Ayu's taxes and income for 2004

[julian]

Originally Posted by Halla

j-pop artists seem to earn a lot less than artists from US/EU , which is a shame. Their record companies rip them off

also , I'm pretty she like the most rich people/celebs dodge some of the taxes . So in reality she's prolly earning a bit more than these numbers tell.

Think about it this way... A good Japanese album in Japan will sell 2-3 Million copies, worldwide. A good English album will sell in excess of 10 million. And for those who complain about Britney making so much money, her first album sold 24 Million copies worldwide, which is nearly 3 times the amount the highest selling album in Japan sold. Her last album (GH:MP) sold 5 Million worldwide, which isn't exactly great, but is still at least twice the average Japanese album.

[nmskalmn]

Originally Posted by yamogi

I really doubt whether it is the REAL income, such as EXILE and orange range, they even NOT in the list, i really don't believe they will earn less then 300,000, in the case of EXEILE, they have several people, if the income is REAL, income per people is LOWER than the income of staff in avex(JP staff have about 60000 us dollar per yaer) !!!!! orange range(not avex artist) also, they sold 2,500,000 ablum but they even CAN'T GET 300,000!!!!!! THat don't make sence!!!!!

i don't think it is possible, it think they had tried to cheat in order to pay less tax(including AYU) as tax in JP is heavy

No doubt EXILE and orange range made a lot of money too, but the list from Sanspo is only female singers. I found some data for a few male singers (check first post); they all made over US$2million.

[yamogi]

Originally Posted by nmskalmn

No doubt EXILE and orange range made a lot of money too, but the list from Sanspo is only female singers. I found some data for a few males singers (check first post); they all made over US$2million.

really! I don't see any exile or orange range people on your first post!(there are only B'z,SAS,Mr.Children and some actors, i guess you put them in the wrong title,because some of them you posted is not singer, they are actor) the verison which i have read(not the one i posted,i read the one which include male singer) don't have exile and orange range(in top ten),
http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/geinou...40118000c.html and http://www.asahi.com/national/update...160293.html?t5
anyway, thanks for you remain. but still, i think they had tried to cheat to not pay 1/3 income for tax



2004年高額納税者　俳優・タレント　ベスト１０
順位 氏名 　 推定所得 所得税額
１　（１） みのもんた 司会者 ５５，０００ ２０，１０１
２　（―） 中居正広 ＳＭＡＰ ５１，３３５ １８，７４５
３　（２） 石橋貴明 とんねるず ４２，０００ １５，２９１
４　（５） 木梨憲武 とんねるず ３７，１７２ １３，５０５
５　（３） 浜田雅功 ダウンタウン ３４，５３２ １２，５２８
６　（７） 中村玉緒 女優 ２９，８４５ １０，７９４
７　（４） 松本人志 ダウンタウン ２９，６９４ １０，７３８
８　（―） 太田光 爆笑問題 ２９，４２７ １０，６３９
９　（―） 田中裕二 爆笑問題 ２８，１７５ １０，１７６
10　（９） 木村拓哉 ＳＭＡＰ ２７，１６７ ９，８０３
※（　）は昨年順位。金額の単位は万円
2004年高額納税者　歌手　ベスト１０
順位 氏名 　 推定所得 所得税額
１　（４） 宇多田ヒカル 　 ９９，５７８ ３６，５９７
２　（１） 稲葉浩志 Ｂ’ｚ ４８，１７８ １７，５７７
３　（５） 矢沢永吉 　 ４６，７３２ １７，０４２
４　（２） 浜崎あゆみ 　 ３７，９２９ １３，７８５
５　（３） 松本孝弘 Ｂ’ｚ ３５，５７２ １２，９１３
６　（６） 桑田佳祐 サザンオールスターズ ３２，８５１ １１，９０６
７　（８） 桜井和寿 Ｍｒ．Ｃｈｉｌｄｒｅｎ ３１，５２９ １１，４１７
８　（―） 長渕剛 　 ２９，２７８ １０，５８４
９　（10） 藤井フミヤ 　 ２８，２２１ １０，１９３
10　（―） 北島三郎 　 ２６，２００ ９，４４５
※（　）は昨年順位。金額の単位は万円

there are no oragne range or exile on above

[ayuzilla]

I can't believe Utada makes the most o_O

[nmskalmn]

Originally Posted by yamogi

there are no oragne range or exile on above

It just means that they individually made less than US$2 million.

[yamogi]

Originally Posted by nmskalmn

It just means that they individually made less than US$2 million.

then,how do you know they earn excess 2 million per group ?

[Neil]

Fek me, Utada made shed loads. I'm shocked. Her album totally bombed in America, and in Japan it was just... selling good I believe.

[ayu_ready78]

Originally Posted by ayuzilla

I can't believe Utada makes the most o_O

What gets me, Hikki didn't release much of anything last year to pay the most taxes.

[Surreal]

i DON'T understand how Hikki made so much! Omg! Her Exodus had crap sales in America and her singles collection + exodus were just the normal million sellers in Japan. That shouldn't have earned her that much. Anybody has an answer?

[ayu_fan929]

^ her single collection vol. 1 was the highest selling album in japan it sold at least 3M! plus her exodus album in japan sold 1M n her single sold around 400K. plus she writes her own songs, n gets copyright fees, so thats y she earned the most for female entertainers

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by yamogi

there are no oragne range or exile on above

orange range is still kinda new, mayb sony wont give share that much money to them yet, plus it is a 6 member group n thy have to split it into 6...the chart only gives the names for individuals n not for groups....that jus means that each member earned less than US$2M

[ayu_ready78]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

^ her single collection vol. 1 was the highest selling album in japan it sold at least 3M! plus her exodus album in japan sold 1M n her single sold around 400K. plus she writes her own songs, n gets copyright fees, so thats y she earned the most for female entertainers

Thx for making that clear. It always seems Hikki is the top female in the past few years or so.

[hana_sanctuary]

Damn that's a lot of money! O_O

[Endlessoul]

ayu's taxes is less and less...still, that is a lot.
Hikaru is still such an earning machine...

[UHPlus]

Originally Posted by Surreal

i DON'T understand how Hikki made so much! Omg! Her Exodus had crap sales in America and her singles collection + exodus were just the normal million sellers in Japan. That shouldn't have earned her that much. Anybody has an answer?

Hikki composed all her songs and wrote all the lyrics...
she also did the production and arrangement of the songs...

so she was like pay 5 times more than other artist eg. namie amuro

hikki : singer+composer+lyrist+producer+arranger
ayu : singer+lyrist+composer
namie: singer+lyrist


but..i was shocked to see namie's income higher than nakashima mika's ...
namie only release three singles in 2004...

[extepan]

thanks for the info

[lolo66]

Originally Posted by pri0256

Fek me, Utada made shed loads. I'm shocked. Her album totally bombed in America, and in Japan it was just... selling good I believe.

good in number but grrreat in ranking.. and there is also the multiple pay for her multiple roles as others have mentioned, plus her successful concert with minimum cost and the earnings form the Nintendo contract.

Hikki is classic example of a great product coupled with great cost control.

[ayu_fan929]

Originally Posted by UHPlus

but..i was shocked to see namie's income higher than nakashima mika's ...
namie only release three singles in 2004...

didnt namie have a tour in 04? the "so crazy" tour???

[lolo66]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

didnt namie have a tour in 04? the "so crazy" tour???

and the dvd off that plus some commercials

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

it goes to show you that the best in the Japanese Business can be manipulated by thier producers....

Honestly, I think Americans are more closed minded, because when you look at all the songs that made it onto a chart, only a few has a foreign language in it! Americans like us think that we're the elite being on the planet, and doesn't need to go back to our roots and see what they have to offer, they just want to jump on the bandwagon and take what only America has to offer. I might be wrong, but the only time a full foreign song was on a Billboard Chart was Kyu Sakamoto's Sukiyaki, which was over 40 years ago! After everything evolved, you barely hear a foreign language on a mainstream radio, may be even nothing! Only Hawaii i think has foreign stations on our radios, Hawaiian(duh) and Japanese... Americans need to realize that other countries have great things to offer... I mean, American artists aren't the very best in singing, because of the technology nowdays, you can "morph" your voice to sound better, like Britney Spears. She sounds great in albums, but get her in a live, she sounds horrible! Also, a lot of American artists just don't have the versatility to sing different ways, e.g. ballad, upbeat dance, blah, blah, blah... like Hamasaki Ayumi. Ayu has one of the widest and best sounding range of songs, from "INSPIRE" to "Forgiveness"... and it also seems like American artists can't keep up with thier demanding fans like Japanese artists... American artists usually boom for a year or two, then slowly slide into oblivion... while Japanese Artists like Hikki can keep up with the charts, Ayu can win the SAME award (Japan Record Music Award) 3 years in a row... it's amazing how radically different these two industries are, and how radically different paychecks are... I think that Japanese Artists more than 3 times the amount that American artists get because of thier consistency and how the keep up with the demands, unlike American artists....

Just my opinion....