No. 1 -- One Direction's Where We Are stadium tour was the biggest draw of 2014, attended by more than 3.4 million fans in five months. That translated into a total $40.7 million box-office take
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#9 - Jay - Z: $22M
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#20 - Eminem: $11.9M
#21 - Drake: $10.6M
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#28 - Fleetwood Mac: $9M
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#30 - Celine Dion: $8.6M
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#36 - Pink: $7M
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#1 - One Direction ($46M)
#2 - Katy Perry ($30.1M)
#3 - Justin Timberlake ($27.9M)
#9 - Jay-Z ($22M)
#11 - Bruno Mars (19.9M)
#12 - Beyoncé ($19.6M)
#13 - Cher ($16M)
#14 - Miley Cyrus ($16M)
#15 - Taylor Swift ($13.6M)
#17 - Lady Gaga ($13.3M)
#18 - Britney Spears ($13.1M)
Omfg Katy only the U.S. right? because Forbes numbers are always bigger
Only US, yep.
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METHODOLOGY: Money Makers was compiled with Nielsen Music and Billboard Boxscore, 2014 U.S. data only. Revenue from merchandising, synchronization and sponsorship is not included. The following royalty rates, minus a 4 percent producer's fee, were used: album and track sales, 22 percent of retail revenue; streaming revenue, 22 percent for current acts and 50 percent for heritage acts. Publishing royalties were estimated using statutory mechanical rates for album and track sales and the Copyright Royalty Board streaming formula; for labels' direct deals with interactive services, blended audio and video rates of, respectively, $0.0075 and $0.0045. (A 10 percent manager's fee was deducted from each category.) Touring revenue equals 34 percent of an act's Boxscore.
For example, for Katy:
Red= sales.
Yellow= streaming.
Blue= publishing royalties.
Green = touring.
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