The Korean music industry has been growing every single day as tremendous stars from Korea ruling over the hearts of the public by storm. But as the music world in Korea grows, these artists also grow in numbers on their ongoing careers.
10. Goo Hara
This singer, dancer, and actress that was born in Gwangju started her career as a member of the DSP Media girl group from 2007, Kara. The idol appeared in several tv series, such as MBC's Hero and ON & OFF: The Gossip, A Style For You, TV Tokyo's Urakara, SBS' City Hunter, Mnet's Strange Casting Season 2 and more. She also debuted as a soloist back in 2015. She has a net worth of $9.5 Million throughout her career.
9. Taeyang
Dong Youngbae, known for his stage name Taeyang, is a member of the boy band Big Bang. As the group received so much love and support from their fans, the group cemented their popularity and became one of the best-selling digital groups of all-time in Asia. He also started his solo career and continue to become a flourishing songwriter with the album "Solar." The album became an open door of Taeyang's success, and he has given back to back hits to the music industry. And so, Taeyang earned a net worth of $10 Million as he continues showering his fans good quality music.
8. Im Yoona
This singer and actress born and raised in Seoul, managed by SM Entertainment under one of the biggest girl groups in Korea, Girls' Generation. Her hard work finally paid off as she also got a leading role for the drama called "You Are My Destiny" back in 2008. This artist is getting constant success as she earns with the net worth of $11 Million in her life now.
7. Sandara Park
The former member of 2NE1, known with a stage name "Dara," is a multi-talented idol and beauty icon in Korea. As the group 2NE1 also became one of the most famous girl groups back in the days, they are known to be legendary icons until today. She played the role of the main lead in her first movie "Bcuz of U" in 2004. As she is still active in the entertainment industry, Sandara Park earns a net worth of $13 Million as of today.
6. BoA
Kwon Boa is a famous singer and actor both in South Korea and Japan. Popularly known with her stage name "BOA" and titled to be the "Queen of K-pop." She currently holds the title as one of the foreign artists whose albums sold more than one million copies in Japan. She is one of the artists who are famous on the "Oricon" chart continuously for her studio album, making her reach a net worth of $14.5 Million.
5. IU
With a real name Lee Jieun, she is a famous singer, songwriter, and actress with the stage name IU under LOEN Entertainment. She began her music career at the age of 15 with her debut album "Lost and Found." Back in 2010, the album "Real" took her up on the Cloud of success as a National Star, and her famous Hit "Good Day" was in the Top position on the "Gaon Digital Chart" for five continuous weeks. This idol has so many fans supporting her, and her career still flourishes as she has a net worth of $15 Million.
4. Rain
With a real name, Jung Jihoon is a multi-talented artist known to be South Korea's well-known songwriter, singer, actor, and music producer. Throughout his whole career, he accomplished numerous concerts, 28 solo songs, and seven albums. One of his albums sold a million copies in Asia, and this became his huge breakthrough success. With that, the artist earns a net worth of $18 Million.
3. G Dragon
Kwon Jiyong, with the stage name G-Dragon, is a well-known singer, songwriter, composer, and fashion designer, known to be a member of the group Big Bang. Until now, he has written 22 songs, and each of his albums become successful in garnering enormous publicity. Among those all, his record, Heartbreaker (2009), has taken away full attention, and more than 2,000,000 copies sold worldwide. While on his outstanding work, he got numerous awards as well, which made him earn a net worth of $22 Million in his career.
2. Choi Siwon
The famous singer, songwriter, actor, and model is Choi Siwon. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and worked in Korean dramas as well. He got featured in several movies as well and got famous for each of his roles. He gained popularity in the music industry with his famous pop songs, which garnered a strong public response, which made him reach the net worth of $35.6 Million.
1. PSY
PSY is on the top of the wealthiest idol in 2020. Park Jaesang, popularly known as PSY, is the most popular Korean singer, lyricist, record producer, and so on. He also became famous as 'Gangnam Style' created a massive bustle on YouTube by having more than one billion views. MTV recognized him and gave him the title of "Viral Star of 2012". He got more attention from his live stage performance in a globally televised New Year's Eve celebration back in 2012. This made him the topmost precious idol as he has the net worth of $45 Million as a solo artist throughout his career.
