Top 10 Highest Earning Musicians Of 2008
Posted by Dan Haggerty on 01.18.2009
Evidently, Madge doesn't really need that 10K anyway...
Industry figures are in, and we have the Top 10 highest earning musicians of 2008. The dollar totals were calculated by adding ticket, album, and download sales together. New and old, here is the top earners in the music biz last year!
1. Madonna (401.7 million)
2. Celine Dion ($106.8 million)
3. Kenny Chesney ($95.7 million)
4. Eagles ($90.7 million)
5. AC/DC ($82 million)
6. Coldplay ($81.6 million)
7. Bon Jovi ($81.4 million)
8. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ($79 million)
9. Jonas Brothers ($77.9 million)
10. Rascal Flatts ($77.1 million)
I never knew Rascal Flatts had that big of a fan following.
Posted By: Guest#7643 (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 05:26 PM
In a previous story.... Which I tried to link to, I am curious as to how Bon Jovi lost 30 million in the course of the year.
Perez Hilton is far from a reliable source!
Posted By: Hello there (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 06:48 PM
i cant say for most of those artists as I'm only know about AC/DC and Bruce, But The boss did good considering he didnt release any new material last year
Posted By: Zakk (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 07:02 PM
i knew madonna was big but not that big.
Posted By: rey (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 07:06 PM
That's odd, I thought Kanye West said he was "the voice of our generation". You would think that someone that big would, I don't know, crack the top ten?
Good News Kanye, it looks like you don't have nearly as many fans as you thought you did. I guess now you can "work out for 2 months and then pose naked"
Arrogant prick! Suck it.
Posted By: Polish Post (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 07:11 PM
Who the fuck is Kenny Chesney?
Posted By: Diavo (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 08:23 PM
How did a woman who didn't do anything this year except not justifying her stardom made so much money. who the hell actually likes her.
Posted By: Freakzilla (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 09:46 PM
How the **** did Madonna make 400+ million? Thats 300 more than the next closest person. That makes absolutely no sense.
Posted By: ghjgfh (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
haha sorry wayne, you lost
Posted By: wc3fan (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I could see Kenny Chesney being there. Jonas brothers? wtf? madonna? how? celine dion? is this 2008?
Posted By: cj (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Diavo,
Kenny Chesney is a singer the country music genre. He has 30 top 10 songs on the country music charts in his career and has 4th consecutive ACM Entertainer of the Year awards.
He has a huge fan base and he usually sells out concerts as result. That is why has he has the 3rd highest rank on Highest Earning Musicians.
I don't know what people see in his music though and this is a person who listens to different genres of music including country music.
Posted By: Guest#0982 (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Good, The Eagles beat out Coldplay.
Good for actual music to beat out repetitive bullshit.
Posted By: Internet Jesus (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 11:43 PM
"I could see Kenny Chesney being there. Jonas brothers? wtf? madonna? how? celine dion? is this 2008?"
yea, the list represents the money these people made in 2008, idiot.
Posted By: Ugh (Guest) on January 18, 2009 at 11:55 PM
"I could see Kenny Chesney being there. Jonas brothers? wtf? madonna? how? celine dion? is this 2008?"
yea, the list represents the money these people made in 2008, idiot. "
I'm the idiot? I'm well aware of what this list is.
Madonna didn't do anything in 2008, Jonas brothers are aiming for a younger audience and Celine Dion does las vegas shows.
it's unbelievable that some of these people can beat artists like Beyonce or Taylor Swift.
Posted By: cj (Guest) on January 19, 2009 at 01:28 PM
"The boss did good considering he didnt release any new material last year."
But he did release Magic in late 2007 and he spent much of 08 touring for it, and a Springsteen w/ E Street Band tour still packs 'em in.
What's ridiculous to me is that the old-timers like Springsteen, The Eagles and AC/DC can obviously still sell records, yet any new work that older bands put out gets virtually no radio airplay. I know rock radio stations aren't the big money-makers they used to be, but the continued popularity of veteran bands and the huge success of Guitar Hero should show that there is still a solid market for it. Oh well, at least iTunes makes finding new stuff by the old folks a lot easier.
Posted By: rodnumber6 (Guest) on January 19, 2009 at 03:27 PM
"Jonas brothers are aiming for a younger audience and Celine Dion does las vegas shows."
Younger audience or not, the Jonas Bros. are hugely popular right now, thanks largely to the marketing folks at Disney. They were playing at big arenas and were bound to be selling them out especially with the younger kiddos dragging parents along to the shows.
And Celine Deon may be doing Vegas shows, but she was touring as well. She just did a concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, so if she is still doing arena shows, she's still making big bucks. Why she is still such a big deal I'm not sure, but there are people with much less talent who are also popular, so good for her, I guess...
Posted By: rodnumber6 (Guest) on January 19, 2009 at 03:36 PM
