Michael Jackson has come 最佳, 返回页首 of the annual Forbes magazine 列表 of top-earning dead celebrities.
The King of Pop earned $275m (£173m) in the last year, according to Forbes - 更多 than any other celebrity, dead 或者 alive, except Oprah Winfrey.
"Jackson's spot atop our 最佳, 返回页首 earning dead 名人 列表 should come as no surprise 给 the renewed interest," Forbes writer Lacey Rose said.
Elvis Presley came second, making $60m (£38m), followed 由 JRR Tolkien.
The estate of the Lord of the Rings 作者 generated $50m (£32m), Forbes said. 《花生》 illustrator Charles Schulz raked in $33m (£21m), while former Beatle John Lennon was fifth on the list, earning $17m (£11m).
Jackson's estate earned 更多 than the 下一个 12 deceased 名人 combined, Forbes estimated.
Jackson's album sales and radio airplay accounted for $50m, while sales of a video game, memorabilia and a re-released autobiography were worth another $50m, the magazine estimated.
His estate was paid $60m for This Is It, a film of the rehearsals for his ill-fated comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London, it said.
His estate has also struck deals to release previously unheard 音乐 as well as merchandise, toys and other products.
Jackson's debts were estimated at $500m (£315m) when he died aged 50 in June 2009.
Ms Rose said: "Thanks to a lucrative catalogue, hit film and album sales, the late king of pop earned 更多 in the last 年 than Lady Gaga, 麦当娜 and Jay-Z, combined."
The King of Pop earned $275m (£173m) in the last year, according to Forbes - 更多 than any other celebrity, dead 或者 alive, except Oprah Winfrey.
"Jackson's spot atop our 最佳, 返回页首 earning dead 名人 列表 should come as no surprise 给 the renewed interest," Forbes writer Lacey Rose said.
Elvis Presley came second, making $60m (£38m), followed 由 JRR Tolkien.
The estate of the Lord of the Rings 作者 generated $50m (£32m), Forbes said. 《花生》 illustrator Charles Schulz raked in $33m (£21m), while former Beatle John Lennon was fifth on the list, earning $17m (£11m).
Jackson's estate earned 更多 than the 下一个 12 deceased 名人 combined, Forbes estimated.
Jackson's album sales and radio airplay accounted for $50m, while sales of a video game, memorabilia and a re-released autobiography were worth another $50m, the magazine estimated.
His estate was paid $60m for This Is It, a film of the rehearsals for his ill-fated comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London, it said.
His estate has also struck deals to release previously unheard 音乐 as well as merchandise, toys and other products.
Jackson's debts were estimated at $500m (£315m) when he died aged 50 in June 2009.
Ms Rose said: "Thanks to a lucrative catalogue, hit film and album sales, the late king of pop earned 更多 in the last 年 than Lady Gaga, 麦当娜 and Jay-Z, combined."
Now let's Go into MJ Omg is it just me isnt he the best,amazing,sexy,hotty, celeb to walk this earth! Omg i wish he was here, i miss him soo much but everytime i come on here i think "WOW he is the one, the one that brought us together, He did it he reached his message.L.O.V.E".. Please everyone carry on MJ's message n Contunie to Listen to REAL POP 音乐 and that's MJ Music!!{{Not saying every other pop artist is bad some of the pop 音乐 today is great, but MJ's was better}}
爱情 你 All-
Jacinda a.k.a JanetJfan
michaeljackson o soo sweet so much 爱情 in one to much heat from the bottom of my 心 its to much to keep from the world.way to much heat for this one 天使 that has to keep the 爱情 we share .
LOVE:
爱情 is soo sweet its going to keep us from be in beat. 爱情 is 爱情 yes it is its the one thing that makes us keep the 爱情 we share .
my 天使 : my 天使 is soo sweet it keeps me 安全 from the devils heat . my 天使 is not like others. keep the 爱情 that we seak . my anel is the one i keep not in the heat.
michael: michael is a keeper that i keep away from the heat hes in my 心 yes he is . michael loveing nice play ful.
t appears Katherine Jackson is going to do what Oksana Grigorieva couldn't ... appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Production trucks have arrived at the Jackson family compound in Encino along with two black SUVs. Members of the production crew told TMZ they are there for "an Oprah shoot."
A security guard told TMZ Oprah will not be 展示 up ... so this could be filming for an introductory segment of the show.
No word on what the interview might be about ... but we're guessing the words Michael and Jackson will be used often.
UPDATE 5:10 PM PT -- No one has left yet, but there has been a visitor ... the Domino's 比萨, 比萨饼 delivery guy!
UPDATE 6:23 PM PT -- The production trucks are getting a parking ticket. Put it on Oprah's tab.
UPDATE 6:39 PM PT -- The two SUVs have taken off and the production crew has begun to load equipment. Looks like it's a wrap.
Production trucks have arrived at the Jackson family compound in Encino along with two black SUVs. Members of the production crew told TMZ they are there for "an Oprah shoot."
A security guard told TMZ Oprah will not be 展示 up ... so this could be filming for an introductory segment of the show.
No word on what the interview might be about ... but we're guessing the words Michael and Jackson will be used often.
UPDATE 5:10 PM PT -- No one has left yet, but there has been a visitor ... the Domino's 比萨, 比萨饼 delivery guy!
UPDATE 6:23 PM PT -- The production trucks are getting a parking ticket. Put it on Oprah's tab.
UPDATE 6:39 PM PT -- The two SUVs have taken off and the production crew has begun to load equipment. Looks like it's a wrap.
Caroline couldn't believe what happened at that moment.. When they stopped they looked at eachother for a moment.. they tried to understand what happened.... but they coudn't..
Caroline:"MIchael.. I.. I don't know what to say.. "
Michael went very red.. he was licking his lips.. and biting his lower lip..
Michael:"I'm sorry.. but I had to do it.. I couldn't resist..I'm too much in 爱情 with u Caroline.. Since I was at high school.. i was in 爱情 with u.."
Caroline was shocked.. but happy.. she felt a sense of satisfaction....
Caroline..:"Michael.. even I.. when u hugged.. I felt something that i never felt before.. it was something special.. from that moment i didn't stop thinking about u.."
They looked at eachother than they kissed.. they were together.. forever..
Caroline:"MIchael.. I.. I don't know what to say.. "
Michael went very red.. he was licking his lips.. and biting his lower lip..
Michael:"I'm sorry.. but I had to do it.. I couldn't resist..I'm too much in 爱情 with u Caroline.. Since I was at high school.. i was in 爱情 with u.."
Caroline was shocked.. but happy.. she felt a sense of satisfaction....
Caroline..:"Michael.. even I.. when u hugged.. I felt something that i never felt before.. it was something special.. from that moment i didn't stop thinking about u.."
They looked at eachother than they kissed.. they were together.. forever..
The 下一个 day.. she was at work.. she works as a doctor.. The door knocked..
Caroline:"Come in"
It was Bernard...
Caroline:"We need to talk.."
Bernard said:"Tell me hun.."
She gave hin an angry face..
Caroline:"I went at a bar yesterday.. and u know who i saw? I saw u holding a girls' hand.. and u were laughing together!"
Bernard froze..
Caroline:"Don't u ever talk to me again.. it's over.. i don't want to see your face again.. go 首页 and take your things back were they belong.. get out! Now.."
Bernard:"No.. wait I can explain"
Caroline:"Out! Get out 你 fool!"
He went out.. Caroline took a deep breath and continued working.. Then the first word that came in her mind was "Michael".. She thought of him that moment.. she smiled.. then she continued working..
Caroline:"Come in"
It was Bernard...
Caroline:"We need to talk.."
Bernard said:"Tell me hun.."
She gave hin an angry face..
Caroline:"I went at a bar yesterday.. and u know who i saw? I saw u holding a girls' hand.. and u were laughing together!"
Bernard froze..
Caroline:"Don't u ever talk to me again.. it's over.. i don't want to see your face again.. go 首页 and take your things back were they belong.. get out! Now.."
Bernard:"No.. wait I can explain"
Caroline:"Out! Get out 你 fool!"
He went out.. Caroline took a deep breath and continued working.. Then the first word that came in her mind was "Michael".. She thought of him that moment.. she smiled.. then she continued working..
Dr. Conrad Murray won't just face the judge in his manslaughter case on Monday -- we're told an army of MJ 粉丝 plans a little surprise of its own ... in the protest department.
A rep for Justice4MJ -- the 粉丝 group planning the demonstration -- tells TMZ that scores of Jackson 粉丝 plan to attend ... and it's all going down on the freeway overpass near the L.A. courthouse.
We're told when the hearing ends ... the protesters plan to march from the courthouse -- then quickly 分裂, 拆分 for the overpasses as Murray makes his exit. They will bid Dr. Murray adieu as he drives off -- probably not in the friendliest of ways.
But we're guessing the protest is the least of Dr. Murray's worries.
A rep for Justice4MJ -- the 粉丝 group planning the demonstration -- tells TMZ that scores of Jackson 粉丝 plan to attend ... and it's all going down on the freeway overpass near the L.A. courthouse.
We're told when the hearing ends ... the protesters plan to march from the courthouse -- then quickly 分裂, 拆分 for the overpasses as Murray makes his exit. They will bid Dr. Murray adieu as he drives off -- probably not in the friendliest of ways.
But we're guessing the protest is the least of Dr. Murray's worries.
Good news for the 粉丝 of the king of pop – link, 你 can now sleep on Jackson’s 床, 床上 in the Irish country mansion which was once the 首页 of the late 星, 星级 and his kids, but, is now open to public. The estate owner Paddy Dunning is offering the holiday makers and the 粉丝 of Jackson to live life like the king of pop. Jackson’s 粉丝 can now stay at the Coolatore House for a weekend 或者 so and sleep in Jackson’s 床, 床上 for upwards of $1,500.
TMZ has learned the Holmby Hills mansion where Michael Jackson died is getting a serious boost in security -- so nobody messes with the super-expensive property while it's on the market.
Sources connected to the 首页 tell us ... now that people know the 首页 is "vacated and for sale, the property owners have increased security to keep it safe."
As we previously reported, the owners are requiring potential buyers to go through an "extensive pre-qualifying check" before they can even walk in the door ... just to keep out the riffraff.
The 首页 is currently on the market for a cool $28 mil.
Sources connected to the 首页 tell us ... now that people know the 首页 is "vacated and for sale, the property owners have increased security to keep it safe."
As we previously reported, the owners are requiring potential buyers to go through an "extensive pre-qualifying check" before they can even walk in the door ... just to keep out the riffraff.
The 首页 is currently on the market for a cool $28 mil.
An MJ 粉丝 club is on a desperate mission to clean up the 最近的 graffiti onslaught outside the King of Pop's tomb -- claiming a few bad apples could spoil everything for MJ's non-vandal followers.
The Official Michael Jackson 粉丝 of Southern California have extended an 橄榄 branch to Forest Lawn Cemetery -- where MJ is buried -- offering to clean up the 最近的 wave of hidden vandalism outside the singer's tomb ... before the cemetery decides to ban MJ 粉丝 altogether.
A rep for the group -- which organizes a monthly pilgrimage to MJ's burial place -- tells TMZ, they want to "fix this mess" so FLC doesn't associate MJ's upstanding 粉丝 with a bunch of sharpie-wielding hoodlums.
As TMZ first reported, Forest Lawn is currently on red alert over the illegal doodles -- hunting down the artists responsible ... and threatening to ban any potential copycats for life.
No word if Forest Lawn will take the 粉丝 group up on their offer.
The Official Michael Jackson 粉丝 of Southern California have extended an 橄榄 branch to Forest Lawn Cemetery -- where MJ is buried -- offering to clean up the 最近的 wave of hidden vandalism outside the singer's tomb ... before the cemetery decides to ban MJ 粉丝 altogether.
A rep for the group -- which organizes a monthly pilgrimage to MJ's burial place -- tells TMZ, they want to "fix this mess" so FLC doesn't associate MJ's upstanding 粉丝 with a bunch of sharpie-wielding hoodlums.
As TMZ first reported, Forest Lawn is currently on red alert over the illegal doodles -- hunting down the artists responsible ... and threatening to ban any potential copycats for life.
No word if Forest Lawn will take the 粉丝 group up on their offer.
The film deals with the life of Jackson from his childhood until the death of large stars. The Katherine, in fact, intends to offer hundreds of hours of family 视频 to Howard Mann, who wrote the album with her. These include hardware since the family moved from Gary Indiana to Los Angeles as soon as the Jackson 5 signed with the label Motown.
说 even, that the Howard has paid richly-digit amount to the former partner of Michael, Marc Schaffel, for 26 additional hours of video material with the king of pop. The Katherine Howard and planning a series of films for Michael. The documentary "This is it in the preparation of the king of pop for the comeback, earned profits of 400 million U.S. dollars to the family.