TOP the leader did not even expect Bigbangs income to beat Maroon 5s. A few lucky ones might be discovered by a talent scout at random but most idol-wannabes go through auditions. The slave contracts are already banned by the South Korean government so now the contracts are 7 years at most.
This number beat Maroon 5 which earned US 335 million or Rp 4385 billion in a year.
But in the other time they have no control over it. The US economic magazine reveals Bigbangs earnings of up to US 44 million or about Rp 576 billion a year. If they are newer idols they are probably still on the company card for most things when they are on schedule plus some type of allowance as most of the income is probably being used to pay back their trainee debt this is usually only the first couple years depending on how well. The slave contracts are already banned by the South Korean government so now the contracts are 7 years at most.