Stray Kids came in at No. 10 on the list. The group earned $295,767 from holding fan meets last February. They made about $12.8 million from album sales and about $10 million from concert ticket sales. They are estimated to bring in total revenue of $23.4 million in the first half of 2022. SEVENTEEN ranked No.9, making about $887,915 and $4.5 million from fan meets and concert ticket sales, respectively. Their fourth album made them earn $38 million, leading to total revenue of $48 million. Each member took home $3.7 million. TWICE took the eighth spot, pulling in around $38.4 million from their ads and concert ticket sales in Japan and the United States. Roughly $4.2 million went to each member. NCT Dream landed at No.7 as they collected $38.3 million from two albums released this year, with each member making approximately $5.5 million. Yoo Jae Suk landed at No. 6 as he got paid $15,000 per episode on his variety shows. He is currently emceeing five shows and has made about $1.6 million so far. Plus, he endorsed nine different companies this year so far and raked in nearly $6 million. Lee Byung Hun came in at No.5, earning $614,935 per endorsement. He partnered with six brands in the first half of this year, pulling in $3.7 million. The actor earned $2.3 million from tvNÔÇÖs 20-part Our Blues, as he got paid $115,280 per episode. He generated a total income of about $6 million over the past six months. The fourth top earner was Ma Dong Seok, who collected $92.8 million from The Roundup at the end of June. The movie turned an exorbitant profit with a huge production budget and made him bag $9.2 million. Third place went to Jun Ji Hyun, as she made $10 million ($768,432 per ad) from her endorsement deals in the first half of this year. The second-highest earner so far was BTS. The group brought in about $40.8 million from their first weekÔÇÖs sales of Proof and $31 million from endorsement deals. They made nearly $189 million from their U.S. and Seoul concerts, and the seven members took home $26.9 each. The highest earning star turned out to be Lim Young Woong, as he collected around $7.1 million from his world tour concerts and $1.5 million from his endorsement deals. He earned about $20.1 million from the first weekÔÇÖs sales of his first fourth-full-length album ÔÇťIM HERO,ÔÇŁ earning nearly $28.9 million this year. Source (1)
