MÖTLEY CRÜE, RUSH, JOURNEY, BON JOVI Make Billboard's Music's Top 40 Money Makers 2012
March 9, 2012, 12 years ago
Billboard has listed Music's Top 40 Money Makers 2012. The sixth annual Money Makers ranking is based on US income sources, ranking artists based upon how much each of them earned in 2011 from a variety of income streams, including touring, recorded-music sales, publishing royalties and payments from an array of digital services. The calculations were based on each artist's US net earnings, not gross revenue. Due to a lack of sufficient data, our figures do not include revenue from sponsorships, merchandise sales or synchronization deals.
The rock/hard-friendly inclusions on the list:
38) MÖTLEY CRÜE - $5,376,272
37) STEELY DAN - $5,389,509
32) RUSH - $5,819,304
31) FOO FIGHTERS - $6,013,257
25) PAUL MCCARTNEY - $6,726,519
24) THE BEATLES - $6,743,863
17) BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - $10,017,031
12) JOURNEY - $12,313,822
7) BON JOVI - $19,813,232
Check out the entire list at Billboard.
