Michael Jackson Still The King Of Pop

A new report has revealed the earning of dead celebrities and shows that Michael Jackson is the king of pop with earning in excess of $100 million. This number puts him ahead of Elvis Presley and Charles Schulz who came in at numbers two and three respectively. Most impressive about Jackson’s continued dominance is that he also earned more than any living solo artist is the world beating such perennial music juggernauts as Taylor Swift and Kanye West. These huge earnings have allowed the estate to pay down the massive debts that were racked up by Jackson during his lifetime and will all but guarantee a life of opulent comfort for his three children.

See Sam Creighton, Michael Jackson is world’s top-earning dead celebrity: Singer earned £75m this year to take total since his death to £653m, The Daily Mail, October 27, 2015.

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.