K-Pop groups who received a lot of money after asking fans to help fund their music

Posted by AllK_Maknae21 pts Thursday, July 27, 2017

1. Stellar

Stellar is one of the most well-known groups who participated in crowd funding. Stellar has crowdfunded more than two albums and had once reached over 1,000% over the original crowd funding goals earlier this year. The girls experienced more than 700 people supporting their projects. Their latest project raised nearly $100,000!

2. 100%

The boys of 100% raised money in order to hold a global fan meeting! The boys held a global fan meeting on the 27th of May this year. They kicked off with "Better Day" and also performed debut song "BAD BOY", "Beat", "Guy Like Me", and "Sketch U", as well as Japanese songs "How to Cry" and "Eternal". Each member also had a solo song for the fans. 300% of the goal was met within 3 days, and fans from Korea, Japan, China, France, Brazil, Germany and more came to attend.

3. WASSUP

The girls of WASSUP opened up the project on June 1, 2016, announcing the project via their SNS. According to the page, they were asking for $6,508, and met their goal in order to come back with "Color TV." They raised around $12,000. Unfortunately, there were issues with members leaving over the past year.

4. 24K

The members of 24K joined together on their crowdfunding page in order to raise money for two albums. Both were successful as the 1st album project raised $23,000 while the 2nd album project raised nearly $50,000!

5. Crayon Pop

On November 17 of last year, Crayon Pop announced their crowdfunding 'Crayon Pop 'Winter Party Project!' The fundraiser reached its $8,000 goal in just 2 hours and they exceeded their goal amount by 200% within 24 hours, which actually set a new record for the Makestar team and the girl group. They eventually raised $52,000!

6. Minzy

Not a K-pop group but deserves to be on the list nonetheless. When Minzy prepared for her solo debut and was in the process of releasing her album 'Uno,' she asked for the support of her fans. Not only was it for her album promotions and success but she also donated some of the profit as well. She raised nearly $21,000 in total.

7. ASTRO

The sweet and charming boys of Astro wanted to release their very first photo book since debut and took to crowdfunding as a resource to make it happen! The crowdfunding began on November 21 of last year and the group almost immediately exceeded their funding goal of 35 million KRW ($29,533). They raised over $100,000!

8. LABOUM

The lovely girls of LABOUM really wanted to wow fans with the quality for their next comeback. So, the girls and their agency used crowdfunding to increase their production budget. The LABOUM album project gained numerous online traffic from the moment it started; allowing it to reach its goal of $8,913 in just 4 hours! It eventually raised $75,751.58!

9. BP RaNia

After BP RaNia became a thing, the new lineup took to crowd funding in order to promote and produce their American album after re-debuting with "Demonstrate." They had been aiming to raise $4,500 and were successful in their goal raising around $8,500 in total.

10. Brave Girls

Like many groups, Brave Girls were also involved in crowd funding in order to create their studio album. 'Makestar's side stated, "The funding happened in not only Korea but also America, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, China, and more." The girls had gathered 100% of the funds needed to produce a new album on October 11 of last year and earned even more there after. They raised $18,721 which was 205.66% of their goal of $9,103.

11. B.A.P