Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 26, 2018
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July 26, 2018: Twenty-nine (29) of the 50 top-earning music acts have been around for at least 20 years or recorded at least 10 albums.[1] Billboard Magazine calls these “heritage acts.”
Overall, the top revenue generator was U-2, boosted by the 30th anniversary tour of The Joshua Tree. That tour alone generated $52 million in take-home pay for the band.[2]
WIthout that tour, U-2 didn’t make the top-50 list in 2016.
Country star Garth Brooks was number 2 on the 2017 list, netting $47 million. He was number 18 the year before.
Only two acts made the top 50 without touring. Drake made the list with $8.6 million in streaming royalties. Taylor Swift sold more albums than anybody else to net $5 million.
The New York Post reported that “rock continued to dominate, taking 24 of the Top 50 spots versus nine for pop, nine for country and eight for R&B/hip-hop.”
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