Madonna Billboard's Richest
In today's Daily Rap we look at Billboards money makers, Diddy tries to make us laugh, Ciara is on a fantasy ride and still no news on M.I.A.
Billboards Money Makers
Yesterday Billboard unveiled 2009's Money Makers List. The list factored in concert tickets, digital downloads and album sales which surprisingly enough saw only three Urban artists on the list.
Mary J Blige and Kanye West respectively took the final positions on the Top 20 with Madonna taking pole position thanks to her extensive Sticky and Sweet Tour.
Lil Wayne was the biggest selling Hip-Hop act thanks to his Carter III project which has sold close to three million albums since it was released last Summer. The album also garnered the former Hot Boy with four Grammy Awards on Sunday night, he had been nominated for eight.
See the full list here and just how much these stars made in 08.
1. Madonna: $242,176,466
2. Bon Jovi: $157,177,766
3. Bruce Springsteen: $156,327,964
4. The Police: $109,976,894
5. Celine Dion: $99,171,237
6. Kenny Chesney: $90,823,990
7. Neil Diamond: $82,174,000
8. Rascall Flatts: $63,522,160
9. Jonas Brothers: $62,638,814
10. Coldplay: $62,175,555
11. The Eagles: $61,132,213
12. Lil Wayne: $57,441,334
13. AC/DC: $56,505,296
14. Michael Buble: $50,257,364
15. Miley Cyrus: $48,920,806
16. Taylor Swift: $45,588,730
17. Journey: $44,787,328
18. Billy Joel: $44,581,010
19. Mary J. Blige: $43,472,850
20. Kanye West: $42,552,402
Diddy to make us Laugh
Having starred in the award winning Raisin in the Son and alongside Halle Berry in her Academy winning performance Monsters Ball, the New York mogul is allegedly teaming up with some of Hollywood's biggest names to star in a comedy.
It is unclear just what the movie is, but Sean Combs has been quite vocal in his aspirations to make it in Hollywood over the last few years.
Having tried his hand at producing, rapping, fashion and perfume it is understandable that the Bad Boy wants to extend his resume to include as much as possible.
Ciara on Fantasy Ride
Ciara fans can breathe a sigh of relief now the official release date has been announced for the Princess of Crunk's third album, Fans can expect to see Fantasy Ride on shelves on April 7th Jive announced yesterday.
There have been numerous push backs with this album but after the success of the Young Jeezy assisted Never Ever single it appears that the project is finally ready to unleashed. Expect to see production of Polow Da Don, Tricky Stewart, Timbaland protégé Danja and the Dream on this album.
Fantasy Ride is the follow up to her 2006 album Evolution which featured an appearance by 50 Cent and Chamillionaire and has sold over three million copies worldwide.
Still No News
It is still unknown if Paper Plans star M.I.A has given birth to her first child even though a story broke yesterday that the Sri Lankan born Brit adopted performer was actually having contractions while she performed alongside Kanye West, TI, Lil Wayne and Jay Z on Sunday night at the 51st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
The singer had allegedly been advised by her doctors to not appear as Sunday the 8th was her due date but in true rock and roll style she failed to adhere to the advice.
She had however always planned to be in the audience at the show since being nominated for the Best Song Award but found it very hard to refuse when invited to perform alongside Hip-Hop's Rap Pack.
Melanie Cornish