Celine Dion — 3rd richest female singer
p2pnet news | Music:- It may be tough at the top, but it pays well.
Canada’s Celine Dion is the third highest-paid woman in the world of [corporate] music.
Avril Lavigne and Nelly Furtado aren’t doing badly either.
Dion is third on Forbes.com’s list of the top 20 Cash Queens of Music, earning $45-million between June, 2006, and June, 2007, “largely from her A New Day show in Las Vegas,” says the Globe and Mail.
Lavigne and Furtado made $12-million and $7-million, respectively, saysthe sotyr.
But who’s the wealthiest of them all?
Madonna.
But of course.
She banked $72 million between June 2006 and June 2007, says CTV, adding:
“Forbes says the pop star’s ‘Confessions’ world tour pulled in 260-million dollars. She also made money from album sales and her fashion line. Madonna also bulked up her bank account from a deal with N-B-C to broadcast her concert performance at London’s Wembley Stadium.”
Barbra Streisand is No. 2 with $60-million.
Also See:
Globe and Mail - Celine one of top three ‘cash queens’ of music, January 31, 2008
CTV -Madonna ‘Cash Queen’ of music, Dion close behind, January 31, 2008
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January 31st, 2008 at 8:17 am
Yet again proof that mainstream listeners have the absolute worst taste in music.
January 31st, 2008 at 9:14 am
What about paying me for damages her music caused me?
January 31st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
If you sing crappy stuff with a voice of a pig but show your butt like Madocrap you will make more money than even the most talented singer such as Celine Dion with her incredible voice.
This is how stupid are so many humans!