Billboard Ranks The Highest-Paid Musicians Of The Past Year.

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Billboard ranks the highest-paid musicians of the past year.

No. 18Britney Spears' Las Vegas residency netted $12.1 million and likely helped sell 2.2 million tracks.

   red for sales,  yellow for streaming, blue for publishing & green for touring

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/billboard-lists/6553545/billboard-top-40-money-makers-rich-list-2015?page=0%2C0

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Billboard has compiled a list of the top 40 highest-paid musicians of 2014, Despite the fact Britney Spears didn't release any new material (song or album) in the 2014 year she was still able to make the top 20. 

Billboard ranks the highest-paid musicians of the past year.
 

The measure of artistic success isn't easy to pin down -- and its not easy to quantify, either. Ten of Billboard's top reporters drilled down on artists' primary music-based revenue streams to determine who, from newcomers to legends, brought home the most bacon in 2014.

1. One Direction - $46m
2. Katy Perry - $30.1m
3. Justin Timberlake - $27,9m
4. Billy Joel - $27,2m
5. The Eagles - $26,2m
6. Luke Bryan - $25m
7. Paul McCartney - $23,5m
8. George Strait - $22,5m
9. Jay-Z - $22m
10. Jason Aldean - $20,2m
11. Bruno Mars - $19,9m
12. Beyonce - $19,6m
13. Cher - $16m
14. Miley Cyrus - $16m
15. Taylor Swift - $13,6
16. Dave Matthews band - $13,3m
17. Lady Gaga - $13,3m
18. Britney Spears - $13,1m
19. Zac Brown band - $12,6m
20. Eminem - $11,9m
21. Drake - $10,6m
22. Eric Church - $10,2m
23. Jimmy Buffett - $10,1m
24. Phish - $9,9m
25. Motley Crue - $9,4m
26. Journey - $9,1m
27. Blake Shelton - $9m
28. Fleetwood Mac - $9m
29. Bruce Springsteen - $8,8m
30. Celine Dion - $8,6m
31. Florida Georgia Line - $8,4m
32. Rihanna - $8,3m
33. Brad Paisley - $7,4m
34. Marc Anthony - $7,2m
35. Elton John - $7m
36. P!nk - $7m
37. James Taylor - $7m
38. Pearl Jam - $6,9m
39. Rascal Flatts - $6,9m
40. Tom Petty - $6,7m

Trivia: 
* Britney was one of the 7 top earning female musicians of 2014 despite not releasing new material that year.

* Beyonce and Britney Spears are the only 2 female artists from their generation to make the top 20, P!nk followed at #36.

* Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Britney Spears and Eminem were the only acts from their generation to make the top 20, P!nk was the only other act from that generation to make the list at #36.

* Several acts that released new albums & eras and were very active during 2014 failed to make the list.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news ... page=0%2C1

Britney Spears is still a solid name in music industry, take into consideration 2013 / 2014 are considered to be her "worst" years in music industry and yet she still stands out among the top earners in music. Her as an artist still worths and makes millions of dollars every year based only on music.

[LiaLovesGodney]

So much money....

[JhoNey]

I wish britney would buy a whole new Team-B