Written by Adriana Hamacher    Tuesday, 19 January 2010 23:34   
Céline Dion is Top Earning Performer of the Decade.

altU2, may have garnered the trophy for highest-grossing North American tour of 2009 but that only earned them fifth place in the Angeles Times list of the decade’s highest earning artists. Number one position belongs to Céline Dion.

 

The list combines artists’ album sales revenue and their concert earnings and the Canadian star raked in $747.9m (€523.6m, £457.2m)  in the last ten years, with ticket sales making up $522.2m (€365.6m, £319.2m)  And she did it largely by staying put. Most of her performances were in the in a custom-built space in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

Dion has out-earned the Rolling Stones and also the Beatles. Kenny Chesney, who tours constantly, was in second place with $742m (€519.6m, £453.6m), two-thirds of it down to constant touring. Meanwhile Dave Matthews Band came third with, $737.4m (€ 516.4m, £450.8m)

For the full list, go to: http://www.latimes.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=celine&target=article&sortby=display_time+descending

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