Surprisingly, the country star Taylor Swift has dethroned Lady Gaga as the singer that the most money won last year, with more than 35 millions of dollars (about 26,6 million euros); in this way, Taylor tops the annual list of the forty artists with the highest income in the music industry, published by Billboard magazine. The figures include different sources of income, from touring and record sales to copyright earnings.
This caused him to unseat the 2010 winner, Lady Gaga, who last year had a turnover of 25 million (19 million euros) and is now relegated to fourth place. The veterans U2 They came in second place, thanks to the $ 32,1 million raised largely during their '360 Degrees' tour, which was attended by 7,3 million people. But there is more:
The third place was occupied by the country singer Kenny chesney, with 29,8 million dollars, the fourth Lady Gaga, fifth the rapper Lil Wayne with 23,1 million, and then they appear Bon Jovi with 19,8 million, followed by Celine dio and its 14,2 million. Adele it was in tenth place.
The only Spanish representative on the list was Enrique Iglesias, which earned 7,4 million dollars (5,6 million euros) last year and was ranked 23rd, which also includes other musical stars such as Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Elton John or Katy Perry.
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