Madonna - the highest earning entertainer
April 22nd, 2006

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Unsurprisingly, pop queen Madonna tops our chart as the highest earning entertainer. Last year she made £35million, thanks to her best-selling album Confessions On A Dancefloor and sponsorship deals from Motorola.
Well, you need to keep the pennies rolling in when you spend £20,000 a time on diamond-encrusted false eyelashes.

Here’s Top 10 :
01 Madonna £35m
02 Elton John £30m
03 Sir Paul McCartney £25m
04 Rod Stewart £22m
05 Sting £20m
06 Sir Tom Jones £11m
07 Robbie Williams £9m
08 Kylie Minogue £7m
09 James Blunt £5m
10 Joss Stone £3m

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Madonna is very cleaver about hiding her true net worth through multiple corporations. Its true that years ago her cash on hand was around 1 billion, her total networth is well above that. You have a artwork collection that some of is almost priceless, multiple corporations, homes/properties, royalties, payments from marketers, and the list goes on and on. I read once a ball park estimate if she were to cash out her entire assets she would bank an estimated 7 billion and that was prior to 2000.

she's the richest woman in business after Oprah Winfrey.

Umm no.

Base-ball players, golfers, hockey players etc...=Athletes not entertainers.

No, they are atheletes

Well no, I guess actors are too.

I really dont know how I know this, but Oprahs worth a billion, shes the wealthiest black woman in entertainment. madonna is the wealthiest woman having an estimated 2-8 billion empire.

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Here's our full list of who earns what...

TV/radio presenters Inc other earnings
Simon Cowell (American Idol, X Factor, music) £15m
Ant and Dec (TV show, film) £4m each
Jonathan Ross (Radio 2, film and chat shows) £3.5m
Jamie Oliver (TV, restaurants, ads) £3.5m
Noel Edmonds (Deal Or No Deal) £3m
Gordon Ramsay (The F-Word, restaurants) £2.5m
Chris Tarrant (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire) £1.6m
Paul O'Grady (Chat show) £1.5m
Richard and Judy (C4 show, newspapers) £1.5m each
Graham Norton (Strictly Dance Fever) £1.2m

Soap stars Annual earnings
Johnny Briggs (Coronation Street) £390,000
Shane Richie (EastEnders) £390,000
Ross Kemp (EastEnders) £350,000
William Roache (Corrie) £350,000
June Brown (EastEnders) £340,000
Barbara Windsor (EastEnders) £320,000
Steve McFadden (EastEnders) £300,000
Jessie Wallace (EastEnders) £270,000
Anne Kirkbride (Coronation Street) £260,000
Patsy Kensit (Emmerdale) £240,000

Rock/pop stars Annual income from records, tours etc
Madonna £35m
Elton John £30m
Sir Paul McCartney £25m
Rod Stewart £22m
Sting £20m
Sir Tom Jones £11m
Robbie Williams £9m
Kylie Minogue £7m
James Blunt £5m
Joss Stone £3m

Rock/pop Bands Annual income from records, tours etc
Coldplay £37m
U2 £35m
The Rolling Stones £28m
Queen £18m
Pink Floyd £15m
Oasis £9m
Depeche Mode £7m
Jamiroquai £4.5m
Westlife £4m
Bee Gees £2.5m

Footballers Annual earnings from wages, ads and sponsorship
David Beckham (Real Madrid) £13.2m
Michael Owen (Newcastle) £8m
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) £7m
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £6m
Frank Lampard (Chelsea) £5.4m
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £5m
John Terry (Chelsea) £4.6m
Sol Campbell (Arsenal) £4.1m
Roy Keane (Celtic) £4m
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) £3.9m

TV actors Earnings from TV, movies merchandising and ads
Matt Lucas & David Walliams (Little Britain) £3.7m each
Hugh Laurie (House) £3.5m
Ricky Gervais (US Office, Extras) £3m
Ian McShane (Deadwood) £2.5m
Sir David Jason (Frost, Ghostboat) £1.6m
James Nesbitt (Murphy's Law, TV ads) £1.4m
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Casanova £1.2m
John Nettles (Midsomer Murders) £650,000
Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed) £600,000

TV actresses Earnings from TV, movies, ads etc
Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) £3m
Parminder Nagra (ER) £1.5m
Billie Piper (Doctor Who) £1.5m
Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) £1.2m
Tamzin Outhwaite (Hotel Babylon) £850,000
Amanda Burton (The Commander) £400,000
Michelle Collins (The Family Man) £250,000
Amanda Donohoe (Murder City) £200,000
Denise Welch (Waterloo Road) £150,000

Film actresses Annual earnings
Keira Knightley £10m
Catherine Zeta-Jones £6m
Kate Winslet £4m
Kate Beckinsale £4m
Rachel Weisz £3m
Dame Judi Dench £2m
Naomi Watts £2m
Helen Bonham Carter £2m
Tracey Ullman £1m
Sienna Miller £1m

Film actors Annual earnings
Ewan McGregor £10m
Liam Neeson £9m
Colin Farrell £8m
Orlando Bloom £8m
Sir Ian McKellen £8m
Hugh Grant £8m
Ralph Fiennes £7m
Daniel Radcliffe £6m
Clive Owen £6m
Anthony Hopkins £5m

This is just UK right? haha, cuz none of these people would be that high on an earning list Worldwide.

I'm surprised that Joss Stone is so high, considering she just really started getting noticed in 2004.

i doubt that

my question is, how did Joss Stone get up there?

USA---LISTS
Net figures reflect performers' earnings after expenses have been deducted and managers, agents and lawyers have taken their cuts.

U2, $154.2 million
The Rolling Stones, $92.5 million
Eagles, $63.2 million
Paul McCartney, $56 million
Elton John, $48.9 million
Neil Diamond, $44.7 million
Jimmy Buffett, $44 million
Rod Stewart, $40.3 million
Dave Matthews Band, $39.6 million
Celine Dion, $38.5 million
Kenny Chesney, $31.5 million
Green Day, $31 million
Coldplay, $30.1 million
Destiny's Child, $24.8 million
Diddy, $24.3 million
Gwen Stefani, $23.9 million
Toby Keith, $22.2 million
Motley Crue, $22 million
50 Cent, $19.7 million
Bruce Springsteen, $19.6 million
Eminem, $17.8 million
Jay-Z, $17.5 million
Barry Manilow, $17.2 million
Hilary Duff, $17.1 million
Kanye West, $16.9 million
Dr. Dre, $16.9 million
Rascal Flatts, $16.3 million
Aerosmith, $16.3 million
Bon Jovi, $15.8 million
Tom Petty, $14.9 million

（01 Madonna £35m
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
£35,000,000
= $62,383,587.77 USD ）= $62.3 million

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