Il Metal nella Rock Rich List 2004

Poche presenze metal, ma consistenti, nella top 50 degli artisti più ricchi del 2004 redatta dalla rivista “Rolling Stone”.

A partire dall’alto, al 5° posto, si piazzano i Metallica, con una stima di 39,1 milioni di dollari di introiti nel 2003.
Seguono gli AEROSMITH (25° posto) seguiti a ruota dai KISS (26° posto), poi i THE OSBOURNES (47° posto), seguiti anch’essi a ruota dalla TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (48° posto), progetto nel quale militano fra gli altri Jon Oliva dei Savatage e il produttore Paul O’Neill.

01. THE ROLLING STONES – $84.1 million
02. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – $81.7 million
03. THE EAGLES – $62.9 million
04. DIXIE CHICKS – $39.8 million
05. METALLICA – $39.1 million
06. TOBY KEITH – $38.7 million
07. BON JOVI – $36.1 million
08. SHANIA TWAIN – $36.1 million
09. SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – $35.8 million
10. CHER – $33.8 million
11. CELINE DION – $33.1 million
12. FLEETWOOD MAC – $32.5 million
13. ROBBIE WILLIAMS – $32.5 million
14. CHRISTINA AGUILERA – $27.9 million
15. JENNIFER LOPEZ – $29.1 million
16. DAVE MATTHEWS – $27.3 million
17. JIMMY BUFFETT – $25.8 million
18. ICE CUBE – $25.7 million
19. THE BEATLES – $25.6 million
20. NORAH JONES – $25.6 million
21. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – $24.7 million
22. ELTON JOHN – $24.6 million
23. COLDPLAY – $23.7 million
24. QUEEN LATIFAH – $23.3 million
25. AEROSMITH – $22.5 million
26. KISS – $22.1 million
27. KENNY CHESNEY – $21.9 million
28. EMINEM – $20.8 million
29. YANNI – $20.5 million
30. JAMES TAYLOR – $20 million
31. PHISH – $19.4 million
32. DR. DRE – $18.6 million
33. JOHN MAYER – $17.1 million
34. 50 CENT – $16.9 million
35. TIM MCGRAW – $16.7 million
36. R. KELLY – $14.4 million
37. MATCHBOX TWENTY – $14 million
38. P. DIDDY – $13.9 million
39. BILLY JOEL – $13.8 million
40. BROOKS AND DUNN – $13.6 million
41. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – $13.4 million
42. PEARL JAM – $13.4 million
43. PAUL MCCARTNEY – $13.3 million
44. MANA – $12.1 million
45. THE DEAD – $11.4 million
46. BILL GAITHER – $11.2 million
47. THE OSBOURNES – $10.3 million
48. TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – $10.3 million
49. RADIOHEAD – $10 million
50. EROS RAMAZOTTI – $10 million