BTS members’ net worths, ranked: the K-pop supergroup is worth US$50 million, but who has the most individual wealth – most-searched idol on YouTube Jungkook or budding actor V?
- The BTS members all have shares in Hybe (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) worth around 20 billion won (around US$17 million)
- RM earns big from royalties, having written the band’s recent hit Butter, and bought a flat at Seoul’s prestigious Nine One Hannam like Jimin
BTS has done it again: its new song Butter has grabbed No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, a record for the group.
As media reports suggest that BTS will return with a new album on July 9, let’s take a look at their net worth, and at their personal projects and investments.
BTS’ net worth as a group: US$50 million
According to Forbes, as of June 2020, BTS had estimated earnings of US$50 million for the year, making them the 47th highest-paid celebrities in the world.
Besides their earnings from their music, merch and tours, the BTS members all have 68,385 shares in Hybe (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) that they received when the company entered the stock market last October. The value of their stock had increased to 20 billion won (around US$17 million) each by June 19, according to E-Today News.
J-Hope: US$24-26 million
J-Hope is the highest earning member, according to reports from media outlets including Seoul Space and KpopStarz, thanks to the success of his solo mixtape “Hope World” released in March 2018. The single Daydream from the project got him his first No 1 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart. He was also the first member to have a solo Hot 100 hit with the song Chicken Noodle Soup.
Another first? He was the first member to buy his own flat – for US$1.2 million in 2016.