Taeyeon Net Worth 2022: Is She Girls' Generation's Richest Member?

Kim Taeyeon, more commonly known as just Taeyeon, achieved global popularity after making her debut as the leader and main vocalist of the Nation's Girl Group, Girls' Generation, back in 2007 under SM Entertainment. Since then, Taeyeon has established herself as one of most respected idols in the K-pop industry, known for her vocal prowess.

Besides promoting as a member of Girls' Generation, Taeyeon has also made a successful solo career for herself. With 15 years of experience in the industry, how much has Taeyeon earned in her career so far? Curious to know if she is currently the richest member of the group? Keep on reading to find out Taeyeon's net worth!

Girls' Generation Taeyeon Net Worth 2022

According to media outlets, Taeyeon is estimated to have a net worth of a whopping $15 million USD as of this year, which is a significant increase from her net worth of around $8 million USD in the previous year. However, her net worth can go up as high as $18 million USD.

With Taeyeon's 15-year and highly successful career, such a net worth isn't all that surprising. But, is does Taeyeon hold the title for the richest Girls' Generation member?

Based on the current net worth figures of each member of Girls' Generation, Taeyeon is not the richest member in the group. As of now, the richest member is reportedly YoonA, with Taeyeon following behind as the third richest member.

With that, how did Taeyeon earn such a net worth figure?

How Did Taeyeon Earn Her Net Worth?

For Taeyeon, she earned a significant amount of her net worth through her profits from Girls' Generation's promotions and activities, including their music releases and merchandise.

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In addition, Girls' Generation also earned a good amount from their broadcast appearances, endorsement deals, and more. It is expected that the group had high earnings given their global influence and brand power, especially during the early years of their career.

Taeyeon is also part of the group's sub-units Girls' Generation-TTS and Girls' Generation-Oh!GG, as well as SM Entertainment's female supergroup GOT The Beat.

Aside from her success with Girls' Generation, Taeyeon is also highly successful in her own career as a solo artist. As a solo singer, Taeyeon has released three studio albums and seven mini albums.

In particular, she saw widespread success for several of her singles, including "I," "Rain," "11:11," "Fine," and "Four Seasons," all of which sold more than 2.5 million digital copies.

The 33-year-old idol has also collaborated with other artists, including SHINee Key, Taemin, and Jonghyun, f(x) Amber, Crush, Verbal Jint, Chancellor, and more.

She has also lent her voice for numerous popular dramas. Some of the dramas in which she sang an OST for are The King 2 Hearts, To the Beautiful You, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Hotel Del Luna, Jirisan, Our Blues, and more.

Compared to her fellow Girls' Generation members, Taeyeon is also active in making broadcast appearances. Taeyeon has her own Youtube channel called Taengoo TV, which has over 1.28 million subscribers.

With her channel, she can earn well over $100,000 USD per year. However, she hasn't uploaded a new video on over three years.

Taeyeon had also voice acted for the Korean versions of the cartoon films Despicable Me and its sequel. She has also made cameo appearances in both films and dramas.

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But Taeyeon is most active on variety programs, having become a cast member of shows like We Got Married, Begin Again: Season 3, and Amazing Saturday. She also hosted shows Win Win, Music Core, Petkage, and Queendom 2.

She also had her own shows such as Daily Taengoo Cam, Petionista Taengoo, and TaengKey Box, as well as radio shows Kangin and Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio.

She also starred as the female lead in the theatre play Midnight Sun.

Taeyeon also earns from her individual endorsement deals, which include brands Nature Republic, A-Solution, Banila Co., A'pieu, Sulwhasoo, Benefit Cosmetics, Jeju Samdasoo, Paris Baguette, Hyundai, Olive Young, and more. More recently, she became the house ambassador for Louis Vuitton.

With these, Taeyeon was able to earn the net worth she has today.

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Written by Robyn Joan