Forbes Magazine recently printed a new list of the Top Earning Musicians from June 2009 to June 2010. It's no shock that U2 came in first and that the list's highest earning female Beyonce came in 3 spots ahead of her hubby Jigga Jay-Z with a salary difference of $24-million dollars. Bey came in 5 spots ahead of Madonna with a salary difference of $29-million dollars, also topping Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Below are all the Top-10 rankings:
1) U2
$130,000,000.00
2) AC/DC
$114,000,000.00
3) Beyonce
$87,000,000.00
4) Bruce Springsteen
$70,000,000.00
5) Britney Spears
$64,000,000.00
6) Jay-Z
$63,000,000.00
7) Lady Gaga
$62,000,000.00
8) Madonna
$58,000,000.00
9) Kenny Chesney
$50,000,000.00
10) Coldplay/Black Eyed Peas/Toby Keith
$48,000,000.00
