Metallica Enter Forbes Rich List

added 21 June 2004 at 17.13

In the legendary Rich List published by top US finance publication Forbes, of the current generation of musicians only Metallica make an impression on a league totally dominated by the older generation of acts including The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

Forbes magazine's annual list of the one hundred most powerful figures in the entertainment world, includes only a handful of bands this year with Rolling Stones at number 5 with an estimated income last year of $51 million, Beyonce Knowles at 19 ($23 million) and The Eagles at 21 ($43 million).

However, grandly announcing themselves as truly arriving in the ranks of the mega powerful are Metallica, who made $35 million last year to enter the charts for the first time at number 27.

This puts them up there will other musical heavyweights such as the 46 entries Simon and Garfunkel with $33 million, Cher at 40 ($28 million) and Celine Dion who stands proud at 26 ($28 million).

Metallica’s new rockumentary ‘Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster’ detailing the band’s recent almost-demise due to infighting and substance abuse opens this month worldwide. 

The Top 50 Forbes Celebrity Power List is

  1. Mel Gibson 
  2. Tiger Woods
  3. Oprah Winfrey 
  4. Tom Cruise 
  5. Rolling Stones 
  6. J.K. Rowling 
  7. Michael Jordan 
  8. Bruce Springsteen 
  9. Steven Spielberg 
  10. Johnny Depp 
  11. David Letterman 
  12. Peter Jackson 
  13. Angelina Jolie 
  14. Cameron Diaz 
  15. Jim Carrey 
  16. Michael Schumacher 
  17. Jennifer Aniston 
  18. Kobe Bryant 
  19. Beyonce Knowles 
  20. Rush Limbaugh 
  21. The Eagles 
  22. David Beckham 
  23. Howard Stern 
  24. Julia Roberts 
  25. Peyton Manning
  26. Celine Dion 
  27. Metallica 
  28. Fleetwood Mac 
  29. Shaquille O'Neal 
  30. Dave Matthews Band 
  31. Robert De Niro 
  32. Alex Rodriguez 
  33. Andre Agassi 
  34. Barry Bonds 
  35. David Copperfield  
  36. Brad Pitt 
  37. Tom Hanks 
  38. Kevin Garnett 
  39. Ray Romano 
  40. Cher 
  41. Kelsey Grammer 
  42. Jerry Bruckheimer 
  43. Nora Roberts 
  44. Dan Brown 
  45. Sandra Bullock 
  46. Simon and Garfunkel 
  47. James Patterson 
  48. The Olsen Twins 
  49. LeBron James 
  50. Renee Zellweger

For the entire list and more information go to www.forbes.com


 

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