VIDEO: Shocking and Unexpected Confessions of K-Pop Artists

There are a lot of facts about k-pop music artists that people do not know.

While they seem to be just as fabulous or even more so than artists from other countries, they dot usually make a lot of money and they work very hard and for very long without getting any time to themselves.

According to therichest.com, pop music is an international language. Most American pop stars see international success and tour around the world.

What most people don’t know is that beyond American pop, there are other pop genres that are just as loved. K-pop, or Korean pop has long been a huge industry in Asia and its stars are idolized by millions of fans.

Most people in North America knew very little about K-pop until breakout star Psy’s mammoth hit single “Gangnam Style” crossed the ocean to grace our airwaves.

What most people don’t know is that K-pop is a thriving industry and artists achieve an almost god like status in Korea.

Their videos receive hundreds of millions of hits on Youtube, their fans are crazed with adoration and Koreans as a whole, pride themselves on their cultural exports.

K-pop stars are not only rich in loyal fans, fame and success, but also just plain rich.

Although K-pop stars cannot be compared to American celebrities, because they make only a fraction of what their American counterparts make, these rich celebs are not living the starving artist life, but living large and lavish.

This list outlines the richest and most successful K-pop stars and/or groups.

Park Jae-Sang, or as most of the world knows him- Psy took the world by storm with his breakout hit, “Gangnam Style” which garnered over 1 billion hits on Youtube.

The refrain to his song “oppan Gangnam Style” has been entered into the Yale Book of Quotations, as one of the most often repeated and popular quotations of 2012.

He quickly followed with his second hit single, “Gentleman” which reached over 600 million hits on Youtube.

Psy is a jack of all trades and has many projects on the go. He is an actor, singer, songwriter, dancer and satirist.

While some think that he was an overnight success, Psy has been releasing records since 2001.

Psy makes his money from music downloads, royalties and Youtube ad revenues, as well as television appearances.

Psy likes to live large and is reported to have purchased a luxury condo in one of Los Angeles’ most exclusive neighborhoods, worth $1.249 million dollars for which he paid in cash.

Kwon Ji Yong or, G-Dragon is a member of the ultra-popular k-pop boy band, “Big Bang”. G-Dragon has been in the Korean music industry since the tender age of 8.

He has since launched his solo career and recently recorded a track with teen heartthrob, Justin Bieber. His debut solo album, “Heartbreak” released in 2009 and sold over 200 000 copies which earned him an Mnet Asian Music Award for album of the year.

He also has numerous side projects from modeling, fashion designing and songwriting.