Steve Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 01 - Taylor Swift ($35,719,902)02 - U2 ($32,116,315)03 - Kenny Chesney ($29,837,103)04 - Lady Gaga ($25,353,039)05 - Lil Wayne ($23,178,722)06 - Sade ($16,382,809)07 - Bon Jovi ($15,835,856)08 - Celine Dion ($14,261,515)09 - Jason Aldean ($13,409,011)10 - Adele ($13,081,909)11 - Glee cast ($12,587,771)12 - Journey ($12,313,822)13 - Elton John ($11,973,990)14 - Katy Perry ($11,969,426)15 - Toby Keith ($10,413,127)16 - Britney Spears ($10,090,973)17 - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ($10,017,031)18 - Rascal Flatts ($9,639,270)19 - Tim McGraw ($9,335,258)20 - Michael Bublé ($9,027,177)21 - Brad Paisley ($8,602,374)22 - Rihanna ($7,660,833)23 - Enrique Iglesias ($7,448,670)24 - The Beatles ($6,743,863)25 - Paul McCartney ($6,725,519)26 - Lady Antebellum ($6,676,450)27 - Keith Urban ($6,579,695)28 - Zac Brown Band ($6,481,564)29 - Rod Stewart ($6,388,756)30 - Usher ($6,292,586)31 - Foo Fighters ($6,013,257)32 - Rush ($5,819,304)33 - Backstreet Boys ($5,712,050)34 - Sugarland ($5,632,406)35 - Justin Bieber ($5,523,459)36 - New Kids On The Block ($5,519,805)37 - Steely Dan ($5,389,509)38 - Mötley Crüe ($5,376,272)39 - Kanye West ($5,363,661)40 - Linkin Park ($5,190,655) And here is how the figures were calculated: - Billboard editors used proprietary data from the Boxscore archives for U.S. concert grosses. We used Nielsen SoundScan for sales of physical and digital albums, digital tracks and ringtone sales. Data from Nielsen BDS provided information on terrestrial radio airplay, tethered music downloads, on-demand music streams and non-interactive streaming at Myspace, Cricket Wireless (Muve), Rhapsody, Yahoo, Spotify, Slacker, Rdio, MediaNet (MOG) and Guvera. Also included in our calculations were Vevo video plays, Warner Music official video plays on YouTube (Warner clips aren't available on Vevo) and video plays on request service Akoo. We then applied corresponding mechanical rates and estimates to each of these categories. In calculating an artist's share of revenue from recorded-music sales, we assumed a royalty rate of 20%, minus producer fees. Artists received 100% credit for the sale of a title or concert Boxscore if credited as the lead artist, and 50% credit if sharing equal billing with another act. We credited each artist with 34% of gross tour receipts; i.e., what's typically left after the promoter's fee, the artist manager's fee and other costs are subtracted. CD mechanical royalties for artist/songwriters were calculated by assuming standard royalty rates. For digital album and track downloads, we used current statutory rates, assuming 12 tracks per album. We also subtracted a 10% manager's fee for each revenue category. An artist's take of revenue from on-demand streams was calculated based on the average wholesale rate paid to labels. Revenue from non-interactive streams was based on SoundExchange's rate settlement with webcasters. An artist's share of revenue from tethered downloads was calculated on the number of plays. If the artist is also a songwriter, Billboard estimated the share of songs written by that artist. But digital revenue accounted for only a fraction of the overall hauls by most artists. In 2011, there was no contest: Touring was by far the largest income generator for most every superstar artist-and it will remain so into the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Thats crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 touring, touring, touring. On Monday I'm starting my longest-ever tour, I'll be gone 6 weeks, and making the most $$ per show, and week, of my illustrious career so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Bob Seger?! Bob motherfucking Seger is making more than Rihanna and Paul McCartney?!?! My year earnings to date are a hefty £250. I had to sign some piece of paper last night about tax and stuff. I wonder what that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 My run down of the top 10 01 - Taylor Swift ($35,719,902)Is this a he or a she? I think it's a she and I've heard of her (maybe him) but have no idea what the music is. 02 - U2 ($32,116,315)How? Or more importantly why? I hope Bono gave all his to charity! 03 - Kenny Chesney ($29,837,103)Who? 04 - Lady Gaga ($25,353,039)I know she's popular, doesn't really surprise me to see her in this list. 05 - Lil Wayne ($23,178,722)Not a fan, I'm sure he was more popular a few years ago than he is now? But this I guess a lot of this comes from previous works. 06 - Sade ($16,382,809)Who? 07 - Bon Jovi ($15,835,856)Somewhat surprise to see him here. Or anywhere for that matter 08 - Celine Dion ($14,261,515)Never really got why people we so into her. 09 - Jason Aldean ($13,409,011)Never heard of him but I bet he's a cunt 10 - Adele ($13,081,909)Isn't she meant to have a good voice or something? I've seen her advertised on the telly and in papers and stuff so I can understand why she's in this list. So as you can see I'm well up on popular music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 where's puff daddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Tom, do you really not know who Sade is?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Tom, do you really not know who Sade is?? Sade as in Smooth Operator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 A lot of that's the US country market which is huuuuuu$$$$$$$$ggggeeee. 01 - Taylor Swift ($35,719,902)03 - Kenny Chesney ($29,837,103)09 - Jason Aldean ($13,409,011)15 - Toby Keith ($10,413,127)18 - Rascal Flatts ($9,639,270)19 - Tim McGraw ($9,335,258)21 - Brad Paisley ($8,602,374)26 - Lady Antebellum ($6,676,450)27 - Keith Urban ($6,579,695)28 - Zac Brown Band ($6,481,564)34 - Sugarland ($5,632,406) plastic country cunts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 And who the hell's giving Bob Seger money?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I bet Bob Seger hits the casinos HARD. I mean touring, not gambling. Adele got some backlash because she famed up so suddenly but I think she's awesome and talented. She sounds the same live as in the studio. No Autotune for her thanks. I can happily never hear another remix of that one song of hers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I DL'd a great Daft Punk/Adele mashup last week. I tried to play it ouy last night but it wouldn't fit in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I DL'd a great Daft Punk/Adele mashup last week. I tried to play it ouy last night but it wouldn't fit in. it wasnt that good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 When did I show it you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 in the leonbox, it was 'set fire to the rain' and 'something between us' if i remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yah. I have absolutely no recollection of that. Cool story Bim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Tom, do you really not know who Sade is??Of course I do, that's what wikipedia is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 who the fuck is still buying backstreet boys stuff??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 They're doing a "comeback" tour with New Kids on the Block this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snuff Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 i thought taylor swift was a porn actress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Beyonce isn't even on the list?! Damn. Dopp I expect to see a Taylor Swift/Beyonce joke in this thread before home time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 dopp. Keeping standards in comedy high since 1985™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Bob Seger?! Bob motherfucking Seger is making more than Rihanna and Paul McCartney?!?! My year earnings to date are a hefty £250. I had to sign some piece of paper last night about tax and stuff. I wonder what that means. Paul McCartney sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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