A little over 13 years ago, American pop star Michael Jackson passed away. Throughout his career Jackson was considered a pioneer and created particularly original music and choreography, which earned him the title of “King of Pop”. In the years after his death, however, suspicions arose against Jackson of assaulting and sexually abusing children, suspicions that led many to call for a boycott of the King of Pop. But it turns out that all of these did not have too much of an impact on the revenue and profitability that Jackson continues to generate even after his death.
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According to calculations published in Forbes Magazine Jackson is the only dead artist who still earns the most in the world. Since his death in 2009, Jackson has earned no less than $ 2.27 billion. In addition, according to the magazine, the profits of his estate stand by 2018 stood at $ 4.2 billion before tax cuts. In 2018, it placed at the top of the earnings index, with a profit of $ 90 million. In 2019 – 60 million, in 2020 – 48 million. In 2021 the late Jackson recorded another jump in revenue – $ 75 million. Meanwhile, Jackson is in third place on the list of “the most spacious dead celebs”.
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The money that continues to flow into Jackson’s account comes through 30 million monthly listeners on Spotify and billions more listeners on the various streaming services, along with tribute shows in his memory that are gaining great popularity in the United States. In addition to this and also after four decades, Thriller, his sixth album released in 1982, continues to sell non-stop copies and has already sold about 70 million copies and is considered the best-selling album of all time.
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