A week later,
A year later,
Curiously, Billboard estimated the estate’s earnings at $1 billion, breaking the figure down into music sales ($429m), film/TV ($392m), publishing ($130m), licensing/touring ($35m) and recording contract ($30m).
What we do know is his ill-fated tour documentary This Is It is now the highest-grossing concert film of all time, racking up $260 million in box office, while his songs were played more than 140k times on
According to the WSJ, Sony Music has sold 31.5 million
The media will be all over the
In addition, a Jackson Family Foundation dinner is slated for the Beverly Hilton Saturday night, though neither Katherine nor Michael’s kids, Prince, Paris and Blanket, will be there. Meanwhile, Katherine’s photo book, Never Can Say Goodbye, which came out last Monday, has already sold 25k copies.
The legal squabbles continue as well, with Joe Jackson pressing his wrongful death civil suit alongside an ongoing lawsuit against
Look for Michael’s Google hits to pass the current total of 126 million.
Check the HITS Rumor Mill for some photographic blasts from the past.
OH, TANNENBAUM! ANOTHER GREAT CAREER HITS THE SKIDS
Another talented journalist trapped in the career cul de sac (5/17a)
THE COUNT: LIVE NATION TAPS TYLER, POST, BLINK FOR TOP U.S. FESTS
Cornering the market on surefire headliners (5/17a)
STAPLETON, WILSON BIG WINNERS AT THE ACMs
A genre mash-up at the home of the Cowboys (5/17a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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