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Related content from Digital Spy: http://www.billboard.com/#/news/top-...06415552.storyTaylor Swift, Lady GaGa, Adele named Billboard's Money Makers 2012 This is music-related income only! 40. Linkin Park $5,190,655 39. Kanye West $5,363,661 38. Mötley Crüe $5,376,272 37. Steely Dan $5,389,509 36. New Kids On The Block $5,519,805 35. Justin Bieber $5,523,459 34. Sugarland $5,632,406 33. Backstreet Boys $5,712,050 32. Rush $5,819,304 31. Foo Fighters $6,013,257 30. Usher $6,292,586 29. Rod Stewart $6,388,756 28. Zac Brown Band $6,481,564 27. Keith Urban $6,579,695 26. Lady Antebellum $6,676,450 25. Paul McCartney $6,726,519 24. The Beatles $6,743,863 23. Enrique Iglesias $7,448,670 22. Rihanna $7,660,833 21. Brad Paisley $8,602,374 20. Michael Bublé $9,027,177 19. Tim McGraw $9,335,258 18. Rascal Flatts $9,639,270 17. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band $10,017,031 16. Britney Spears $10,090,973 15. Toby Keith $10,413,127 14. Katy Perry $11,969,426 13. Elton John $11,973,990 12. Journey $12,313,822 11. "Glee" Cast $12,587,771 10 Adele $13,081,909 Even an extreme medical emergency couldn't interfere with Adele's success in 2011. From the moment sophomore album 21 stormed in atop the Billboard 200 in March 2011, the singer/songwriter has been setting-and demolishing-a seemingly endless array of retail and radio feats. Before her latest achievement-spending 23 weeks atop the chart to notch the longest-running No. 1 album in Nielsen SoundScan's history-Adele racked up numerous other milestones. Her single "Rolling in the Deep" became the most widely crossed-over song of the past 25 years, topping rock, pop, AC, R&B/hip-hop, dance and Latin charts. In addition, she became one of only four female artists to spend at least 13 weeks at the peak of the Billboard 200, joining Judy Garland, Carole King and Whitney Houston. Adele then capped the year by winning six Grammy Awards, including album of the year. Although throat surgery sidelined her touring schedule last October, her album sales continued to soar to the tune of 6.7 million in 2011. 9 Jason Aldean $13,409,011 Contrary to the third-time-lucky rule, it was Jason Aldean's fourth album for Broken Bow Records, My Kinda Party, that turned him into a legitimate country superstar. Released in November 2010, Party sold 1.6 million units and 5 million tracks last year, moving 2.4 million albums and 6.6 million tracks through mid-February of this year. "Don't You Wanna Stay," a duet with Kelly Clarkson, peaked atop Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in March 2011 and sold 1.5 million tracks last year. "Stay" was quickly followed by the country-rap hybrid "Dirt Road Anthem," which reached No. 1 in July. Aldean also matured into one of country's most successful live acts. The My Kinda Party tour sold out arenas and amphitheaters across the country, grossed $27 million in 2011 and netted Aldean an estimated $9.1 million. His rapid ascent to the concert industry's upper echelon helped him win the Breakthrough honor at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards. 8 Celine Dion $14,261,515 Celine Dion sure knows how to make a comeback. After her historic five-year residency at Las Vegas' Colosseum at Caesars Palace ended in late 2007, the Canadian singer took a well-deserved break, then returned to the 4,000-seat venue in March 2011 for yet another stand. She grossed $40.1 million from 57 performances last year that drew nearly a quarter-million fans and booked additional Vegas dates through this August. Though Dion's last studio album was 2007's Taking Chances, she sold 331,000 albums in 2011, the biggest catalog item being 1997's Let's Talk About Love (75,000 copies). The singer also sold 956,000 digital tracks last year, with the top seller still being "My Heart Will Go On," from 1997's blockbuster film "Titanic" (167,000 downloads). 7 Bon Jovi $19,813,232 Guided by the business acumen and savvy musical instincts of charismatic frontman Jon Bon Jovi, the New Jersey rock phenom has been a brand and a band on fire for much of the past decade. The Circle tour, marking the most ambitious trek in the band's 30-year history, wrapped last summer with a final tally of $265 million, the sixth-largest-grossing tour of all time. Aside from its prized catalog of hits, the band releases chart-topping new material as well: During the most recent round of live gigs, Bon Jovi put out its first greatest-hits package and new studio album The Circle, each cross-marketed on the AEG Live-produced tour directed by BJM's Paul Korzilius. Bon Jovi moved more than 320,000 physical CDs last year, 1.6 million digital tracks and two new DVD titles in addition to tons of branded merch, maximizing its highly familiar image and sound decades after its humble beginnings. 6 Sade $16,382,809 Just as fans clamored for a return to the recording studio in 2010-causing her Soldier of Love to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 502,000 units sold-followers of the sultry singer and her smooth jazz band also lined up last year for Sade's first North American tour since 2001. The 59-date, Live Nation-produced arena trek claimed 10th place on Billboard's Top 25 Tours listing. With John Legend opening all U.S. dates, the tour ultimately posted $45.7 million in revenue that resulted in a cool $15.4 million take for the group. Longtime collaborator Sophie Muller served as creative director and Baz Halpin (Pink!, Tina Turner) handled production and lighting design for the critically acclaimed live shows, which featured a massive LED screen showing videos and dazzling images behind the band. While an official release date hasn't yet been announced, Muller stayed busy last year editing a film version of the tour that may appear on cable and DVD soon. 5 Lil Wayne $23,178,722 Lil Wayne's first full year back in the market after serving eight months for attempted gun possession in New York proved a lucrative stretch. For the week ending Sept. 6, ninth studio set Tha Carter IV debuted atop the Billboard 200, racking up the year's second-biggest sales week with 964,000 units sold. The tally also gave Wayne the best sales week by a male artist since his own Carter III topped the charts with 1 million units in June 2008 and accounted for nearly a third of his total 2.7 million sales for that year. (Only Lady Gaga's Born This Way, offered at a special 99 cent price for two days at AmazonMP3 during its first week, had a better debut than IV in 2011.) Wayne also moved 12.3 million digital tracks, driven by Hot 100 top 10s like "6 Foot, 7 Foot" and "She Will," and continued to prove himself on the road. His I Am Still Music tour grossed $44.7 million from 67 shows and 695,291 tickets sold. Then there's the fortune he earned as founder of Young Money Entertainment, label home of Nicki Minaj, Drake, Tyga and others, but that's a different list. 4 Lady Gaga $25,353,039 Topping the Money Makers list in 2011, the theatrical chanteuse enjoyed a near-repeat of her previous stellar year. Defined by the May launch of yet another full-length opus, Born This Way, the album sold 1.1 million units during its first week, marking the biggest single sales frame for an album release in 2011. Combined with her previous sets The Fame and The Fame Monster, Gaga moved 2.8 million albums last year. Meanwhile, Born This Way spawned four singles that all reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and helped the singer move 12.7 million digital tracks. Despite holding off on another traditional tour when her 19-month Monster Ball trek wrapped last May, Gaga's Boxscore revenue equaled $51.4 million in 2011, after reaping $70.4 million the year before. Expect Born This Way to keep delivering in 2012, with the Born This Way Ball ready to roll overseas in April. 3 Kenny Chesney $29,837,103 Kenny Chesney rejuvenated himself by taking time off from touring in 2010, and fans responded by turning out in record numbers to see him last year. Promoted nationally by TMG/AEG Live, Chesney captured his sixth top package honor at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards for his Goin' Coastal concert swing, his eighth consecutive tour to sell more than 1 million tickets. As with most leading country live acts, Chesney also sells a healthy amount of recordings while touring: more than 650,000 physical album units (buoyed by hit-laden 2010 album Hemingway's Whiskey) and 4.3 million-plus digital tracks. Chesney's fans worship his romantic, hard-drinking lifestyle, so he derives additional revenue streams from various merchandise, a laid-back clothing line, ringtones, DVDs and even a sponsorship deal with the beverage firm that makes Corona. (No surprise, given that Chesney wrote the No. 1 country hit "Beer in Mexico.") 2 U2 $32,116,315 U2's monumental 360° tour finally wrapped in 2011 with a $91.5 million Boxscore for the year, including a return trek through North America originally scheduled for 2010 but postponed due to Bono's back surgery. Fewer than 10% of the tickets had to be refunded, and those returns were quickly scooped up. The total Boxscore tally of $736 million stands as an amazing record, and the attendance of 7.3 million concert-goers (another record) led to merchandise sales approaching $50 million, according to Billboard estimates (but not included in calculating the Money Makers tally). Merch sales and fan club revenue were maximized under synergies created through the band's long-term, multirights deal with Live Nation, and the 360° tour marked an impressive testament to the ability of both sides to deliver. U2 also sold a significant amount of recorded content, including 1.4 million digital tracks, since the tour drew fans' attention to catalog favorites. Combining digital and physical units, however, U2 moved the least number of albums among the top 10 Money Makers. Today's music business is all about the live thing, and U2 stands high on the mountaintop in that regard. 1 Taylor Swift $35,719,902 After wrapping the final leg of her Fearless tour, Taylor Swift's blockbuster success two years ago left music industry observers wondering what she could possibly do for an encore. The pop-country superstar answered them with her smash Speak Now album and accompanying tour, which jetted through Asia and Europe in addition to making its way across North America. Grossing $88.5 million in the U.S. alone, the tour netted Swift a remarkable $29.8 million. Honored as Billboard's Woman of the Year in December, she racked up U.S. album sales of 1.8 million units last year-led by booming business for late 2010's Speak Now, which sold 967,000 units and digital single track sales of 7.8 million. Songwriting royalties were another highly beneficial source of income, given that Swift wrote all 14 Speak Now tunes herself. ![]()
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The biggest artist will always make the most money and in this case its no exception.
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Surprising list i thought Adele would miss top ten no major tour and only 1 album campaign good going though a few surprises there too U2, Kenny C, Sade great to see British artists on there too shows how diverse the American market is too.
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Imagine if Adele had toured extensively! She's have made 4 to 5 times that amount I reckon.
Good old Celine working away solidly in the background. Taylor was always going to be up near the top with her tour and record sales being sky high. Love Speak Now so can't complain with her placing at all! |
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Imagine if Adele had toured extensively! She's have made 4 to 5 times that amount I reckon. Good old Celine working away solidly in the background.
Taylor was always going to be up near the top with her tour and record sales being sky high. Love Speak Now so can't complain with her placing at all! |
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cant believe how low Justin Bieber is
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But playing pub sized venues wont make you any money so tour or not she would not have been anywhere near the top.
Why did you have to have a dig at her? Pub sized venues? Did she not sell out the albert hall? |
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These kinds of lists are always a stark reminder of the vast difference in earnings between selling millions of singles/albums and being a massive touring act, so it's no surprise that Taylor topped it over those who didn't spend 2011 touring. She rakes it in from the US market.
Will be interesting to see what happens next year with Gaga vs. Madonna's tour grosses. That'll be big money. |
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These kinds of lists are always a stark reminder of the vast difference in earnings between selling millions of singles/albums and being a massive touring act, so it's no surprise that Taylor topped it over those who didn't spend 2011 touring. She rakes it in from the US market.Will be interesting to see what happens next year with Gaga vs. Madonna's tour grosses. That'll be big money.
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By extensively I meant on proper big arena venues. I was only saying, not threatening anyones positions in the chart, she would have had no trouble selling out as many arenas as she could pack into her schedule I think.
Why did you have to have a dig at her? Pub sized venues? Did she not sell out the albert hall? Taylor played to well over 1.5 Million people in 2011, just playing small sized venues would take years and years to play to that many people. |
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Just saying thats all, I have been to the albert hall, its a very small venue, think it holds around 5K and in the scheme of things that is a pub sized venue.it actually looks a lot bigger when you see it on TV then it is in real life, I was shocked at just how small it is when your inside.
Taylor played to well over 1.5 Million people in 2011, just playing small sized venues would take years and years to play to that many people. |
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Adele imo will never be an extensive tourer, that's just the way it is. But for the usual suspect to claim that she plays pub sized venues, lol (shakes head). Fact is, concert promoters the world over are gagging to book her, and in some of the biggest arenas. It's probably just as well she doesn't do a World tour and top the list due to the resulting carnage that would ensue on here You only have to see how her live DVD has trounced all-comers (including Swift, Beyonce and Gaga) to realise there's a massive demand for her to tour. Quote:
That was frustrating news for fans – and concert promoters, who say the singer could pull in millions of dollars per show. "She'll sell every ticket, every show, worldwide," says Andy Cirzan, vice president of concerts for Chicago's Jam Productions. "I have a standing offer for multiple nights here at the United Center**." ** Capacity 23,500.Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...#ixzz1oiEOPOWO |
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Taylor Swift thread checklist:
geordielady - Check geordielady making digs at Adele for unknown reasons - Check geordielady stating that Taylor Swift is in fact the second coming of Jesus Christ - Waiting. |
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Wow...Taylor Swift made that much money in a year. Incredible. What a rich and extremely lucky girl she is!
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As you say touring brings prestige etc so perhaps not the size but certainly The Albert Hall is one of the most prestigious venues in the world so to sell it out says something.
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Wow...Taylor Swift made that much money in a year. Incredible. What a rich and extremely lucky girl she is!
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Taylor Swift thread checklist:
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Celine done well getting so high when her last album was 5 years ago
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Just saying thats all, I have been to the albert hall, its a very small venue, think it holds around 5K and in the scheme of things that is a pub sized venue.it actually looks a lot bigger when you see it on TV then it is in real life, I was shocked at just how small it is when your inside.
Taylor played to well over 1.5 Million people in 2011, just playing small sized venues would take years and years to play to that many people. I'd imagine Adeles potential audience to be older, which would allow for slightly higher ticket pricing, more money to spend on merchandising plus (if it is even possible considering her amazing sales) touring always boosts record sales. Plus there's the fact she wasn't really doing any promo or performances in the latter half of the year due to her surgery, had she had a slot on X Factor she could have shifted ANOTHER pile of records. Don't really know how anyone can logically try to downplay Adele's success last year, and actually this year, bar the first week of the year, no other album has topped the charts in the states. Taylor does well with her big arena tours, but you don't have to slag off Adele in the process of praising someone else, is this because Adele loves country music but as far as I'm aware hasn't praised Taylor but has praised other acts? |
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It's not like she plays the small venues through choice though, rather than arenas which wouldn't have as good atmosphere/sound for the show she would put on.
I'd imagine Adeles potential audience to be older, which would allow for slightly higher ticket pricing, more money to spend on merchandising plus (if it is even possible considering her amazing sales) touring always boosts record sales. Plus there's the fact she wasn't really doing any promo or performances in the latter half of the year due to her surgery, had she had a slot on X Factor she could have shifted ANOTHER pile of records. Don't really know how anyone can logically try to downplay Adele's success last year, and actually this year, bar the first week of the year, no other album has topped the charts in the states. Taylor does well with her big arena tours, but you don't have to slag off Adele in the process of praising someone else, is this because Adele loves country music but as far as I'm aware hasn't praised Taylor but has praised other acts? |
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Why woud adele praise taylor for, they have never crossed in their lives and hopefully never will. Taylor is not the sort of artist who worries about who praises her, but considering some of the biggest rock stars on the planet have praised her then any praise from a new pop chart artist like adele would really be neither here nor there to taylor, just not relevant enough to her.
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Why woud adele praise taylor for, they have never crossed in their lives and hopefully never will. Taylor is not the sort of artist who worries about who praises her, but considering some of the biggest rock stars on the planet have praised her then any praise from a new pop chart artist like adele would really be neither here nor there to taylor, just not relevant enough to her.
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It was the only logical reason for the unnecessary digs at Adele which had nothing to do with Taylor at all. Seemed like it might be something petty like that.
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This says absolutely nothing about what is happening in the British music scene. This is based on US earnings only.
The fact that three out of the top five are virtually unknown in this country shows how irrelavent this is to the British music scene |
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This says absolutely nothing about what is happening in the British music scene. This is based on US earnings only.
The fact that three out of the top five are virtually unknown in this country shows how irrelavent this is to the British music scene |
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