Jay Park Net Worth

What Is Jay Park's Net Worth?

Jay Park is an American singer, rapper, dancer, music producer, model, and actor who has a net worth of $10 million. Jay Park is a member of the b-boy crew Art of Movement based in Seattle, Washington. He grew up as a dancer and b-boy. He is his own PR agent and fan club president. Park founded the Korean Independent hip hop record labels AOMG and H1ghr Music, and he formerly served as the CEO of both. He also founded the record label More Vision. Jay gained fame as the leader of the South Korean boy band 2PM. He uploaded a cover of B.o.B's hit "Nothin' on You" to YouTube in 2010, and the video went viral and amassed more than two million views in less than 24 hours. His debut studio album, "New Breed," was released in 2012 and reached #1 on the South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart. His second album, 2014's "Evolution," hit #3 on the South Korean chart. He later released the albums "Worldwide" (2015), "Everything You Wanted" (2016), "The Road Less Traveled" (2019), and "The One You Wanted" (2024). Park also had success with the singles "Bestie," "Abandoned," "Tonight," "Demon," "Girlfriend," "Star," "Know Your Name," "Joah," "Metronome," "Promise," and "So Good." In 2013, he won a Korean Music Award for Musician of the Year. In October 2017, it was announced that Jay Park had signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation record label.

Early Life

Jay Park was born Park Jae-beom on April 25, 1987, in Edmonds, Washington. He attended Edmonds-Woodway, and he became interested in breakdancing and hip hop music at an early age. Park began writing raps as a teenager, and in 2003, he became a member of Art of Movement (AOM), a b-boy crew based in Seattle. He often skipped his classes to take part in b-boy competitions, and his mother was unhappy with his lack of interest in higher education. However, when she found out about a locally advertised talent search organized by South Korea's JYP Entertainment, she encouraged Jay to audition. The audition went well, and Park was chosen to be a member of a Korean boy band. He was brought to South Korea in early 2005, where he underwent training in singing, rapping, dancing, and the Korean language. He eventually earned a degree from Dankook University.

Career

On the Mnet reality series "Hot Blood Men," Park was voted the leader of the boy band 2PM. The group's first single, "10 Out of 10," debuted on "M Countdown" a few days after the release of their 2008 mini-album "Hottest Time of the Day." Around this time, Jay also collaborated with Yeeun of the Wonder Girls for the song "Jeong," which was featured on the soundtrack of the TV series "Conspiracy in the Court." He joined the casts of variety shows such as "Introducing a Star's Friend" and "Star King," and in August 2009, he began co-hosting "Nodaji" with Nicole Jung. In September 2009, unfavorable comments he had made about Korea on Myspace in 2009 gained attention. Park publicly apologized, and the following day, he announced that he was leaving 2PM and returning to the U.S.

After Jay moved back to Seattle, the South Korean public realized that the media had mistranslated the Myspace comments and taken them out of context. Many clamored for his return to 2PM, but in February 2010, JYP Entertainment announced that Park's contract had been terminated due to a different "personal mistake" he had made in 2009. This led to fan boycotts of products that were endorsed by the band after it was revealed that every member had agreed to Jay's termination. Park launched his YouTube channel, "jayparkaom," in March 2010, and his first video, a cover of "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B and Bruno Mars, garnered more than two million views in its first 24 hours. B.o.B. later released a version of song with Jay replacing Bruno Mars' vocals. Park returned to South Korea in June 2010 to the biggest crowd ever witnessed at Incheon International Airport. He subsequently signed with SidusHQ, and he released his debut EP, "Count on Me," on July 13, 2010. The EP reached #1 on the South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart, and the title track peaked at #4 on the Gaon Digital Chart.

Jay then released the 2011 EPs "Take a Deeper Look" and "New Breed Part 1," which reached #3 and #1, respectively, on the US Billboard World Albums chart. In 2012, he released his debut studio album, "New Breed," and it topped the South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart and peaked at #4 on the Billboard World Albums chart. The singles "Girlfriend" and "Know Your Name" (featuring Dok2) were top 10 hits on the Billboard World Digital Singles chart. Park's next two studio albums, 2014's "Evolution" and 2015's "Worldwide," both reached #3 on the Gaon Weekly album chart and #5 on the Billboard World Albums chart. The singles "Joah," "Metronome" (featuring Simon Dominic and Gray), and "You Know" (featuring Okasian) reached the top 10 on the Billboard World Digital Singles chart. The 2016 album "Everything You Wanted" reached #5 on the Gaon Weekly album chart and #3 on the Billboard World Albums chart and featured two singles that broke into the top 10 on the Billboard World Digital Singles chart, "Drive" (featuring Gray) and "All I Wanna Do (K)" (featuring Hoody and Loco). The 2019 album "The Road Less Traveled" peaked at #11 on the Gaon Weekly album chart, and 2024's "The One You Wanted" reached #9 on that chart. In 2022, GQ Korea named Jay one of its "Men of the Year."

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Personal Life

Jay speaks Korean and English fluently, and he can also speak basic Mandarin. In 2022, he made a ₩50 million to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association for victims of huge wildfires that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk. A few months later, he donated ₩100 million to the organization to help victims of the recent South Korean floods. In March 2020, MMA fighter Brian Ortega was kicked out of UFC 248 for allegedly slapping Park, and a police report was filed against Ortega. Jay serves as UFC fighter Chan Sung Jung's translator, and the two are good friends.

Awards

Park has been nominated for more than 10 Korean Hip-hop Awards, winning for Artist of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2021, R&B Album of the Year for "Everything You Wanted" in 2017, and Label of the Year for H1ghr Music in 2021. He has won Korean Music Awards for Male Musician of the Year Netizen Vote (2013 and 2015), Musician of the Year (2017), and Best R&B & Soul Album for "Everything You Wanted" (2017). In 2011, Jay won a Mashable Award for Best Web Video for "Nothin' on You," and in 2012, he earned the Popular Artist Award at the Asia Model Awards and received a Golden Disc Award for Disc Bonsang for "Take a Deeper Look." In 2013, he shared the Shorty Awards' Flava Award with Mizz Nina, and in 2014, he won an SBS MTV Best of the Best award for Best Hip Hop Music Video for "So Good." In 2022, Park earned a MAMA Award for Best Hip Hop & Urban Music for "Ganadara" (featuring IU).

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