Jacky Cheung is still in a part-time job position from a business perspective, while Jay Chou is the boss on his own.

It is worth mentioning here that copyright dividends are protected by law and are supervised and maintained by the National Music Copyright Association during music distribution. Beginning in the second month after the song is released, all music revenue must be distributed to the copyright holder. In other words, Fang Wenshan is still sharing most of Jay Chou's music and is making a lot of money. From the second month of the music's release, Fang Wenshan's lyrics have enjoyed the ability to sit and make money. Until fifty years after the death of the copyright holder, dividends are legally protected by the China Music Copyright Association. Starting from the 51st year, copyright becomes public and free, but the author still has the right to permanent signature.

As for why dividends started in the second month, it’s because the first month is the sales time for the company’s music producers. This is one of the reasons why most music albums only count sales in the first month. Because starting from the second month, profits will begin to be distributed to copyright holders.

After this analysis, let’s look at Jacky Cheung’s 27 million physical album sales and Jay Chou’s 13 million physical album sales. The profit margins of Jacky Cheung and Jay Chou are very different. But in fact, there is one indicator that is more important than the visible album sales - the vitality of the work. This is why Jay Chou is Jay Chou's strong point.

Based on the dividend law of copyright, we can draw a basic conclusion: the more vitality of the work, the longer the audience pays, the greater the profits of copyright and record publishers. However, based on the music sales market, most music albums will not be resold after one month to avoid sales risks and dilution of copyright dividends;

In terms of the essential excellence of musical works, no one in the entire Chinese orchestra Better than Jay Chou. Even music such as "Nunchaku" and "Tornado" from 20 years ago are still as if they were released yesterday, without any sense of era. Jay Chou released 460 music works in one day, and basically more than 20 of them are absolute masterpieces.

The scale of such high-quality works gives Jay Chou unparalleled musical appeal. It can influence the monthly active users of a platform.

Therefore, what really makes Jay Chou the most profitable music singer is that Jay Chou's music works are excellent and can withstand the baptism of time. In addition, Jay Chou also has the strongest control over his own music in the market. For every Jay Chou music album, the music producer in charge is Jay Chou himself. This has resulted in Jay Chou’s voice and extremely high profit margin. This is also the reason why musicians, singers and songwriters are slowly turning to music producers. After Jay Chou became successful, talents such as Wang Leehom and JJ Lin realized later and moved from singers to music producers. Instead of being willing to be a singer and wage earner. Music producers are a very important symbol - the aesthetic difference between workers and bosses, because music producers formulate the music market concept and are responsible for the final sales of music albums in the market.

In addition to album sales, copyright dividends, and high-quality and large-scale works, there is also a fourth factor that makes Jay Chou the most profitable Chinese singer - the era of digital albums.

The biggest advantage of traditional records entering the era of digital albums is that there is no possibility of piracy. Before 2007, if you bought 30 copies of Jay Chou's "Qili Xiang" music album at a music store in a non-first-tier city, most of the time 30 copies would be pirated. This type of piracy market actually caused Jay Chou to suffer far greater economic losses than Jacky Cheung. After all, Jacky Cheung was mainly responsible for the company's losses. And Jay Chou is the boss of his own company. But Jay Chou was not obsessed with the piracy issue. When Huang Bo asked Jay Chou to sign his album, he handed him a pirated album, but Jay Chou still signed it. In fact, piracy also has its benefits. It is cheap pirated albums that allow Jay Chou's music to reach every rural corner in mainland China. Genuine albums cannot achieve such phenomenon-level spread. Being able to listen to the best Chinese music at that time at such a low price is the biggest reason why today’s post-90s generation buys into Jay Chou so much.

In the era of digital albums, "Jay Chou's Bedside Stories" sold nearly 2 million copies at 20 yuan each. Excluding physical production costs and physical distribution costs, the overall profit margin should have increased. But the latest single "Mojito" has exceeded 16 million singles, priced at 3 yuan each. The sales volume of a single single has far exceeded that of the entire album that year. This era is no longer the era of albums, but the era of singles, and whether it is albums or singles, Jay Chou is top-notch.

More importantly, compared to the era of traditional records, Jay Chou is obviously more suitable for the era of digital albums, because there is no longer any piracy and distribution. In the era of digital albums, Jay Chou has just completed a complete top-level certification. Let’s take a look at Jacky Cheung’s digital album sales. The latest album is only 100,000. The sales of other top musicians are not even half of Jay Chou's.

As for the so-called Xiaoxianrou music singles on the charts that have higher sales than Jay Chou, just take a look. In addition to rankings, even if there is profit, it is the profit of the entertainment company. It has nothing to do with those idols. Their contracts will not give them an extra penny of profit, and some may only be year-end bonuses. Most of Jay Chou's income belongs to Jay Chou. Again - Jay Chou is the boss, so workers should not try to compare profits with the boss. 2: The ones with the best family backgrounds are Wu Chun and JJ Lin;

Regarding Wu Chun and JJ Lin, it is actually a cliché. Wu Zun is a child of a top aristocratic family in a local country, which is of course a small country. In a real sense, the most interesting and rich background singer is JJ Lin.

JJ Lin’s family business is Singapore’s leading company, and it is a family business. That sentence: "If you don't sing well, you will go home and inherit tens of millions of assets" is not a joke. In fact, my family background has little to do with music, and it doesn’t have much to do with words.

First of all, the first thing I think of is definitely JJ, JJ Lin.

JJ Lin's father, Lin Yuanxiang, is a director of a communications group in Singapore, his brother is the general manager of an electronics company in the United States, and his uncle is the CEO and CEO of a famous Japanese camera company (the legendary Canon). The SmudgeStore (SMG) trendy store that he spent more than 50 million yuan (6-digit Singapore dollars) opened in Singapore on March 13. He also has a music production company-JFJ Productions. In addition, the Ministry of Finance and Taxation of Singapore disclosed in 2009 that the Lin family, where JJ Lin belongs, ranked among the top five local tax payers in Singapore this year and was not affected by the financial crisis. My grandfather ran a shipping company, and my father, Lin Yuanxiang, was the head of the Singapore Art Troupe in his early years. He was originally one of the shareholders of Singapore's Singtel (Singtel - Singapore's largest telecommunications group). He also invested in a law firm. He is currently retired. In his free time, he also helped JJ Lin with all matters related to entertainment and trendy stores. His mother Li Yili was a member of the Singapore Art Troupe in his early years. person in charge. Formerly the head of the Asia-Pacific region of an American oil company, he has now retired and runs a KTV in Singapore. His elder brother, Lin Junfeng, is the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region of a multinational Swiss bank. My sister-in-law, Nanyang Technological University, was admitted to Zhejiang University and went to Singapore as an exchange student. Uncle, President of Canon Group of Japan

I just want to ask you whether you are strong or not

Speaking of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong, it can be said that everyone knows about them. The Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong refer to the 20th century The four most popular male singers in the 1990s are: Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Lai Lai. The Four Heavenly Kings were named in 1992 and have since been widely recognized by the public. Their influence has quickly spread throughout Greater China and Asia, and they are still popular today. As representatives of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, the Four Kings have participated in many important official events, including the 1993 benefit performance at the Great Hall of the People, the 1997 Hong Kong Return to the People's Great Hall Gala, the 2007 Hong Kong Return to the Tenth Anniversary Gala, etc., and have been received by national leaders many times.

At the end of 1999, Jacky Cheung and Lai Lai announced their withdrawal from the Hong Kong Music Awards and would no longer receive any awards, announcing the end of the "Four Kings" music era. After the new century, the four people developed differently. Lai Lai focuses on commercial and behind-the-scenes production and cultivating new talents; Jacky Cheung mainly organizes world tours and musicals; Aaron Kwok focuses on the film industry and the stage; Andy Lau focuses on movies and cultivating a new generation of directors.

The Four Heavenly Kings have written an important chapter in the history of Chinese singing with their extraordinary charm and have been popular for most of their lives. These four people also have their own characteristics, but you know who is the richest among them. ?

Aaron Kwok was born in Hong Kong on October 26, 1965. He is the latest to become famous among the Four Heavenly Kings. He is good at dancing and is famous for his singing and dancing. He is fashionable and dynamic and enjoys the reputation of "Asian Dance King". Countless people went to see Aaron Kwok's concerts just for the charm of the once king of dance. In fact, Aaron Kwok's career was once very sluggish, and he even relied on his agent Xiaomei to sell properties. But then Aaron Kwok became popular again. Now Guo Tianwang owns more than 20 sports cars worth more than one million, and many of them are limited editions. But Guo Tianwang's mansion in Hong Kong is only more than 300 square meters, so it is not the richest.

Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong on September 27, 1961, is the earliest to become famous among the Four Heavenly Kings. He is full of charm and is the king of film, television and singing. He is known as the "evergreen tree" in the Chinese entertainment industry. In 1985, he became famous in the music industry with his debut album "I Only Know I Love You Right Now". From 1995 to 2016, he won many IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards, Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards for Outstanding Pop Singer, etc., and was listed in the "2000 Guinness World Records" Encyclopedia" was named "the Hong Kong male singer with the most awards". Although he is so glorious, Andy Lau was actually making money to pay off debts before 2007. Mainly because Andy Lau lost money as soon as he became a director, so Andy Lau's wealth is relatively "bleak" among the four kings.

Jacky Cheung, born in Hong Kong on July 10, 1961, is the most talented singer among the Four Heavenly Kings. He is mature and steady and enjoys the reputation of "God of Song" in the Chinese-speaking region.

As a singer, Jacky Cheung has been in the music industry for many years. When the singer opens his voice, he will definitely attract everyone's attention. The singer's appearance fee has reached 3 million yuan per show, and his solo concerts have also reached 5 million yuan per show. Conservative estimates put the singer's wealth at more than 5 billion.

Liming, born in Beijing on December 11, 1966, is the most literary and artistic among the four kings. He has a gentle and elegant appearance, has the temperament of an aristocratic prince, and is good at literary films and electronic music. He is known as the "Charity King". Among the four heavenly kings, Li Ming has the best family background. His father, Li Xinsheng, is an overseas Chinese from Indonesia and a top student who graduated from Peking University. Originally, Liming had her own family business and it was developing well. As for other heavenly kings, their family backgrounds are relatively difficult. Leaving aside these things, Liming has made good progress in film, television, singing, and is also the boss of two entertainment companies. Li Zhiyan, Wen Yongshan, etc. are all from Liming's company. Once Liming and Le Jier divorced, Le Jier took away 6 luxury houses in just the real estate, and Liming's charity money also amounted to hundreds of millions. It can be seen that Li Ming is actually the richest among the four heavenly kings.

Raymond Lam. I thought he could only act, but I didn't expect him to be a singer. Even if he can sing, his family also runs a company. If he didn't become an actor, he would have to go back and inherit the family business. Moreover, Lin Feng is not stingy when it comes to dating girls. He will try his best to satisfy the other party's requests. He is not that kind of playboy. He is a rare good man in the entertainment industry. However, Lin Feng also said that he still wants to continue acting, and he may not return to take over after some time.

Isn’t he the richest singer in China? He has a band worth over 100 billion, called the "Emperor Band", which can be called the most luxurious lineup on the planet.

At Jack Ma's retirement concert, he sang a song called "Blooming Life" by Wang Feng, which was very impressive. Netizens called him a soul singer who was delayed by making money. Many viewers shed tears instantly. I don’t know whether it was because they were moved or because they were too overwhelmed by Huabei.

The above is a joke, but this proposition is not very rigorous. If you talk about singers, many artists are both actors and singers, such as Jackie Chan.

If we talk about pure singers who do not participate in other entertainment careers, then the richest one is Jay Chou.

It is said that Jay Chou’s assets are about RMB 5-6 billion. He owns 21 out-of-print luxury cars and 8 top-level villas. Even if he does nothing, he can earn RMB 500,000 every day while lying in bed. Moreover, his funds are involved in so many aspects that even Jay Chou himself may not know the specific amount of his assets.

Where does Jay Chou’s assets come from?

1. Copyright fee. As a king-level singer, Jay Chou’s music copyright has unimaginable value. With a copyright fee of more than several million for a single song, Jay Chou has created nearly 500 pieces of music, and the first hit Popular, one person can cover 20% of domestic music users, and it is still the top music APP.

Every time we sing a song by Jay Chou at KTV, he will get a share of the harvest, and he will make money while he's there.

2. Concerts. A Jay Chou concert costs tens of millions. If there are five or six concerts a year, it will be hundreds of millions.

3. Endorsement fees. Jay Chou has countless endorsements, such as Flash Delivery and Vipshop; brands include Yohji Yamamoto and Oulon, and his endorsement fees are tens of millions each.

4. Variety shows, from "The Voice of China" to "This Is Slam Dunk", it is reported online that Jay Chou's admission fee for each show has reached a sky-high price of 30 million.

5. Entrepreneurship and business. Nowadays, the way these celebrities make money is leftover from Jay Chou. Jay Chou has successively opened Music Magic Restaurant, "Fantasy" KTV, and founded Trendy brand store;

In addition, Jay Chou is also a well-known investor in the industry. The stocks he invested in e-sports games are worth over 100 million, and the educational robot company he founded after his marriage is about to be listed.

Jay Chou has been in the top 5 of Forbes artist rankings for more than ten years in a row. No wonder everyone calls him Jay Chou.

He is very lavish in his daily life. An ordinary sofa is worth 3.6 million, which is more expensive than our apartment.

Except for Jay Chou, the other singers all earn a lot of money and live a very luxurious life.

William Chan’s shoes cost NT$800,000, Zhou Bichang’s kitchen knife costs NT$600,000, JJ Lin’s doll costs NT$590,000, and Zheng Shuang’s bottle of mineral water costs NT$1,580… Why do Chinese artists make money so easily?

Like Korean stars, singing and acting are separate. In the minds of Koreans, these are not equal professions and cannot be interoperable. If he is outdated or loses popularity as soon as he debuts, then his This is the end of my acting career, there is no other way to go. Coupled with the exploitation by the broker, there is not much money left.

But China is different. Artists have too many choices. For example, if you can't sing well, you can turn to acting. If you can't act in blockbusters, you can act in online dramas, such as Zhang Yishan;

When Edison Chen was at his worst, he could only go to bars to sing, but he could earn 500,000 yuan from two songs. This is how much an ordinary worker earns in a few years.

When the host Dapeng had no name, he would host weddings for others, which was only 40,000 to 50,000 yuan per wedding, which was our income for half a year.

When the market is bad, you can also engage in side business, such as developing offline stores. For example, Chen He opened dozens of chain hot pot restaurants. With his reputation, he doesn’t have to worry about customers, and just the franchise fee is enough. Tens of millions a year.

Singers such as Wilber Pan, Mayday, and Cecilia Cheung all have their own fashion brands, and they can earn tens of millions a year without any problem.

Yang Mi can directly become the boss after retiring from behind the scenes, signing artists to help make money for herself. For example, the popular Dilireba is one of her artists.

Another example is the current hot live broadcast industry. A celebrity can earn millions or tens of millions per game by selling products that he has never heard of.

No wonder Fan Bingbing could say adamantly that she did not need to marry a wealthy family, and bluntly said: "I am a wealthy family!"

All in all, as long as a person is slightly famous in China, it is enough In exchange for a large number of monetization opportunities. We live in an era of entertainment to death

Too many people are immersed in entertainment, which has prompted a large amount of money to flow into the entertainment industry. Many people complain that it is unfair and that it is too easy for celebrities to make money. On the one hand, he is also obsessed with pursuing some scandals about celebrities.

The income of stars is determined by the market and is driven by everyone's popularity. Everyone will flock to a bad movie and make billions at the box office. Don't stars get hundreds of millions?

If we care more about technology, medical care, public welfare, and people's livelihood, instead of caring about a star's pregnancy, marriage, or divorce, will there be any changes?

Because there is no data on the record distribution of domestic singers, and domestic singers’ income in the past was from personal concerts or appearance fees. It’s hard to say who is rich. For example, Yan Weiwen, who is a gentle and elegant military singer. When the TV station interviewed him, he went to his family’s house on the edge of the West Second Ring Road in Beijing and had his own small rehearsal space that could seat dozens of spectators to train him. Regarding my actual performance, when I was watching TV, my first reaction was that this guy is so rich. How much is such a big house in Xibianmen worth?