Madonna beat Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters as a musician with the most revenue in 2012, according to Billboard version.
Madonna world tour is considered the most successful throughout 2012, and boosted its revenue to U.S. $ 34.6 million (USD 335.6 billion).
According to figures from Billboard, the data collected through the concert Boxscore and sales information to Nielsen Soundscan, Bruce Springsteen is ranked second.
She scored revenues of U.S. $ 33.4 million after a series of best-selling touring fans invaded.
Sales knick knacks also boost gains purse, with live performances Springsteen to 92% of its total revenues.
Waters was in third place with earnings of The Wall Live tour of the predicted yield U.S. $ 21 million.
Van Halen was in fourth position with revenues of U.S. $ 20 million after a promotional tour of their album A Different Kind of Truth.
Speaking of the list, Billboard editorial analyst Glenn Peoples said most of the money always comes from a live performance with high pay. "Ironically, the most popular touring artists albums usually just is not popular anymore," said Glenn Peoples.
The rest on the list of the top 10 includes veteran country musician Kenny Chesney in fifth place, followed by the Dave Matthews Band, country singer Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean and British band Coldplay.
Canadian teen star completes 10 with revenues of U.S. $ 16 million, and U.S. $ 10 million were obtained from the Believe tour.
Madonna is the only woman in the top 10 after last year's winner Taylor Swift fell to the 15th position because he did not do a concert tour last year.
Swift still a success with revenue of $ 12.7 million from the sale of three million digital albums and 15.6 million digital tracks.
Meanwhile, Adele's best-selling album in the U.S. in 2011 and 2012 was in the 11th position with $ 14 million.
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