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Madonna’s Money

The list of top musician moneymakers for the past year was just released. The vast amounts of money as well as the diversity in styles of music is quite astounding. Here is a little taste: 1. Madonna: $242,176,4662. Bon Jovi: $157,177,7665. Celine Dion: $99,171,2376. Kenny Chesney: $90,823,9909. Jonas Brothers: $62,638,81410. Coldplay: $62,175,55511. The Eagles: $61,132,21312. [...]

Live Nation-al Debt

When Live Nation signed multi-million dollar deals with U2 & Madonna, they also included equity shares of the company into the deal. The idea being that U2 & Madonna would help build the company and should be able to receive some of the monetary compensation of Live Nation’s growth. Well, the economy didn’t really turn [...]

Madonna Update

I have been following the Madonna Sticky & Sweet tour through recent blogs (see blogs 1, 2, & 3) for the implications in international music tours. One key figure that was discussed at the beginning of her tour was the need to gross $4 million per show. Well, of her 28 North American dates so [...]

Madonna in Latin America

On September 12th, I wrote about Madonna’s concert tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At that time, it was a pretty big news story that Madonna had sold out two shows in Buenos Aires in a matter of hours. Well, now it gets even better. Madonna has now added a 3rd and 4th show in the [...]

Madonna & Argentina

Back in June, I blogged about Madonna skipping a potential tour date in Lima, Peru due to the economics of the deal. I noted that Madonna usually requires a $4 million price tag for each concert that she does, regardless of location. The largest stadium in Peru seats 45,574 people which would have required an [...]