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That's messed up.
He sold the rights to all of his songs about eleven years back for untold millions upon millions of dollars, cash on the barrel-head. David Bowie doesn't have to do a damned thing he doesn't want to do.
Did he sell his songs outright? I had thought he issued bonds backed by the royalties from the songs.
That's what I remember anyway, but I don't know that for sure.
LOLssssssssssssss
no
His own feeble imagination.
The top 50 richest people in music: Sunday Times Rich List
By TARA EVANS
Created 3:58 PM on 4th May 2011
X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has beaten stars such as Sir Elton John and Sting to rocket into the top 10 of music millionaires.
The music mogul has seen his wealth grow by £35m to £200m in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich list.
Cowell's fortune pushes him up from eleventh place last year to sixth in the list of British millionaires from the world of music, just one place behind his rival Simon Fuller.
Cowell, 51, still remains one spot behind his 'frenemy' Simon Fuller who is at number five with an estimated fortune of £375m.
The two men rowed over who owned the rights to The X Factor, a spat which has since been resolved. However, Fuller is believed to be less than happy that Cowell is now launching the ITV talent show in the US this autumn.
In the past year Cowell - boss of production company Syco - has signed a new deal with ITV and is also preparing to launch a US version of The X Factor.
Earlier this week he announced plans to launch a new gameshow fronted by Ant and Dec called Red Or Black? and has talked of launching a global pop show in the future.
Clive Calder tops the UK music millionaire section of the 23rd Rich List, with a fortune of £1.3bn, made from the sale of his Zomba Records in 2002.
He has regained his position at number one after the 2010 list-topper Edgar Bronfman moved back to New York from his temporary home in London.
In second position on the list is Lord Lloyd-Webber with £680n, while theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh in third place, only £5m behind at £675m.
Former Beatles member, Sir Paul McCartney is ranked fourth in the league and new entries to the top 50 includes AC/DC singer Brian Johnson who is estimated to be worth £50m.
Noel and Liam Gallagher are listed together with a joint wealth of £63m despite their widely covered fall-out which saw guitarist Noel leave Oasis in August 2009. Liam has since relaunched his career in a new band called Beady Eye.
Katherine Jenkins, worth £13m – up £2m on 2010, tops the young music millionaires chart of people aged 30 and under ahead of Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis and Katie Melua, who all have £12m fortunes.
The top new entry in the young music millionaires chart is Adele at ninth equal with a £6m fortune.
TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES
2010 Name 2011 wealth 2010 wealth Difference (+/-)
Source: THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
1 2 Clive Calder £1,300m £1,300m No change
2 3 Lord Lloyd-Webber £680m £700m -£20m
3 4 Sir Cameron Mackintosh £675m £635m + £40m
4 5 Sir Paul McCartney £495m £475m + £20m
5 6 Simon Fuller £375m £350m + £25m
6 11 Simon Cowell £200m £165m + £35m
7 8 Sir Elton John £195m £185m + £10m
8 7 Sir Mick Jagger £190m £190m No change
9 9 Sting £180m £180m No change
10 10 Keith Richards £175m £175m No change
11 12 Olivia and Dhani Harrison £170m £160m + £10m
12 14 David and Victoria Beckham £165m £145m + £20m
13= 13 Jamie Palumbo £150m £150m No change
13= 15= Ringo Starr £150m £140m + £10m
15 15= Sir Tim Rice £143m £140m + £3m
16 17 Sir Tom Jones £140m £135m + £5m
17 18 Eric Clapton £125m £125m No change
18 19 Roger Ames £120m £120m No change
19= 21 Phil Colins £115m £108m + £7m
19= 22 Rod Stewart £115m £105m +£10m
21 20 Barry and Robin Gibb £110m £110m No change
22 26= Roger Waters £105m £85m + £20m
23 23 David Bowie £100m £100m No change
24 24 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne £95m £95m No change
25= 25 George Michael £90m £90m No change
25= 26= Robbie Williams £90m £85m + £5m
27= 32 David Gilmour £85m £78m + £7m
27= 33= Brian May £85m £75m + £10m
27= 26= Charlie Watts £85m £85m No change
30= 29= Chris Blackwell £80m £80m No change
30= 29= Robert Plant £80m £80m No change
30= 35 Roger Taylor £80m £70m +£10m
33 33= Jimmy Page £75m £75m No change
34= - Moya Doherty and John McGolgan £70m _ _
34= 36 Chris Wright £70m £64m + £6m
36 38= John Deacon £65m £60m + £5m
37 40 Noel and Liam Gallagher £63m £55m + £8m
38= 29= Judy Craymer £62m £80m -£18m
38= 37 Mark Knopfler ££62m £62m No change
40 38= Engelbert Humperdinck £60m £60m No change
41 41= Nick Mason £50m £50m No change
42= - Brian Johnson £50m - -
42= 41= Van Morrison £50m £50m No change
42= 41= Sir Cliff Richard £50m £50m No change
45 44= Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow £48m £45m + £3m
46 44= John Paul Jones £45m £45m No change
47= 50= Mick Hucknall £40m £35m + £5m
47= 50= Kylie Minogue £40m £35m + £5m
47= 46= Bernie Taupin £40m £40m No change
47= 46= Pete Townshend £40m £40m No change
Read more: [www.thisismoney.co.uk]
And the papers want to know whose shirts he wears.
How about providing an actual link from a reputable source that qoutes hard facts rather than just hearsay, and let's include only Bowie's net worth and not combine that with Iman's.
Believing that Bowie is worth 9/10 of a billion dollars seems pretty "out there" to me.
Bowie was the first musican who went public and sold investment futures shares on his music catalog. He made a lot of cash doing that. And he has invested wisely in realestate as well.
Talk about your favorite band.
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Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
treaclefingers
()
Date: August 7, 2012 18:10
At what point did Bowie lose his sight?
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
Edith Grove
()
Date: August 7, 2012 18:19
Quote
treaclefingers
At what point did Bowie lose his sight?
That's messed up.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
treaclefingers
()
Date: August 7, 2012 19:48
Quote
Edith GroveQuote
treaclefingers
At what point did Bowie lose his sight?
That's messed up.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
big4
()
Date: August 7, 2012 20:24
On his way to the studio!
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
TheDailyBuzzherd
()
Date: August 7, 2012 22:08
On his way to collect his unemployment or SS check.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
Floorbird
()
Date: August 7, 2012 23:20
He won't be touring soon either.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
R
()
Date: August 7, 2012 23:41
Quote
Floorbird
He won't be touring soon either.
He sold the rights to all of his songs about eleven years back for untold millions upon millions of dollars, cash on the barrel-head. David Bowie doesn't have to do a damned thing he doesn't want to do.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
Rockman
()
Date: August 7, 2012 23:45
....not many graffiti artist can afford ta leave the scene in a taxi....
ROCKMAN
ROCKMAN
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
treaclefingers
()
Date: August 7, 2012 23:55
Quote
RQuote
Floorbird
He won't be touring soon either.
He sold the rights to all of his songs about eleven years back for untold millions upon millions of dollars, cash on the barrel-head. David Bowie doesn't have to do a damned thing he doesn't want to do.
Did he sell his songs outright? I had thought he issued bonds backed by the royalties from the songs.
That's what I remember anyway, but I don't know that for sure.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
jamesfdouglas
()
Date: August 8, 2012 00:34
He seems to have lost the weight that he'd gained a few years ago. The Thin-again White Duke?
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Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
hbwriter
()
Date: August 8, 2012 01:26
he looks like he has a callback for 'Newsies'
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
BluzDude
()
Date: August 8, 2012 01:47
Did you take the photos hb?
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
whitem8
()
Date: August 8, 2012 01:51
He looks great! Before he was on some heavy meds and put on a lot of weight and was bloated, now he looks very good and healthy. Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
21stcenturystones
()
Date: August 8, 2012 02:14
his net worth is estimated to be 900 million.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
SonicDreamer
()
Date: August 8, 2012 02:28
Quote
Rockman
....not many graffiti artist can afford ta leave the scene in a taxi....
LOLssssssssssssss
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
stonesrule
()
Date: August 8, 2012 02:33
What is your reliable source for that 900 million?
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
hbwriter
()
Date: August 8, 2012 02:48
Quote
BluzDude
Did you take the photos hb?
no
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
Edith Grove
()
Date: August 8, 2012 02:49
Quote
stonesrule
What is your reliable source for that 900 million?
His own feeble imagination.
The top 50 richest people in music: Sunday Times Rich List
By TARA EVANS
Created 3:58 PM on 4th May 2011
X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has beaten stars such as Sir Elton John and Sting to rocket into the top 10 of music millionaires.
The music mogul has seen his wealth grow by £35m to £200m in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich list.
Cowell's fortune pushes him up from eleventh place last year to sixth in the list of British millionaires from the world of music, just one place behind his rival Simon Fuller.
Cowell, 51, still remains one spot behind his 'frenemy' Simon Fuller who is at number five with an estimated fortune of £375m.
The two men rowed over who owned the rights to The X Factor, a spat which has since been resolved. However, Fuller is believed to be less than happy that Cowell is now launching the ITV talent show in the US this autumn.
In the past year Cowell - boss of production company Syco - has signed a new deal with ITV and is also preparing to launch a US version of The X Factor.
Earlier this week he announced plans to launch a new gameshow fronted by Ant and Dec called Red Or Black? and has talked of launching a global pop show in the future.
Clive Calder tops the UK music millionaire section of the 23rd Rich List, with a fortune of £1.3bn, made from the sale of his Zomba Records in 2002.
He has regained his position at number one after the 2010 list-topper Edgar Bronfman moved back to New York from his temporary home in London.
In second position on the list is Lord Lloyd-Webber with £680n, while theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh in third place, only £5m behind at £675m.
Former Beatles member, Sir Paul McCartney is ranked fourth in the league and new entries to the top 50 includes AC/DC singer Brian Johnson who is estimated to be worth £50m.
Noel and Liam Gallagher are listed together with a joint wealth of £63m despite their widely covered fall-out which saw guitarist Noel leave Oasis in August 2009. Liam has since relaunched his career in a new band called Beady Eye.
Katherine Jenkins, worth £13m – up £2m on 2010, tops the young music millionaires chart of people aged 30 and under ahead of Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis and Katie Melua, who all have £12m fortunes.
The top new entry in the young music millionaires chart is Adele at ninth equal with a £6m fortune.
TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES
2010 Name 2011 wealth 2010 wealth Difference (+/-)
Source: THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
1 2 Clive Calder £1,300m £1,300m No change
2 3 Lord Lloyd-Webber £680m £700m -£20m
3 4 Sir Cameron Mackintosh £675m £635m + £40m
4 5 Sir Paul McCartney £495m £475m + £20m
5 6 Simon Fuller £375m £350m + £25m
6 11 Simon Cowell £200m £165m + £35m
7 8 Sir Elton John £195m £185m + £10m
8 7 Sir Mick Jagger £190m £190m No change
9 9 Sting £180m £180m No change
10 10 Keith Richards £175m £175m No change
11 12 Olivia and Dhani Harrison £170m £160m + £10m
12 14 David and Victoria Beckham £165m £145m + £20m
13= 13 Jamie Palumbo £150m £150m No change
13= 15= Ringo Starr £150m £140m + £10m
15 15= Sir Tim Rice £143m £140m + £3m
16 17 Sir Tom Jones £140m £135m + £5m
17 18 Eric Clapton £125m £125m No change
18 19 Roger Ames £120m £120m No change
19= 21 Phil Colins £115m £108m + £7m
19= 22 Rod Stewart £115m £105m +£10m
21 20 Barry and Robin Gibb £110m £110m No change
22 26= Roger Waters £105m £85m + £20m
23 23 David Bowie £100m £100m No change
24 24 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne £95m £95m No change
25= 25 George Michael £90m £90m No change
25= 26= Robbie Williams £90m £85m + £5m
27= 32 David Gilmour £85m £78m + £7m
27= 33= Brian May £85m £75m + £10m
27= 26= Charlie Watts £85m £85m No change
30= 29= Chris Blackwell £80m £80m No change
30= 29= Robert Plant £80m £80m No change
30= 35 Roger Taylor £80m £70m +£10m
33 33= Jimmy Page £75m £75m No change
34= - Moya Doherty and John McGolgan £70m _ _
34= 36 Chris Wright £70m £64m + £6m
36 38= John Deacon £65m £60m + £5m
37 40 Noel and Liam Gallagher £63m £55m + £8m
38= 29= Judy Craymer £62m £80m -£18m
38= 37 Mark Knopfler ££62m £62m No change
40 38= Engelbert Humperdinck £60m £60m No change
41 41= Nick Mason £50m £50m No change
42= - Brian Johnson £50m - -
42= 41= Van Morrison £50m £50m No change
42= 41= Sir Cliff Richard £50m £50m No change
45 44= Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow £48m £45m + £3m
46 44= John Paul Jones £45m £45m No change
47= 50= Mick Hucknall £40m £35m + £5m
47= 50= Kylie Minogue £40m £35m + £5m
47= 46= Bernie Taupin £40m £40m No change
47= 46= Pete Townshend £40m £40m No change
Read more: [www.thisismoney.co.uk]
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
21stcenturystones
()
Date: August 8, 2012 03:52
His own feeble imagination.
Read it and weep,Edith smarty pants. I am talking overall finances, not some TOP 50 list of musicians.
Financial NewsDaily
Although Bowie nearly always refuses to comment on his financial affairs, in 1997, a British business magazine named him the world's richest musician, with an estimated worth of $US900 million (yes, 900 million dollars). If true, this fortune would certainly not be from just his musical releases (since Bowie has never sold in the same huge numbers as other popular artists like the Beatles), but is likely to include savvy financial investments which Bowie has made in fields other than just music.
Read it and weep,Edith smarty pants. I am talking overall finances, not some TOP 50 list of musicians.
Financial NewsDaily
Although Bowie nearly always refuses to comment on his financial affairs, in 1997, a British business magazine named him the world's richest musician, with an estimated worth of $US900 million (yes, 900 million dollars). If true, this fortune would certainly not be from just his musical releases (since Bowie has never sold in the same huge numbers as other popular artists like the Beatles), but is likely to include savvy financial investments which Bowie has made in fields other than just music.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
21stcenturystones
()
Date: August 8, 2012 03:56
I swear Edith Grove you are so "out there"
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
tatters
()
Date: August 8, 2012 04:26
Quote
hbwriter
he looks like he has a callback for 'Newsies'
And the papers want to know whose shirts he wears.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
Edith Grove
()
Date: August 8, 2012 04:30
Quote
21stcenturystones
Read it and weep,Edith smarty pants.......a British business magazine named him the world's richest musician, with an estimated worth of $US900 million
How about providing an actual link from a reputable source that qoutes hard facts rather than just hearsay, and let's include only Bowie's net worth and not combine that with Iman's.
Believing that Bowie is worth 9/10 of a billion dollars seems pretty "out there" to me.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
stonesnow
()
Date: August 8, 2012 04:40
Lloyd-Webber's first name used to be Andrew. Good Lord...
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
J.J.Flash
()
Date: August 8, 2012 05:02
Mick taylor is 3300th on that list with $73.37.
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
Rockman
()
Date: August 8, 2012 05:04
Mick taylor is 3300th on that list with $73.37.
............. yeah I'm just ahead of him by 63 cents....
ROCKMAN
............. yeah I'm just ahead of him by 63 cents....
ROCKMAN
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
BluzDude
()
Date: August 8, 2012 05:05
How could Brian Johnson be worth more than either Malcom or Angus Young?
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
21stcenturystones
()
Date: August 8, 2012 05:07
Believing that Bowie is worth 9/10 of a billion dollars seems pretty "out there" to me.
Accept the fact. None of the Stones, except maybe Charlie has invested in anything but hard living and child support. Go figure....
Accept the fact. None of the Stones, except maybe Charlie has invested in anything but hard living and child support. Go figure....
Re: OT - recent Bowie sighting in NYC
Posted by:
whitem8
()
Date: August 8, 2012 05:34
Quote
21stcenturystones
His own feeble imagination.
Read it and weep,Edith smarty pants. I am talking overall finances, not some TOP 50 list of musicians.
Financial NewsDaily
Although Bowie nearly always refuses to comment on his financial affairs, in 1997, a British business magazine named him the world's richest musician, with an estimated worth of $US900 million (yes, 900 million dollars). If true, this fortune would certainly not be from just his musical releases (since Bowie has never sold in the same huge numbers as other popular artists like the Beatles), but is likely to include savvy financial investments which Bowie has made in fields other than just music.
Bowie was the first musican who went public and sold investment futures shares on his music catalog. He made a lot of cash doing that. And he has invested wisely in realestate as well.
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