Madonna tops Forbes list of top earning women in music
Madonna has topped the Forbes list of the highest earning women in music in 2007. She reportedly made a whopping $72 million between June 2006 and June 2007.
Her Confessions tour was the highest grossing tour for a female artist and brought in a staggering $260 million worldwide.
The Top 20 Cash Queens of Music, according to Forbes:
1. Madonna - $72 million
2. Barbra Streisand - $60 million
3. Celine Dion - $45 million
4. Shakira - $38 million
5. Beyonce - $27 million
6. Gwen Stefani - $26 million
7. Christina Aguilera - $20 million
8. Faith Hill - $19 million
9. Dixie Chicks - $18 million
10. Mariah Carey - $13 million
11. Hilary Duff - $12 million
12. Avril Lavigne - $12 million
13. Martina McBride - $12 million
14. Britney Spears - $8 million
15. Carrie Underwood - $7 million
16. Nelly Furtado - $7 million
17. Fergie - $6 million
18. Jennifer Lopez - $6 million
19. Sheryl Crow - $6 million
20. Norah Jones - $5.5 million
WENN
January 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Some Of The Top Grossing Tours according to Ray Waddell/Billboard
TV Viewers according to Nielsen Media Research
$385 million “Celine Dion:A New Day”
March 25,2003 to Dec 15 2007 - 717 shows - nearly 3 million tickets sold
13.8 million viewers CBS 3-25-2003
$194,683,927 “Cher:The Farewell Tour”
June 15,2002 to April 30,2005 - 280 North American shows -2,880,726 tickets sold
plus an additional 45 Worldwide shows not in this earnings tally -”Cher played 325 dates,grossing well over $200 million” Billboard 5-28-2005
16.6 million viewers NBC 4-8-2003 9-11pm - the most watched Network concert special in over 6 years, since Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Special -CBS 11-15-2001 25.7 million viewers
$194,754,447 “Madonna Confessions Tour”
May 21,2006 to Sept 21,2006 - 60 Worldwide shows - 1,209,618 tickets sold
4.6 million viewers NBC 11-22,2006
Billboard has reported that Madonna has the Top Grossing tour by a female artist, topping Cher:Farewell Tour’s 192.5 million from 273 shows.
Cher’s new tour stats were first reported April 22,2006