THE ROLLING STONES RULE BILLBOARD’S ANNUAL EARNINGS LIST, WHICH TRACKS THE REVENUE STREAMS OF MUSIC’S TOP ACTS ACROSS STREAMING, PUBLISHING AND TOURINGBy Ed Christman
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THE ROLLING STONES$65MTHE BREAKDOWN
LAST YEAR
No. 25
SALES
$1.7M
STREAMING
$2M
PUBLISHING
$804.3K
TOURING
$60.5M
The rock’n’roll legends secured the top spot as the top live band of the year in the United States, taking home $65 million for the year. They ranked seventh in royalties from sales, bolstered by the 2019 release of a new compilation,
Honk. As one of the few bands on the list this year that owns its masters, the group enjoys a 74% cut of revenue generated by the songs the act recorded from the 1970s forward.
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