A list for the top ten money makers in the Taiwanese music industry has just been released, and, not surprisingly, we find that the king of CPOP, Jay Chou, has topped the charts and edged out all other competition!
According to reports from his company, Jay Chou has racked in over 850 million TWD, which equates to about $27 million. Coming in second is Jay’s ex-girlfriend, Jolin Tsai, who managed to make a little more than half of what Jay made during the year. Leehom Wang, who was expected to rank higher, took the number five spot. The full list is below:
1. Jay Chou, 852 million NTD
2. Jolin Tsai, 475.69 million NTD
3. S.H.E, 380 million NTD
4. Show Luo, 341.3 million NTD
5. Leehom Wang, 245.08 million NTD
6. Fahrenheit, 220 million NTD
7. ELVA Hsiao, 214.04 million NTD
8. Mayday, 171.5 million NTD
9. Kenji Wu, 155.75 million NTD
10. Rene Liu, 136.12 million
Source: CpopAccess

November 28, 2010 07:00 AM | by