Highest Earning Musicians of 2008
The Police have been named as the highest-earning musicians - having made $115 million in the past year.
The Forbes Magazine poll revealed that Beyonce Knowles, Justin Timberlake and Madonna are also in the top five.
Wtam.com reported that The Police were helped to the crown of "World's Highest Paid Music Stars" by the $28.3 million each they made from their reunion shows.
The ten "Highest Paid Music Stars" of the past year, according to Forbes Magazine, are:
01. The Police ($115 million)
02. Beyonce Knowles ($80 million)
03. Toby Keith ($48 million)
04. Justin Timberlake ($44 million)
05. Madonna ($40 million)
06. Celine Dion ($40 million)
07. Rascal Flatts ($40 million)
08. Van Halen ($35 million)
09. Genesis ($31 million)
10. Gwen Stefani ($27 million)
Source: Nme.com
The Forbes Magazine poll revealed that Beyonce Knowles, Justin Timberlake and Madonna are also in the top five.
Wtam.com reported that The Police were helped to the crown of "World's Highest Paid Music Stars" by the $28.3 million each they made from their reunion shows.
The ten "Highest Paid Music Stars" of the past year, according to Forbes Magazine, are:
01. The Police ($115 million)
02. Beyonce Knowles ($80 million)
03. Toby Keith ($48 million)
04. Justin Timberlake ($44 million)
05. Madonna ($40 million)
06. Celine Dion ($40 million)
07. Rascal Flatts ($40 million)
08. Van Halen ($35 million)
09. Genesis ($31 million)
10. Gwen Stefani ($27 million)
Source: Nme.com
posted by Jeff at 1:42 PM
7 Comments:
It's good to see classic bands on here instead of only pop tarts. Cool. Seeing The Police on here makes me particularly happy; the boys put on one hell of a show when I saw them.
Good thing Genesis banked (heheh) a load--Phil needs it for his divorce!
David - I'm somewhat surprised that the Police were #1, but I guess their tour did really well. All I remember were ticket prices were out of my range (maybe that explains things.)
Yeah, I put out some considerable dough for my Police tickets. That said, I believe I made a great return on that little investment as opposed to other bands I wished I didn't pay as much.
Mad Hatter - I like the Police, but not enough to justify that price.
Yeah, I remember when I was doing the paintings for a local radio show giveaway tied to the Phoenix show, I couldn't believe how much tickets were! But they sold out!
Hmm. Just remind me not to buy anything from that lot again, they sound far too rich :)
Anybody know who was in the Bottom Ten? I guess they might be worth investigating. Sorry, we Brits always support the underdog! And they'd be cheap to go see.
Daniel - I believe the show they played by me sold out as well. Do the Police really have that big of a following, because I never seemed to notice it until they reunited.
musicobsessive - I wonder how Brit, Paul McCartney fared this year after the whole divorce.
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