Madonna breaks earnings record

Madonna has been awarded a Guinness World Record for being the highest paid female singer, the BBC News report.

Famous for constantly re-inventing her image, Madonna knocked singer Britney Spears from the top spot she had held since 2001. It is thought Madonna made an estimated $50m (?26.7m) in 2004.

Billboard magazine recently reported the singer broke another record for having the highest earning tour for a female performer.

Other acts who will also feature in the 2007 Guinness World of Records book include James Blunt – who scooped the record for the most albums sold in a year in the UK with 2.36m copies in 2005 – and the Arctic Monkeys as the fastest selling UK debut album with “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”, which sold 363,735 copies in its first week and 113,000 on its first day.

Madonna‘s bank account is not the only one to have broken records.

X Factor’s Simon Cowell is the highest paid TV talent show judge with earnings of ?18m and Jamie Oliver, who last year led a national campaign to improve school dinners, is the highest paid TV chef with an estimated annual income of ?4.8m.

From an article by BBC News.

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