[Question] Ayu's assets? (I hope it's the right English word^^)

[ArchangelLegend]

Well, if she spends so much money, she might not be that rich. But thanks to her working constantly she'll always have lots of money. If she stops, she couldn't spend as much.

[4ever*ayu]

well, if you're really interested in this kind of topic, here's some other threads that started by other members before...

Ayumi Hamasaki's Bank Account - posted on 3rd April 2007
Hamasaki Ayumi makes more money than Utada Hikaru - posted on 17th May 2003
[News] Ayu has the highest earnings of the year - posted on 14th Nov2007
Ayu, third best seller for year 2007 - posted on 10th Nov2007

[♥ you!]

Uhh aren't celebrities earnings kept secret in Japan?

[immel]

The actual numbers (how much tax they pay) are kept secret since 2003 or 2004 but they still release lists of the top tax payers, without any numbers.

[rian_hamasaki]

ayu have private jet

[4ever*ayu]

^ reaally?? how do know that??

[marekcarey]

omg some of u sounds like u r in the business. do u think she pays for flying, shoting the PVs etc????? it pays avex. and even if she lives extra high statdart life do u think it costs so much that it would somehow change her bank account??? she doesnt spend milion dollars every month.... she is rich cos she worked hard and earned them ans she deserves them.

[elepop]

Originally Posted by nEwly

Thank you for the very fast replies!
I'm so happy for Ayu that she can live her dream
(okay it wasn't always her dream, I think^^)

Yeah, it was never her dream to become a singer.

[Ayumi27]

Originally Posted by marekcarey

omg some of u sounds like u r in the business. do u think she pays for flying, shoting the PVs etc????? it pays avex. and even if she lives extra high statdart life do u think it costs so much that it would somehow change her bank account??? she doesnt spend milion dollars every month.... she is rich cos she worked hard and earned them ans she deserves them.

Totally agree

[marekcarey]

Originally Posted by Ayumi27

Totally agree

thank youu very very much, u r the only one who ever supported me)))) i appreciate you very much now)))

[Ayumi27]

Originally Posted by marekcarey

thank youu very very much, u r the only one who ever supported me)))) i appreciate you very much now)))

Well, thanks too haha
But it's true that she won't be in bankruptcy or losing all her money just because she shops too many bags... I mean, she has millions of dollars and must have people giving advice on what she must invest, like properties, or something else...
She's not turning poor when her career ends

[jbrat2219]

I think it's a matter of check and balance, I think she's smart enough to know how much she can spend at one particular time and how much she can at another. Plus I think she can manage her living expenses, she's not out on the street xD;

She looks healthy, she has a place to live, she can spoil herself by shopping every now and then and she can do what she loves most, sing. So I think she's pretty well off haha A lot better than me, that's for sure hahaha

[marekcarey]

Originally Posted by Ayumi27

Well, thanks too haha
But it's true that she won't be in bankruptcy or losing all her money just because she shops too many bags... I mean, she has millions of dollars and must have people giving advice on what she must invest, like properties, or something else...
She's not turning poor when her career ends

of course, she doesnt think about what she can buy or not, she has money on it, on her bank account even if she buys a LV bag or something, its like a dollar for normal people...
but u know, some people here think that they know everything sooo we should let them be, cos they will never probably understand

[Halla]

I'm sure Ayu is one of the richest singers in Japan these days, mostly because of her extensive touring & merchandise sales.
Tours and merchandise are a way better source of money than music, I'm certain that she makes most of her money that way.

I'm also sure that each of her commercial endorsement deals are worth at least 1 million USD each. There's a lot of money involved in advertising in Japan, even less famous stars get like 300k per campaign. and the pay for top campaigns is so good it'll lure hollywood celebs in japan too ...

[immel]

Actually, the largest endorsement deal that she, and any Japanese solo artist, ever got is 100,000,000 yen from Panasonic. That's $920,000 per product. Take into consideration that the absolute majority of that money goes to AVEX.

Utada Hikaru is the only other female artist that has ever been paid that much.

Remember that also the tour and merchandise profits all go to AVEX, Ayumi is paid a set sum for each tour/performance or so, by what I know she doesn't get a % of the profits. There was a thread going in-depth with how Ayumi's contracts most likely work a few years back.

[Halla]

to my understanding commercial endorsements are the best way for an artist to make money in Japan, since the cut for management is way less than in music/films/whatever?

are you sure that 100 million yen is the most anyone has ever got. here's an article on Japan Today that states the actress/model/singer Yu Yamade gets 30-50 million yen per campaign, and although she is popular her celeb status is quite modest compared to Ayu.

[immel]

There's been news threads about it here on AHS when the information was revealed, I don't know exactly what terms to search for in order to find it... but it's here somewhere.

$920,000 is a huge amount of money already.

[LacusClyne]

ok, who would like to be reborn as Ayu's child????
it will be great to have a cool/fasionable mum.....and rich. *wink wink*

[*Petit*]

I would think ayu earns money also from business. I don't kno how much stocks she hold sin avex, but she has some as well as apparently having a say in some matters.

THere was a list of how much artists get per campaign, back in 2002 I think MOrning Musume receive a record sum for a campaign (was it Pocky??) HOwever, Utada and AYu were at the same level. I don't remember the exact sum, but I think immel is right if I remember correctly. Aya matsuura and Aya Ueto got quite good pays as well.