He has been revealed as the top earning dead celebrity, earning an astonishing £75million this year. since his death he as reportedly made more than £653million since 2009. His latest annual income has seen him top a list of the highest earning dead celebrities, complied by financial magazine Forbes. The
singer, who has reportedly sold more than one billion records worldwide.
The
impressive sum comes from two Cirque du Soleil shows, his own music and
publishing revenues, and his half of the Sony/ATV publishing catalogue.
In
second place is Elvis Presley, who has made £36million, Peanuts
cartoonist Charles Schulz comes in third with £26million, while fourth
place, with £14million, goes to Bob Marley. Elizabeth Taylor rounds off
the top five with £13million.
Jackson
has earned upwards of £65million every year since his death in 2009,
meaning he was out-earned not only every other dead celebrity, but also
every living solo musician.
When the singer died, he was £392million in debt due to chronic over-spending and large interest payments on loans.
These
financial burdens were taken on by his family who have traded on his
reputation and back-catalogue to claw themselves out of debt and back
into the black.
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