awwwww! that sucks butt for DBSK, less than one freaking cent?! that’s absolutely unfair! poor DBSK!!

im not surprised but i hope they get more money than they deserved.

SM isn’t really the worst but he’s just kind of cunning. By saying he’s the worst, you’re saying he doesn’t promote his artists well, which is not true. He kinda overworks them sometimes but thanks to that, his artists get a good amount of popularity. Well that wasn’t the case for CSJH -__- but other artists, yea.

I hope DBSK won’t be in the same situation H.O.T was in. I know it’s going to be BIG BIG BIG news if DBSK broke up. =[

LSM BETTER not do anything bad to BoA. =[ She gets really good album sales anyway.

-Stevie=]™

@boshi noi:  That was for H.O.T.
I think most of the companies milk their artists.  These kids give their childhood to training and their early adulthood to fame =/.  But despite the (widely accepted form of) child exploitation, the Asian entertainment companies protect their kids, unlike the American ones that build you up and let you crash and burn (*ahem* Britney).  But then, I suppose the Asian companies can’t afford to let their artists breakdown, they’ve invested too much in them.
Haha, @JbabeeLoVe: more money than they deserve?

all us DBSK fans are worried about how this is gonna turn out. But I think SM was smarter this time. I think after seeing Shinhwa and how they’ve managed to stay successful and doing solo projects while keeping the group intact that SM knows that a boyboy can be bankable for a long time to come! They should know now they cannot afford to lose TVXQ in the way they let H.O.T go. Plus they’ve invested waaay too much in the Japanese market to let that all go to waste. SM made it so all their contracts expire at different times. I believe Jaejoong’s expires first early next year? We are all holding our breath that negotiations with him will go smoothly! You never know what SM is gonna do!
TVXQ HWAITING!

all the ‘milking’ is good for their popularity, but i just wish they would be allowed breaks from time to time.  you always hear stories about these artists fainting, getting sick from exhaustion, etc. i still think SM is an awful man, but he’s a good businessman i guess.

I don’t even want to think of what will happen if dbsk ever broke up… -_-

^ahaha...me too...I would probably cry...ahaha...I cried when I was a kid when I learned that Kurt Cobain’s dead...bwahaha...I thought he was still alive though, a kid’s mind if you can understand...ahehe…
I don’t really think they get that less pay...I mean, Heechul from SuJu bought his parents a car...Hankyung from SuJu, too, made his mom a dumpling restaurant in China...I mean, if they really do just get 1 cent per album even with their TV appearances, they won’t have enough money to do that...and Hankyung rarely goes on TV and they only have 2 albums released...Yoochun helped his mom to run an ice cream parlor here in US...so, I really don’t think they get that less pay...and LSM gave all members of DBSK luxurious cars...and Junsu asking an IPod to LSM before and he gave him one because he didn’t have one unlike the other members(thinking about it, it’s just so cute)…
If LSM disbanded DBSK he’s the craziest man alive and it would only prove that he’s not a gold-digger...and I can’t imagine DBSK on a different company either…
when the boys said they trust LSM that he’s like a father figure to them...I’ll just believe what the boys said...all the rumors about LSM I just choose not to believe them…
and the TIME Magazine article was YEARS ago, they probably change even a bit like how Johnny Kitagawa of JE Entertainment changed...and thanks to SM if H.O.T. wasn’t at SM, I don’t think they would be that famous…
and good job DBSK!

the first statement is for Leah not Changminwhore…
oh well, didn’t they already stated that DBSK’s going to sign a contract for 10 years more...as a DBSK fan, I’m not really worried that they’re going to disband...but they do need rest...like A LOT of rest!
Changminwhore would love this.......NOT!
Changmin at their recently Beijing Concert:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v2yKPFDk6BE
I want to stop him from performing while watching thi...even if he doesn’t want to, give him a rest! Didn’t they say that Changmin’s the one that get sick easily and has a weaker body? If I was there, i would punch him already...oh, jeez...he’s getting me worried...like, he seriously is getting me worried...if he collapsed like Bada at that stage I would hate his hyungs (not really) and yet he’s still smiling!!!!! Lucky fans, I say....it’s all right if Jae fell (not really) but he always does, so, it’s kind of normal...he’s clumsy, what can I do?...I would punch them one by one if one of them collapse on stage…
so if LSM disbands them, I’ll hunt him down...ahaha...those boys have been through so much…

seriously. TVXQ better watch their backs. HOT was definitely screwed over.

i don’t think it’s the same for dbsk.. i mean, chun just a bought a HUGE house, he’s gotta have money for that right? and they always talk about how they’re giving money to their parents.. they seem like they’re happy anyways..

I think Yunho has a pretty good head on his shoulder and I’m sure he has a vision as to where the group would go.  I think they make good money.  Chun just bought a castle and these guys drive nice cars.  I think as long as they get paid decent and they’re doing what they love, they’re happy.  They don’t look like the type who have a lot of greed for money.  At any rate, if LSM is the cause for DBSK’s disband, his headquarter will probably be flatten like a pancake (after being stomped by the Korean fans population.) I don’t think they even need the Chinese fans population to help.

i just have a feeling that LSM will disband DBSK next year thats why he created Shinee this early....i don’t see the reason why he created another boyband when DBSK and suju are still there…

They could come to YG and learn to rap and join Big Bang so they’ll be Big Bang Shin Ki!!!

when does their contract with SM expire??? i wonder if they would leave SM…
imagine how many record companies would go after them for a contract if they decided to leave SM? O_O

@KMD...if that ever happen consider me dead!...ahaha...not that I don’t like YG, I don’t like their music style, let’s say it like that...but if ever DBSK just stick to one genre of music (which I highly doubt they would) moreover hip hop/rap...I would just consider that there’s no more DBSK...ahaha...jk^^and I’m a Dong Bang Junior...ahehe…
@yeli...at the end of this year...I really doubt they would...I believe they wouldn’t...and to answer your question...all recording companies would accept them!

When i heard how the entire group gets like five cents of every cd they get sold . .i was like outraged. But if you think of it realistically, they do a lot of travelling .The food, the clothes, the apartment and the tutition are all paid by SM entertainment. Them getting as little as 10 thousdand dollars per year is somewhat understandable. They dont have to pay for their daily expenses and nor do they have to worry about the concert setups. They just do choregraphy and sing songs written for them.

UNKNOWN, SM Entertainment gets probably $5 - $6 per album sold. How is it fair to give H.O.T. 5 - 6 cents per album sold? Even if the record company paid for food, housing, etc. it’ll probably be a mid 5 figure sum ($50,000). So from $5 million that they earned they spend $100,000.... talk about greed.

is there a website that lists the estimate gross yearly income of artists in korea?

All I know is that if DBSK breaks up, there would be a lot of suicide cases.

being an dbsk fan, i actually don’t mind them breaking up. i guess for me, it’s time for them to move on in their career.

the latter half of the news was rather disheartening. nonetheless, i’ll focus on the good part.

the boys have achieved so much; but i believe they’re only starting. LSM knows this; Max Matsuura knows this. i’ve faith that we’ll be seeing this boys for a long time.

i’m not gonna lie though. i’ll be terribly devastated if they disband. call me a silly fangirl but they’re a source of my happiness at the moment. i’d like to keep it that way for the next five years or so…

i know in the end it’s all about the money for the all the hardwork they’ve done but i think dbsg members are mature enough to accept whatever they receive and perhaps say what they’re ultimate purpose is to be known for being hard workers and just knowing that they have tons of fans supporting them… i dunno it’s going to be stupid if that happens though they really earn what they deserve.... but again i hope it’s not money that would break up their group. =)

Stevie is right SM isn’t the worst label there are many labels that screw over artists big time. That’s why some of these artists need to smarten up and know what they are getting into.

But I think this is why a lot of DBSK fangirls bash new boybands coming out and say things like “They’ll never surpass DBSK” because they are scared DBSK will be replace but in reality they aren’t. So I understand the fear surround the 5 year curse thingy. But all in all DBSK is a very good group with real talent they’ll be around for a while =)

@H8erade
Im pretty sure 2 stayed behind because they wanted a solo career!