Despite hip surgery, which forced her to cut short a tour, Lady Gaga earned $80 million in the past 12 months which, along with her army of fans and powerful social media presence, assured her second place.
"She is still a huge force in pop music. Even when she is not playing, people are talking about her and speculating about her," Pomerantz said.
Wow but I thought Madonna was supposed to get like 90% of the tour profit?
I think it's like 90% of the tour gross, but then she has to pay the transportation costs of moving her tour to different countries, pay the dancers, crew, etc.