{"id":13107,"date":"2015-10-27T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=13107"},"modified":"2015-10-27T19:23:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T19:23:28","slug":"michael-jackson-tops-1-billion-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/10\/michael-jackson-tops-1-billion-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Tops $1 Billion Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kingofpop.png\" alt=\"kingofpop\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ND6XUYPz3p0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to forbes.com The King of Pop has earned a staggering $1 billion since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the King Of Pop has out-earned not only every dead celebrity from Elvis to Einstein, but he&#8217;s pulled in more than any living solo musician. Much of that cash has come from two Cirque du Soleil shows, his own music and publishing revenues, and his half of the Sony\/ATV publishing catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;it&#8217;s worth noting that the aforementioned $1.1 billion figure swells to $1.9 billion when adjusted for inflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to forbes.com The King of Pop has earned a staggering $1 billion since 2009. Since then, the King Of Pop has out-earned not only every dead celebrity from Elvis to Einstein, but he&#8217;s pulled in more than any living solo musician. 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