[a fool in paradise]

This was a poorly written article, hyped certain acts. Took me a bit of clicking to find their slideshow with the whole list ("full coverage" initially just displayed the same article in a new window). The article itself did not enumerate all of the performers and they skipped McCartney in their writing of the top 10. 3 of the women they wrote about were not even in their top 20.

1 - Dr. Dre $620,000,000
2 - Beyonce $115,000,000
3 - The Eagles $100,000,000
4 - Bon Jovi $82,000,000
5 - Bruce Springsteen $81,000,000
6 - Justin Bieber $80,000,000
7 - One Direction $75,000,000
8 - Paul McCartney: $71 million
9 - DJ Calvin Harris $66,000,000
10 - Toby Keith $65,000,000
11 - Taylor Swift $64,000,000
12 (3 way tie)
Bruno Mars $60,000,000
Jay Z $60,000,000
Diddy $60,000,000

[a fool in paradise]

So much for the “a black man cannot get ahead” meme.

It pays to be a Democrat.

“working class heroes” from New Jersey are also making good bread.

Frankly I don’t see how this is indicative that the music industry is having lean years.

[NEMDF]

Glad to see Toby Keith on the list.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’m proud to say they didn’t get any of my money.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

“Ain’t nuthin’ but a G thang baby/2 loc’ed out n-words goin’ crazy....”

[rfreedom4u]

I wonder how much they actually paid in taxes.

[mowowie]

Holy Crap!
600 Million.....
At least Dre makes a huge contribution to civilization....

[Dagnabitt]

Numbers 3,4,5, and 8 are basically nostalgia acts.

Some good money in "good old days" toe-tapping.

[dfwgator]

Bieber made more than McCartney?

There is no justice.

[lormand]

Musician?

[Vermont Lt]

That is the gross, right? It would be interesting to see what their “net” is, and their tax bills.

600 million is a ton of money, but he has a bunch of businesses and people working for him. My guess is the net is sub $100 million. Still not a bad payday.

[EnquiringMind]

OMG. Seriously?? What a country. Thanks, Obammy

[P-Marlowe]

Who is Dr. Dre? I’m a musician and I’ve never heard of him or her.

[dennisw]

All due to mindless zombies buying his headphones and I suppose streaming music. First he got hip hoppers to wear his headphones, then blacks imitated this for status, then mindless whites keeping up w The Joneses.

Un_freakin_believable what can make you ultra rich today.
As far as his headphones, I am sure others make them just as good for one third the price. But don’t waste your time telling America’s zombie consumers this. They crave the status Beats gives you.

[GeronL]

All he did was put his name on some cheap Chinese earphones and he made a bundle, weird

[democratsaremyenemy]

Who is Dr Dre? Some knuckle dragging rapper?

[steve86]

I’ve never heard of “Dr. Dre”.

[vpintheak]

Stupid “Beats” headphones that every punk and hipster has to buy is driving that.

[Rebelbase]

“The Eagles, who earned $100 million on the strength of their History Of The Eagles tour.”

Paging Don Felder, Don Felder, please pick up the courtesy phone...

[Gay State Conservative]

I’ve bought one Eagles CD (”Hotel California”) and have one song done by JZ (”Empire State of Mind”) which I ripped from a CD I borrowed from my town’s library.Other than the Eagles nobody on the list has ever seen a nickel of my money (McCartney doesn’t count as a solo artist).