According to Forbes anual lists, The Rolling Stones topped this year’s highest-earning musicians list. The rock group earned $88 million in the last year, mostly thanks to their ‘The Bigger Bang’ world tour. The Rolling Stones were followed by Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z for the second place with $83 million. Jay-Z is CEO of Def Jam Records, owns a bite in the New Jersey Nets basketball team, and also has sports bar chain. Madonna took the third place with $77 million, due to her ‘Confessions’ world tour and collaboration with clothes store H&M. Celine Dion was the only other female Celebrity who manage to stay on the highest-earning musicians list, despite being a veteran, finishing sixth with $45 million.
The full top 10 as calculated by Forbes is below, 2006-2007:
1) The Rolling Stones – $88 million
2) Jay-Z – $83 million
3) Madonna – $72 million
4) Bon Jovi – $67 million
5) Elton John – $53 million
6) Celine Dion – $45 million
7) Tim McGraw – $37 million
50 Cent – $33 million
9) U2 – $30 million
10) Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs – $23 million
11) Justin Timberlake – $20 million
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