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Madonna is still the material girl
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Pop star Madonna is still the material girl, earning $72 million in a recent 12-month period to top a Forbes.com list of female singers whom the financial Web site dubbed "Cash Queens of Music."
Madonna, who rose to recording superstardom in the 1980s as the "Material Girl" after her hit song of that name, beat out Barbra Streisand, who was No. 2 with annual earnings of $60 million, and Celine Dion at $45 million, according to Forbes.com.
The Web site tracked earnings in the period from June 2006 to June 2007 and said it examined concert ticket sales, merchandise revenue, album sales and earnings from ancillary products such as clothing, perfumes and endorsements.
Rounding out the top five were Colombian singing sensation Shakira at No. 4 with $38 million and R&B singer Beyonce with $27 million.
Country music stars also did well, with Faith Hill landing in the No. 8 slot with $19 million and the Dixie Chicks at No. 9 with $18 million.
Then there was Britney Spears. For all her troubles in the past year -- a stint in rehab and a bitter custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline, among them -- the pop star still made No. 14 on the list, earning $8 million from royalties on old songs and sales of her perfume, Curious. Her latest album, "Blackout," was released late in 2007 after the period covered by the Forbes.com survey.
Late last year, Madonna ended her long relationship with Warner Music Group Corp and reached a recording deal with concert promoter Live Nation Inc.
(Agencies) |
流行歌手麥當娜仍然是個“物質女孩”。財經雜志《福布斯》在其網站上公布了2007年最賺錢女歌手排行榜，麥當娜以12個月內賺7200萬美元獲得“樂界吸金女王桂冠”。
上世紀80年代，麥當娜以一首熱銷歌曲《物質女孩》成為唱片界廣受歡迎的流行女歌手。據福布斯數據顯示，麥當娜擊敗排名第二、年收入約6000萬美元的芭芭拉?史翠珊，和年收入4500萬美元的席琳?迪翁，勇奪冠軍。
該網站追蹤了女歌星們從2006年6月至2007年6月期間的收入，其中包括演唱會門票、商品銷售收入、唱片銷售，時裝、香水等其它產品收入以及代言費。
榜單前五名還包括哥倫比亞人氣歌手夏拉奇和R&B歌手碧昂斯。她們分別以3800萬美元和2700萬美元排名第四和第五。
鄉村音樂歌手成績也不俗。美國鄉村女歌手菲絲?希爾賺約1900萬美金排名第八，第九名是鄉村組合“南方小雞”，賺得1800萬。
還有話題女王布蘭妮?斯皮爾斯。雖然去年她麻煩不斷，進戒毒所戒毒，與前夫凱文?費德林苦爭孩子的監護權，但她仍以800萬美金的收入排名第14位。她的收入來自以前歌曲的版稅和她的香水品牌“渴望”。在福布斯調查結束后，布蘭妮于2007年末推出了最新專輯《眩暈風暴》。
去年年底，麥當娜和老東家華納音樂結束了長期合作關系，并以天價簽約演唱會經紀公司Live Nation。
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（英語點津Celene編輯）
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