As for who is the richest singer and star, there is no doubt that it must be Jay Chou. One person owns all the copyrights. Here, we should recognize a basic concept: the party to which music copyright belongs is the biggest beneficiary of music distribution. The longer you work, the more energetic you are and the more you earn. Here, taking Jay Chou and Jacky Cheung as examples, briefly explain the interest differences caused by music copyright.
The sales of physical records in Jacky Cheung are much larger than those in Jay Chou. Personally, I guess that the sales volume of physical records in Jacky Cheung is around 27 million, and the sales volume of physical records in Jay Chou is around 654.38+03 million. But in every record, Jay Chou earned much more than Jacky Cheung.
He only has the right to perform all the music in Jacky Cheung, without any copyright, and does not participate in copyright dividends. For all Jay Chou's album music, Jay Chou enjoys the copyright (composing music, making music, writing a few words and arranging music) and the right to perform. All the copyrights of Jay Chou are operated and managed by Jay Chou's own company Jewel Company, and the album is released at the same time.
Therefore, in essence, the high sales volume of Jacky Cheung's music albums is not directly related to the amount of money earned, but the reward income assessed by the company, or the contract price increase when the contract is renewed next time, which is decided by the company. However, Jay Chou's album sales revenue, except for Fang Wensheng, who wrote the lyrics and arranged the music, and a small amount of other copyrights (such as translation) were obtained by Jay Chou personally (paying dividends: composing music) and the company. After the final operating expenses of the company and the cost of music non-copyright works (harmony, mixing, recording, playing, etc. ) is deducted, and the rest is Jay Chou's due income.
It is worth mentioning that the copyright dividend is protected by law and supervised and maintained by the National Music Copyright Association in the process of music distribution. From the second month after the release of the song, all music income must be distributed to the copyright owner. In other words, vincent fang still pays dividends on most of Jay Chou's music and earns a lot. Since the second month of music release, vincent fang's lyrics have enjoyed the ability to sit on the ground and make money. It was not until 50 years after the death of the copyright owner that dividends were legally protected in music copyright society of china. Since the fifty-first year, copyright has become public free copyright, but the author still has the right to sign permanently.
As for why the dividend is paid in the second month, because the first month belongs to the sales time of the company's music producers. It is also one of the reasons why most music albums only calculate the sales in the first month. Because from the second month on, the profits will be distributed to the copyright owners.
Through this analysis, we can see that the sales of 27 million physical albums in Jacky Cheung and Jay Chou130,000 physical albums, and the profit margins of Jacky Cheung and Jay Chou are quite different. But there is actually an indicator that is more important than the visible album sales-the vitality of the work. This is why Jay Chou is Jay Chou's strong point.
Based on the dividend law of copyright, we can draw a basic conclusion: the more dynamic the work, the longer the audience pays the bill, and the greater the profits of copyright and record publishers. However, based on the music sales market, most music albums will not be sold again after one month to avoid sales risks and dilute copyright dividends;
In the essence of musical works, no one in the whole Chinese orchestra can do better than Jay Chou. Even the music such as nunchakus and tornado 20 years ago is still released yesterday, without any sense of the times. Jay Chou No.1 released 460 pieces of music, basically more than 20% of which are absolutely excellent works. The scale of such high-quality works endows Jay Chou with unparalleled musical appeal. He can influence the existence of monthly users of a platform.
Therefore, what really makes Jay Chou the most profitable music singer is that Jay Chou's music works are excellent and can stand the test of time. In addition, Jay Chou has the strongest control over his music on the market. Every music album of Jay Chou was hosted by Jay Chou himself. This has led to Jay Chou's voice and high profit rate. This is also the reason why musicians and singers gradually rely on music producers. After Jay's success, Wang Leehom and other talented people learned from ancient times and entered the stage of music producers from singers. Instead of being a singer. Music producer is a very important symbol-the aesthetic difference between employees and bosses, because music producer has formulated the concept of music market and is responsible for the final sales of music album market.
Besides album sales, copyright dividends, high-quality and large-scale works, there is a fourth factor that makes Jay Chou the most profitable Chinese singer-the era of digital albums.
The biggest advantage of traditional records entering the digital album era is that there is no possibility of piracy. Before 2007, you bought 30 copies of Jay Chou's Li Qixiang in a music disc store in a non-first-tier city. In most cases, 30 albums were pirated. In fact, this pirated market makes Jay Chou's economic losses far greater than Jacky Cheung's. After all, Jacky Cheung suffered mainly from the company. And Jay Chou is the boss of his own company. However, Jay Chou did not elaborate on piracy. When Bo Huang asked Jay Chou to sign, he gave Jay Chou a pirated album, but Jay Chou signed it. In fact, piracy is also beneficial. It is the cheap pirated albums that make Jay Chou's music reach every rural corner of the mainland. Genuine albums can't reach such phenomenal spread. You can listen to the best Chinese music at that time at such a low price, which is the biggest reason why Jay Chou was so popular after 1990s.
In the digital album era, Jay Chou's Bedside Story sold nearly 2 million copies, one 20 yuan. Excluding the cost of physical production and physical distribution, the overall profit rate should increase. But the latest single "Mojito" has broken through160,000 single, a 3 yuan. The sales of a song have far exceeded the whole album of that year. This era is not the era of albums, but the era of singles, and Jay Chou is the best in both albums and singles.
More importantly, compared with the traditional record era, Jay Chou is obviously more suitable for the digital album era, because there is no diversion of piracy. In the era of digital albums, Jay Chou completed the whole top-stream proofing. Look at the sales of digital albums in Jacky Cheung's latest album, but it's 65438+ million. The sales of other top musicians are even less than half that of Jay Chou.
As for the so-called small fresh meat music single on the charts, the sales volume is higher than that of Jay Chou. Just looking around. In addition to brushing the list, even if there is a profit, it is also the profit of the entertainment company. It has nothing to do with those idols. They won't be given extra money in the contract, and some may just be year-end bonuses. Most of Jay Chou's income comes from Jay Chou. Again-Jay Chou is the boss, so workers should not try to compare profits with the boss.
2. Chun Wu and JJ Lin are the best families; This is actually a cliche about Chun Wu and JJ Lin. Chun Wu is a top local aristocratic family. Of course, it's a small country. In a real sense, the most interesting singer with the richest background is JJ Lin.
JJ Lin's family business is a leading enterprise in Singapore and also a family business. That sentence: "If you can't sing well, go home and inherit the wealth" is not a joke. Family background has little to do with music, but a lot of words.