Byun Jin-seop's heyday was 20 billion won in annual album revenue, not BTS, but BJS

By Jieun, Baek

May 19, 2025

Byun Jin-seop's heyday was 20 billion won in annual album revenue, not BTS, but BJS



Singer Byun Jin-seop boasted enormous popularity during his heyday.

Byun Jin-seop joined as the new boss in KBS2 'The boss's ears are donkey ears', which aired on the 18th.

Is Byun Jin-seop the god of MBC in 1987He made his debut by winning the silver prize with his song "Our Love Story" from ". He said in 1988 'It's too late' He released his first album 'Being Alone' containing 'Like Birds' and recorded Korea's first million seller with more than 1.8 million sales. Afterwards, he released a series of hit songs such as 'To You'Hope'To Lady'You Come Again' to raise the non-mainstream ballad genre to the main stream at the time.




Byun Jin-seop commented "I'm a dull, good-natured boss" But the stories of 'Eul' were different. The members of Byun Jin-seop's band are "Dooly in appearance, and Ko Gil-dong in position. He gives me a lot of sense and nags me a lot. I often feel different that day, so I don't know where to fit."

In fact, Byun Jin-seop showed the aspect of 'Sensitive Boss' while practicing with the band members for the Busan performance. Stop playing countless times, "If it goes wrong, it's all your responsibility", "Just the accompaniment, it's a machine. I'm not asking you to turn up the volume, I'm asking you to give me a three-dimensional effect,' he said in a harsh tone to the members. The members complained about Byun Jin-seop's pressure directing, saying "What is his three-dimensional effect?" and Byun Jin-seop felt unfair, saying "What did I do wrong?"

Byun Jin-seop's heyday was 20 billion won in annual album revenue, not BTS, but BJS
However, Byun showed infinite affection for his second son, who inherited his talents. Byun Jin-seop's second son is an artistic swimmer-turned-musical actor who formed a modern dance choreography team to perform on the concert stage. Byun Jin-seop said, "Jae-jun has a pretty body, so the performance was well received."I was pleased.




Byun also had conversations with the band members about his heyday. Byun Jin-seop "A ballad came out after I came out. Although the first album officially sold 1.8 million copies, I think it sold more than 2 million copies. The count wasn't exactly right. The second album did better and received 2.5 million royalties. The third album also has more than 2 million copies.

In response, the members mentioned "There is a saying that the album's revenue alone is KRW 2 billion", and Byun Jin-seop acknowledged the rumor by "1990". Kim Hyo-jin and Park Myung-soo, who saw this in the studio, were surprised, saying, `If it was 2 billion won then, it is 20 billion won now.'

Byun Jin-seop became a star after making his debut. I happened to ride an unmade car (27.5 million won at the time) when I was on my way to the best car (16.9 million won to 28.9 million won at the time). I even bought it." He showed off his immense wealth.




Also, when asked about popular episodes, "You have to stay up all night to talk about it. At that time, people around me said it was BTS these days. I'm not a BTS, I'm a BJS."



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