Although we have already stepped deep into 2015, some accounts for 2014 are still coming. The latter was "broadcast" by Billboard, the famous music chart that has become a measure of musical success in the modern era. This is still difficult to define, but also to measure, since the influx of musicians also comes from many other, non-musical sources. The list of the biggest music earners in 2014 according to Billboard is made only on the basis of income from songs, albums and performances.
Billboard's top music earners of 2014 is the sum of revenue from single and album sales, airplay and earnings from tours and other performances. Judging by this, the guys from the group fattened their account the most last year One Direction, who became richer for 46 million US dollars.
They can also boast of the most visited music tour (Where We Are) in 2014, which in five months was visited by more than 3.4 million fans. With her alone, they pocketed 40.7 million, and each member ended up pocketing an average of 8 million. Today there would even be a little more, since Zayn Malik left the group in the meantime. She ranked second among music earners Katy Perry, which earned last year 30.1 million US dollars. The Prism album (2013) and a 46-city tour are "to blame" for this.
The lowest step was taken by the new father Justin Timberlake. His single "Not a Bad Thing" wasn't a bad thing really, as sales from it alone boosted his bank account by 2.8 million. Like yes 27.9 million wouldn't be enough, he was also crowned Billboard's Hottest Male Artist scales Hot 100. In the "ungrateful" (if we can even talk about ungrateful here) fourth place, the legendary one landed Billy Joel, who had some really profitable gigs behind him last year. In 2014, he entered this into his account 27.2 million.
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From the fifth to the tenth place, the order is as follows. The Eagles (26.2 million), Luke Bryan (25 million), Paul McCartney (23.5 million)- at 72 the oldest on the chart, but still performing like a teenager- George Strait (22.5 million), Jay Z (22 million), and rounds out the top ten Jason Aldean (20.2 million).
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