Rolling Stones

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

8) 50 Cent - $33 million

9) U2 - $30 million

10) Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs - $23 million

11) Justin Timberlake - $20 million

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