We mentioned this new variety show "I am a singer" (나는 가수다) that showcases 7 singers in a competition between each other. Comedians are their managers and they have challenges and the audience votes for first place and seventh place.
There has been some controversy with the show itself because of the fact that one of the top singers in the Korean music industry placed last. But also, there has been some recent controversy with music companies grumbling about the fact that the music on the show is being sold (and so popular aka "dominating the music charts", because let's be honest, if it wasn't selling successfully, they wouldn't care). They are worried about the music chart "going into a crisis" if these songs keep getting sold. Are they just worried about their own idols making money? Or are they actually worried about the industry? Is it a bad thing to release these songs?
Breakdown of who gets paid what:
On the income distribution for the songs, MBC explained, “60% of the profit goes to the distributor and copyright holder. 10% of the remaining 40% is split into donations for the improvement of the music industry. Whatever’s left is divided 5:5 amongst the singers and us.”
