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Celeb Photos: Madonna officially has the highest annual earnings EVER.
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
According to who? You? Madonna shares her finances with you?
Again, the explanation about her billionaire status is irrelevant here. The source was used to prove you wrong regarding what Forbes calculated to come up with the $125 million estimate, which you agreed was correct. So what is your purpose now?
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According to public record. Several things on that forbes artcile we wrong.
I could go through how many mistakes were made if you want? You understand that a good starting point of Madonna's net worth is her divorce. You can accuratly calculate based on the law in the UK (which is where their divorce took place) and Guys settlement as to how much Madonna made during the time she was married. - That's extremely easy to prove.
Do I need to go on? - I don't think so, I'd be happy with a "forbes are not always right" from you
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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
According to public record. Several things on that forbes artcile we wrong.
I could go through how many mistakes were made if you want? You understand that a good starting point of Madonna's net worth is her divorce. You can accuratly calculate based on the law in the UK (which is where their divorce took place) and Guys settlement as to how much Madonna made during the time she was married. - That's extremely easy to prove.
Do I need to go on? - I don't think so, I'd be happy with a "forbes are not always right" from you
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Forbes doesn't know ****.
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-Madonna, 1991.
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Congrats M. Wow, so Beyoncé is the 2nd highest annual earning female artist in history, she earned $115M from June '13 - June '14
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I can't at the pointless bickering in this thread
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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
Forbes responded with a writer whom was about to release a biogrpahy on Michael Jackson where he compares money making to Madonna (in a negative way)
Put all this non sense bickering aside for a moment.
Do you honestly believe the media operates without agendas?
The conservative and liberal meida (fox news, billboard forbes huff post) all take part in perpetuating their own agendas. Like i said all nonsense aside, I hope you don't believe that the media (even forbes) is this altrustic being that relies on fact.
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That's irrelevant, because they responded due to people mentioning why she wasn't on their list.
Of course media outlets have agendas, but Madonna isn't the only celebrity that chooses to protect her finances. Most celebrities do this. Beyoncé most likely does this. There is not an agenda against Madonna for this reason.
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Originally posted by Lover
so according to quietly trek it's legit to say that forbes have direct access to madonnas bank accounts?
well if that isn't thread worthy i don't know what else is.
and what about coconut water? was it mentioned already?
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I said they have direct access to her bank accounts? Where?
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
That's irrelevant, because they responded due to people mentioning why she wasn't on their list.
Of course media outlets have agendas, but Madonna isn't the only celebrity that chooses to protect her finances. Most celebrities do this. Beyoncé most likely does this. There is not an agenda against Madonna for this reason.
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Sis, let it go, it isn't that serious
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
That's irrelevant, because they responded due to people mentioning why she wasn't on their list.
Of course media outlets have agendas, but Madonna isn't the only celebrity that chooses to protect her finances. Most celebrities do this. Beyoncé most likely does this. There is not an agenda against Madonna for this reason.
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No but in this particular case the agenda was the writer about to release a book about Michael Jackson in which he compares their money making (negatively) Do you honestly think that didn't affect his article?
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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
According to public record. Several things on that forbes artcile we wrong.
I could go through how many mistakes were made if you want? You understand that a good starting point of Madonna's net worth is her divorce. You can accuratly calculate based on the law in the UK (which is where their divorce took place) and Guys settlement as to how much Madonna made during the time she was married. - That's extremely easy to prove.
Do I need to go on? - I don't think so, I'd be happy with a "forbes are not always right" from you
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Then happily go through the inaccuracies and correct them using legit sources. Stay away from The New York Post or any article citing the Post.
Again, everything else in that article is irrelevant to the discussion here, because all I wanted to do was prove to you that you were wrong in stating what Forbes calculated to come up with the $125 million estimate. You agreed that the portion explaining this calculation was correct, so the rest is irrelevant. You're trying to claim the other parts of the article are incorrect, but I never touched on the other parts. Therefore, trying to question the article I used is pointless, because you already agreed that the part I did use was correct. Understand?
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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
No but in this particular case the agenda was the writer about to release a book about Michael Jackson in which he compares their money making (negatively) Do you honestly think that didn't affect his article?
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It did not affect the portion of the article I sourced stating what was used to come up with the $125 million estimate. I've already said all of this.
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Quietly Trek, if some tabloids reported it than who cares? in their next issue they'll name every celebrity (who by their opinion) is the wealthiest like they do every year. Simple.
Forbes never corrects things coming from tabloids. They never have before. But a positive article about Madonna and they have to make a huge statement and made sure the world knew it and even made it seem like Madonna lied about her earnings to make her seem more impressive, when she in reality has the exact opposite mindset.
And all of that when roger friedman started working for Forbes.
Forbes and FOX, hand in hand. Yes. I'd say they have an agenda.
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Originally posted by wanderlust
Quietly Trek, if some tabloids reported it than who cares? in their next issue they'll name every celebrity (who by their opinion) is the wealthiest like they do every year. Simple.
Forbes never corrects things coming from tabloids. They never have before. But a positive article about Madonna and they have to make a huge statement and made sure the world knew it and even made it seem like Madonna lied about her earnings to make her seem more impressive, when she in reality has the exact opposite mindset.
And all of that when roger friedman started working for Forbes.
Forbes and FOX, hand in hand. Yes. I'd say they have an agenda.
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Listen, if people started claiming that Beyoncé was worth a billion dollars alone and asking Forbes why they kept her off the billionaire list, they'd respond too. However, I'm not claiming Madonna is or isn't a billionaire. I personally think she is or is very, very close.
I'm only discussing her highest earnings to date.
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
Then happily go through the inaccuracies and correct them using legit sources. Stay away from The New York Post or any article citing the Post.
Again, everything else in that article is irrelevant to the discussion here, because all I wanted to do was prove to you that you were wrong in stating what Forbes calculated to come up with the $125 million estimate. You agreed that the portion explaining this calculation was correct, so the rest is irrelevant. You're trying to claim the other parts of the article are incorrect, but I never touched on the other parts. Therefore, trying to question the article I used is pointless, because you already agreed that the part I did use was correct. Understand?
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I understand what you're saying but my whole point has always been if one part is incorrect then the credibility of the other parts come into play.
I get the impression that you actually agree with it all, that you believe the article is correct but you just wanted to stay away from it, because it's "irrelevant"
That's where we are having an issue. I take issue with the whole article because there are things that can easily be proven wrong.- You belive the whole thing but only want to talk about a portion.
I don't think I agree'd that the portion explaining the calucation was correct, but look this really has gone on and no one is going to budge so ultimatley what do you want here? for us to say Beyonce' earns truck loads of money too, that she makes more than most pop girls?
I think for the sake of everyone's sanity evenm though this is a thread about Madonna and celebrating Madonna we can all say, Beyonce' is good too.
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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
I understand what you're saying but my whole point has always been if one part is incorrect then the credibility of the other parts come into play.
I get the impression that you actually agree with it all, that you believe the article is correct but you just wanted to stay away from it, because it's "irrelevant"
That's where we are having an issue. I take issue with the whole article because there are things that can easily be proven wrong.- You belive the whole thing but only want to talk about a portion.
I don't think I agree'd that the portion explaining the calucation was correct, but look this really has gone on and no one is going to budge so ultimatley what do you want here? for us to say Beyonce' earns truck loads of money too, that she makes more than most pop girls?
I think for the sake of everyone's sanity evenm though this is a thread about Madonna and celebrating Madonna we can all say, Beyonce' is good too.
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No, I do not believe the entire article. I've already stated that Forbes doesn't use investments in their calculations and it's obvious Madonna has many. I just got done saying I think she's either a billionaire or very, very close.
You did agree that that portion of the article was correct:
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Originally posted by Dark_Lorde
The source is correct in talking about the calculation of Madonna's earninings but you can clearly see it's littered with factually incorrect info - Seems trustworthly to me.
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
Listen, if people started claiming that Beyoncé was worth a billion dollars alone and asking Forbes why they kept her off the billionaire list, they'd respond too. However, I'm not claiming Madonna is or isn't a billionaire. I personally think she is or is very, very close.
I'm only discussing her highest earnings to date.
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Would people start claiming the sky is Green? NO.
So why would anyone ever claim Bey is a billionaire? That just happened last year to earn more than she usually does. She wasn't in top 40 for the previous years.
Forbes knows ****. And forbes is made for people like you, bragging like you own her money
Desperate attempt to discredit an artist, and desperate attempt to make something happened.
BTW, WGB >>>>>>>>>> Forbes. Forbes knows puts up whatever Forbes wants you don't see nay celebrity being thankful for making their list, or mentioning it in a way.
And the power index.
So probably Madonna made even more than Beyonce in 13/14 so she's still light years ahead of her in terms of earnings.
U r getting clocked left and right and still not letting go
Some people...
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
No, I do not believe the entire article. I've already stated that Forbes doesn't use investments in their calculations and it's obvious Madonna has many. I just got done saying I think she's either a billionaire or very, very close.
You did agree that that portion of the article was correct:
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I did say that, evidently. OPPS!
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Originally posted by Ale-Alejandro
Would people start claiming the sky is Green? NO.
So why would anyone ever claim Bey is a billionaire? That just happened last year to earn more than she usually does. She wasn't in top 40 for the previous years.
Forbes knows ****. And forbes is made for people like you, bragging like you own her money
Desperate attempt to discredit an artist, and desperate attempt to make something happened.
BTW, WGB >>>>>>>>>> Forbes. Forbes knows puts up whatever Forbes wants you don't see nay celebrity being thankful for making their list, or mentioning it in a way.
And the power index.
So probably Madonna made even more than Beyonce in 13/14 so she's still light years ahead of her in terms of earnings.
U r getting clocked left and right and still not letting go
Some people...
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Were you not offended when I first mentioned Beyoncé? And did you not start defending Madonna's earnings, which I never discredited, like you owned her money? The blatant hypocrisy here seems to be lost on you.
Forbes knows a lot more than you do when it comes to celebrity finances.
Beyoncé wrapped a world tour in 2014 and then played about 20 stadiums after her world tour. She made more money than every other celebrity between 2013-2014.
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Originally posted by Quietly Trek
No, I do not believe the entire article. I've already stated that Forbes doesn't use investments in their calculations and it's obvious Madonna has many. I just got done saying I think she's either a billionaire or very, very close.
You did agree that that portion of the article was correct:
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WAIT i was being sarcastic.
The source is correct but at the same time is littered with incorrect info.
I was being sarcastic!
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