Top 25 Earnings of Musicians in the Past 12 Months
 

In case you're interested.

http://www.fox17online.com/entertain...3.photogallery

I'm assuming this is living musicians only since I hear that a lot of dead musicians' estates earn a ton of money. However, I'm not sure. Maybe living musicians outearn dead musicians.

I would have never guessed that U2 and Elton John were in the top 5 at this point. I was surprised at AC/DC too.

Really? U2 is the obvious number 1, particularly considering their latest tour.

So earnings is pretty much worth.

This isn't record sales, just worth as a "product/commodity."

Yes?

I would say it's a combination of record sales, concerts, appearances, endorsements, etc.

So "net worth."

Yes?

I didn't even realize they had a tour.

They only sold about a million billion tickets.

People pay to see.....their own money?


Tim McGraw (sp?)

who the **** is Michael Buble?

That's what I thought. Who the **** is that?

guess I'll google him

wow, I just listened to a Buble song? HOW THE **** DOES THAT SHIT GET WHAT WAS HE? Top 5. That's ****ing pathetic.

Now, can't blame him. If I could sing like a fairy and make $70 million, I would.

Buble gets mad pussy bro.

Buble's fanbase: horny older women with plenty of money to spend on concert tickets and CDs (that's how old they are; they not only buy music, they buy physical copies of it). That's how he's top 5.

Then they bring their daughters and young work friends backstage and Buble PLOWS EM BRO

yup, if it weren't for women and girls poor tastes many "musicians" would be waiting tables right now and uggs would have never been invented.

Buble is a modern day Dean Martin. More or less...

Apparently the next Sinatra

How the hell is Jay Z not in there? He makes at least 80 mil a year.

He...is.

No.

Hip-Hop industry getting owned. I was sad to see Muse on there. They just might be my most hated band right now.

How the hell does Tobey Keith make that much money and who the hell pays to go see Tobey Keith do anything?

No.

Went to a Buble concert and had a good time. He is what he is.

ya ever feel like youre bein cheated?

No one I know bought one, but thanks for the info.

Rhianna earns more than Chris Brown? She better hope he doesn't hear about this.

The title is incorrect - Musicians implies they actually play instruments. Most of these people would use a guitar to slice cheese.

Artist is a more accurate term.

"Artist" applies to some of them (a snotty opinion, but true). "Performers" or "entertainers" would have accuractely hit the mark for all of them.

That's about 12 million per chord for AC/DC.

Buble reminds me of baseball. It's dated and cheesy, but you give a nod that this is what used to be cool