Wonder Girls Earning In Excess Of 12 Billion In 2008

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The Wonder Girls have managed to keep their Tell Me mania of 2007 raging on in 2008 with their recent hits like So Hot and Nobody and their estimated earnings is estimated in excess of 12 billion.

Wonder Girls Nobody song has set a record on music website Melon for being No.1 for six consecutive weeks. In addition, Nobody was also No.1 on M! Countdown for 5 straight weeks (but they couldn’t win No.1 on the actual show). Overseas, it has gained lots of hits through video sharing website Youtube while Virgin Media included the Wonder Girls among it’s girl groups article. They are the only Asian group among the 7 featured girl groups.

The Wonder Girls have also been setting fashion trends with it’s leopard print outfits from So Hot and recently, their glittery outfits and big earrings from Nobody are also enjoying popularity with many. According to JYP Entertainment, So Hot and Nobody has managed to rake in 3 and 4 billion won respectively from digital sales.

Commercial wise, the Wonder Girls have become an advertiser’s dream, endorsing Vita 500 drinks, TBJ clothing line, Samsung notebooks, online game, etc earning them 3 billion won. In addition, performances at various celebratory concerts at schools has bought in 1.5 billion won while album sales have earned them 1 million won. With slightly less than 2 months to go, can the Wonder Girls bring in even more money?

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JYP to release "Chinese Wonder Girls"

Park Jin Young woke up a couple of mornings ago, and realized, SM Entertainment is monopolizing the Chinese music industry with Super Junior-M, who have sold thousands of CD's to date. Never a man to admit defeat, JYP sent his little divas into the cloning machine and zapped out a whole new group: The Chinese version of Wonder Girls!

At an entertainment event, he stated that this group is being trained and will debut in China in the near future.

I know China with it's billion plus Chinese people sounds like a giant market too lucrative to ignore, but a quick stroll on a typical street would make this abundantly clear: no one buys legit music over there. While boy groups like DBSK and Super Junior have at least their loyal fan bases who are willing to shell out their allowances for over-priced goods, a girl group will definitely not fare as well.

It looks like Wonder Girls 2.0's future is going to be about as bright as an average London morning: gray and depressing.


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