The Decade of the Michael Jackson Estate? An in depth discussion about victories and losses.

[ChrisC]

^I loved getting a bonus on one of these and sitting back and watching Michael dance, and bring me money hahaha

 

[Paris78]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackom...earning-musicians-of-the-decade/#4234667c7fe5

Forbes measures the industry’s top-earning musicians annually for the Celebrity 100 by looking at touring data from Pollstar, music consumption numbers from Nielsen and interviews with managers, agents and many of the stars themselves. The list doesn’t include behind-the-scenes earners such as agents, managers and promoters, nor does it deduct living expenses or taxes.

Our ranking doesn’t extend beyond the grave; if postmortem earnings were counted, Michael Jackson would be No. 1. His staggering $2.37 billion total for the decade by our count is higher than his estate’s recently filed estimate of $1.7 billion because we counted reinvested royalties from his half of the Sony/ATV publishing catalog (his estate sold the asset for $750 million in 2016). He easily tops his living peers by either measure.