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Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [ 9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
The United States has remained the biggest market for recorded music in IFPI history, except in 2010 when Japan topped the list. The largest Asian music market, Japan has always stayed within the top two. The other largest music markets by region include the United Kingdom in Europe, Australia in Oceania, and Brazil in South America.
The World's Billionaires 2010 edition was 24th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 12, 2010. It was released online on March 10, 2010. Forty reporters across 13 countries contributed to the list.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2010, 29 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. [1]
The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music act of all time, collecting over $2.6 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. The band is followed by U2 and Elton John, who both also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue. The concert industry is very male-dominated, [ 1] and only four women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of ...
Need You Now and Speak Now were among a number of country albums to also top the all-genre Billboard 200 chart in 2010. [4] Five acts reached number one in 2010 for the first time. In July, Jerrod Niemann gained his first chart-topper with Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury, [5] interrupting Lady Antebellum's time at number one for a single week.
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May 26 – Country music legend Willie Nelson cuts his "trademark, waist-length braids." [ 9] May 29 – The Lost Trailers announce that they will disband in September after the final date of their 2010 concert tour. [ 10] June 23 – Kellie Pickler and songwriter Kyle Jacobs become engaged after two and a half years of dating.