Published: July 19th, 2010
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Just weeks after Forbes unveiled its celebrity power list, the business mag has now ranked the titans of pop in the order of how many millions of dollars they added to their silver-dollar swimming pools this year.
U2 came out No. 1 on Forbes' Top-Earning Musicians of 2010 list, earning some $130 million US between June 2009 and June 2010. Rough translation: that's a whole lot of douchey, oversized sunglasses -- and as the mag points out, most of the veteran band's haul was made off their record-setting 360 Tour, which earned $10 million gross for every stop on their globe-trotting itinerary.
Another band of olds, AC/DC, came in at the No.2 spot, earning $114 million last year. But this year's top 10 isn't without the nouveau riche.
Lady Gaga made her debut on the list, turning up in the No. 7 spot -- right behind Jay-Z (No. 6) and ahead of her forebearer, Madonna (No. 8). Forbes calculates her year-end haul at being $62 million -- mostly made off of her Monster Ball tour and a slew of endorsements, ranging from Polaroid to Virgin Mobile. (And you wonder why there's so much product placement in music videos these days.)
But enough with the trivia, let's get down to the numbers, in easy to drool over, list form. Here's Forbes' Top 10 highest-earning musicians of 2010 (which you can also peruse in gallery form):
1. U2 ($130 million)
2. AC/DC ($114 million)
3. Beyonce ($87 million)
4. Bruce Springsteen ($70 million)
5. Britney Spears ($64 million)
6. Jay-Z ($63 million)
7. Lady Gaga ($62 million)
8. Madonna ($58 million)
9. Kenny Chesney ($50 million)
10. Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Toby Keith ($48 million)
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