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Michael Jackson is top-earning dead celebrity, beating Prince and Bowie
King of Pop stays at the top of the list for the fourth straight year, while Arnold Palmer takes No 3 spot and Prince lands at No 5
Michael Jackson once again topped the Forbes list of highest-earning dead celebrities.
Michael Jackson topped an annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities on Wednesday for the fourth straight year, far outstripping fellow musical icons Prince and David Bowie who passed away earlier this year.
Jackson, who died in 2009, raked in a bumper $825m in earnings for the 12 months ending 1 October, according to estimates from Forbes. That came mostly from the Jackson estate’s $750m sale of the late singer’s remaining stake in the Sony/ATV music publishing catalog – which includes the rights to many Beatles songs – to Sony Corporation.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...on-dead-celebrity-earnings-prince-david-bowie
Michael Jackson is top-earning dead celebrity, beating Prince and Bowie
King of Pop stays at the top of the list for the fourth straight year, while Arnold Palmer takes No 3 spot and Prince lands at No 5
Michael Jackson once again topped the Forbes list of highest-earning dead celebrities.
Michael Jackson topped an annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities on Wednesday for the fourth straight year, far outstripping fellow musical icons Prince and David Bowie who passed away earlier this year.
Jackson, who died in 2009, raked in a bumper $825m in earnings for the 12 months ending 1 October, according to estimates from Forbes. That came mostly from the Jackson estate’s $750m sale of the late singer’s remaining stake in the Sony/ATV music publishing catalog – which includes the rights to many Beatles songs – to Sony Corporation.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...on-dead-celebrity-earnings-prince-david-bowie