Forbes' 20 highest paid female artists 2008

[Karma]

from the Forbes article entitled "20 cash queens"

Did Any of Your Favorites make the list? Are we surprised at who is NUMBER ONE?

1. Madonna - $72 million
2. Barbra Streisand - $60 million
3. Celine Dion - $45 million
4. Shakira - $38 million
5. Beyoncé - $27 million
6. Gwen Stefani - $26 million
7. Christina Aguilera - $20 million
8. Faith Hill - $19 million
9. Dixie Chicks - $18 million
10. Mariah Carey - $13 million
11. Hilary Duff - $12 million
12. Avril Lavigne - $12 million
13. Martina McBride - $12 million
14. Britney Spears - $8 million
15. Carrie Underwood - $7 million
16. Nelly Furtado - $7 million
17. Fergie - $6 million
18. Jennifer Lopez - $6 million
19. Sheryl Crow - $6 million
20. Norah Jones - $5.5 million

 

[Rampage]

No, I am not surprised at who is #1...but I am surprised that the amount of $$$ is not more, although that is a lot of loot.

 

[Karma]

well Forbes said it was based on Madonna's track record of repeated "sold out" and top grossing concert tours , most recently her "Confessions" world tour which pulled in $260 million, She also made money from album sales (again Confessions was her most recent success on top of past albums) her fashion line with H&M and that landmark deal with NBC to broadcast her concert performance at London's Wembley Stadium.

i'll tell you this much, if i had even the LOWEST charting person's dollar amoung on this list, i'd be happy LOL! but i'm glad to see that my girl still has the success and the clout to be number one!

 

[Persephone]

i'll tell you this much, if i had even the LOWEST charting person's dollar amoung on this list, i'd be happy LOL!

Me too! LOL Give me 5.5 mill baby!

I'm actually surprised that Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus isn't up there to be honest with you. She's been huge this year.

 

[SoyoBeam]

some of them don't deserve it...