Top 25 Most Revening Artists in the World, 2011 Edition

ByAMagill

Based on the survey results for the period between May 2010 and May 2011 announced by American economic magazine "Forbes"Top 25 Most Revening Artists in the World Top 25"is. All figures are figures before deducting taxes, agent fees, and management expenses, and are expelled by investigations against various industry stakeholders and artists themselves.

A wide variety of musicians ranging from artists that everyone knows to artists that are not known in Japan at all, so it may be possible to find new favorite artists as a result of this ranking I do not.

Top 25 is from the following.The World's Highest - Paid Musicians - Zack O'Malley Greenburg - The Beat Report - Forbes

1:U2($ 195 million, about 15.7 billion yen)

It was U2 that shone in a prosperous place. Although U2's own revenue is $ 195 million, he earns 700 million dollars (about 56.4 billion yen) due to the two-year tour ticket fee and goods sales, for example. This tour that mobilized more than 7 million people seems to be a factor of revenue.


One of the representative songs "With Or Without You"Can be seen from the following.

YouTube - U2 - With Or Without You


2:Bon Jovi($ 125 million, about 10 billion yen)

Bon Jovi, who had been doing a series of soldouts at the stadium-class concert venue, ranked second. In accordance with the release of the best album, I made 74 times of concerts in one year and earned $ 200 million (about 16.1 billion yen).


One of the representative songs "It's My Life"From below.

YouTube - Bon Jovi - It's My Life


3:Elton John($ 100 million, about 8 billion yen)

Elton John, who has sold 250 million records in the last 30 years, said that he earned 204 million dollars (about 16.4 billion yen) in the 102 concerts he went on during the past year about. By the way, Lady Gaga is the godfather of Elton and his husband, David Furnish's eldest son, Zakaria Jackson Levon Furnish - John.


One of the representative songs "My song is your songThis is a song like this.

YouTube - Elton John - Your song


Four:Lady Gaga($ 90 million, about 7.2 billion yen)

Lady Gaga, 25, is ranked 4th. I earned $ 170 million (about 13.7 billion yen) at 137 concerts in 22 countries that I did in the past year, but in her case there are various income such as CM appearance.


There are 388 million times that are being played on YouTube "bad romance"From below.

YouTube - Lady Gaga - Bad Romance


Five:Michael Boubere($ 70 million, about 5.6 billion yen)

The fifth place is Michael Boubre, a Canadian singer. He also did a massive world tour.


Here is one of the representative songs "Sway".

YouTube - michael buble-sway


6:Paul McCartney($ 67 million, about 5.4 billion yen)

Former Beatles Paul McCartney is sixth. According to the Guinness world record, he is the most commercially successful songwriter in popular music history. It seems that he got 130 million dollars (about 10.4 billion yen) in the concert which he went 30 times in the past year. By the way, Paul is 68, oldest oldest in this ranking.


A hit song composed of tags with Michael Jackson "Sei Say · Say'S PV can enjoy the comical aspect of two good friends.

YouTube - Say Say Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson


7:Black Eyed Peas(61 million dollars, about 4.9 billion yen)

In the case of Black Eyed Peas, I perform 62 concerts in one year and earn 68 million dollars (about 5.4 billion yen).


PV of "The Time (Dirty Bit)" making a pretty elaborate feel like this.

YouTube - Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)


8:Eagles($ 60 million, about 4.8 billion yen)

"Hotel · California"Eagles famous in Japan is the eighth place.


Ultra famous "Hotel California" is from the following.

YouTube - The Eagles - Hotel California - Studio HD


9:Justin Bieber($ 53 million, about 4.2 billion yen)

Justin Bieber who covered the famous songs himself, posted it on YouTube, debut with Ton Tonshi is still 17 years old. It was the youngest ranked in.


The number of views on YouTube of "Baby (feat. Ludacris)" only from YouTube is a tremendous number of over 566 million times.

YouTube - Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris


Ten:Dave Matthews Band($ 51 million, about 4.1 billion yen)

The Dave Matthews band performed 68 concerts in one year and got more than $ 1 million (about 80 million yen) box office revenue overnight.


One of the representative songs "Dreamgirl" is such a song.

YouTube - Dave Matthews Band - Dreamgirl


The 11th to 25th is like this.

11: Tobey Keith ($ 53 million, about 4.2 billion yen)
12: Usher ($ 46 million, about 3.7 billion yen)
13: Taylor Swift ($ 45 million, about 3.6 billion yen)
14: Katy Perry ($ 44 million, about 3.5 billion yen)
15: Brad Paisley ($ 40 million, about 3.2 billion yen)
16: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ($ 38 million, about 3 billion yen)
17: Jay · Z (37 million dollars, about 2.9 billion yen)
18: AC / DC ($ 35 million, about 2.8 billion yen)
18: Didi ($ 35 million, about 2.8 billion yen)
18: Beyonce (35 million dollars, about 2.8 billion yen)
18: Tim McGraw ($ 35 million, about 2.8 billion yen)
18: Muse ($ 35 million, about 2.8 billion yen)
18: Rascal Flats ($ 35 million, about 2.8 billion yen)
24: Kenny Chesney ($ 30 million, about 2.4 billion yen)
25: Rihanna ($ 29 million, about 2.3 billion yen)