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Charts / Awards 20 July, 2010

Forbes Top-Earning Musicians List Of 2010

Hot Songs Around The World

Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
796 entries in 30 charts
APT.
Rose & Bruno Mars
570 entries in 29 charts
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
422 entries in 26 charts
Camino Por La Selva
Luli Pampin
177 entries in 3 charts
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
830 entries in 22 charts
Stargazing
Myles Smith
479 entries in 20 charts
Messy
Lola Young
273 entries in 24 charts
That's So True
Gracie Abrams
420 entries in 22 charts
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
1119 entries in 27 charts
All Of Me
John Legend
1064 entries in 29 charts
Happy
Pharrell Williams
1291 entries in 35 charts
Tu Falta De Querer
Mon Laferte
217 entries in 3 charts
The Emptiness Machine
Linkin Park
259 entries in 21 charts
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
143 entries in 26 charts
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Forbes Magazine Official Website) - U2 who netted $130 million from their massive world tour and other deals, are the world's top-earning musicians, according to Forbes.com

The world's biggest rock band launched a massive world tour in 2009 that has brought in more than $311 million in gross box office receipts. Each tour stop brought in $10 million in gross ticket sales. Add in lucrative merchandise sales, heavy radio play and a steady-selling back catalog, and you have the highest-earning band on the planet.

Following in a close second was AC/DC, who pulled down $114 million from their insanely successful tour. Also on the list: Beyonce and her boo Jay-Z, Madonna and Britney Spears. Country music also made a strong showing with Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith breaking into the Top 10.

The list was calculated looking at tour profits, album sales, endorsement deals and other business ventures.
Following check out the Top 10 richest musicians of 2010:

1. U2, $130 million
2. AC/DC, $114 million
3. Beyonce, $87 million
4. Bruce Springsteen, $70 million
5. Britney Spears, $64 million
6. Jay-Z, $63 million
7. Lady GaGa, $62 million
8. Madonna, $58 million
9. Kenny Chesney, $50 million
10. Black-Eyed Peas, Coldplay and Toby Keith (tied), $48 million.






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