2000's Biggest Money Makers

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Feb 16, 2001 Source: MTV Submitted By: Amy Bonaria Index Ranks 'NSYNC As 2000's Biggest Music Stars In 2000, you better believe 'NSYNC "Just Got Paid" - and we're not talking about the Johnny Kemp cover on their smash album No Strings Attached. The Orlando, Florida, group made $267 million in U. S. album sales and tour revenues alone last year, according to the VH1/Money Rock Star Index. The channel and financial magazine teamed to rank musical artists based on CD sales, tour revenues, "money power" (including merchandising, endorsements and licensing) and "star power" (considering such factors as fan loyalty and crossover appeal). The 10-times platinum No Strings Attached holds the record for selling the most copies in a single week - 2. 4 million flew off shelves in the album's first week of release in March. Dr. Dre and Eminem, whose revenues were combined because they toured together, bow in at #2, with $249,900,000 in album sales and tour revenues. The rappers are followed by Britney Spears, husband-and-wife country singers Faith Hill and Tim McGraw (also combined due to their joint tour) and the Backstreet Boys. The rest of the top 10 is Santana, Creed, the Dixie Chicks, Tina Turner and Christina Aguilera. The index also includes Tina Turner (ranked #9) and Kiss (#13), who made a fortune in 2000 by "retiring" with farewell tours. Moby, #23, made an estimated $16 million by licensing songs from his album Play over 800 times in movie soundtracks, commercials and TV shows. The figures are based on research by Money, VH1, sales data service SoundScan and concert industry magazine Pollstar. The chart below reflects only the rankings, CD sales and tour revenue information provided by the VH1/Money Rock Star Index and does not include the mitigating factors of "money power" and "star power. " RANK, ARTIST, CD SALES, TOUR REVENUE 1 'NSYNC $190,600,000 $76,400,000 2 Dr. Dre $73,000,000 $22,200,000 Eminem $154,600,000 3 Britney Spears $162,700,000 $40,500,000 4 Tim McGraw $55,100,000 $48,200,000 Faith Hill $67,300,000 5 Backstreet Boys $122,800,000 $25,800,000 6 Santana $119,200,000 $26,100,000 7 Creed $131,200,000 $26,200,000 8 Dixie Chicks $79,400,000 $47,300,000 9 Tina Turner $14,000,000 $80,200,000 10 Christina Aguilera $81,200,000 $13,500,000 11 Dave Matthews Band $24,600,000 $69,800,000 12 Sting $42,800,000 $28,900,000 13 Kiss $8,400,000 $62,700,000 14 Red Hot Chili Peppers $45,100,000 $31,100,000 15 Ricky Martin $33,200,000 $37,200,000 16 Destiny's Child $66,500,000 $1,100,000 17 Sisqó $59,400,000 $900,000 18 Madonna $42,300,000 $0 19 Bruce Springsteen $11,200,000 $45,900,000 20 Jimmy Buffett $19,300,000 $24,100,000 -Teri vanHorn Comment on this item. Next Item: Top North American Concert Grosses Prev Item: Howie D. Performs A Class Act