Opinions seem to vary. It depends on how they measure it.
Parade magazine ranked Jay-Z as the top money maker in 2008. (source: http://www.southernstylemagazine.net/Previous_8.html)
Madonna was the top money-making person in "music". (source: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/madonna-tops-2009-music-money-makers-list-1003940730.story)
Will Smith is the top money-making "star" of 2008. (source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/28508603/?slide=11)
The richest person on earth in 2008 was Warren Buffet (worth an estimated $62 billion). (source: http://top--10.blogspot.com/2008/03/top-10-richest-person-in-world-2008.html)
Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood and Tim McGraw
Their estates earn the money from royalties, patents, ETC and it is rarely made public
Russell shore and Nathan lowe toping the charts of 464545 milloin dollars
Because it made the rich richer, put most of the money with a single person.
Thriller made the most money of Michael Jackson's songs.
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Most money market transactions are made in marketable securities.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made the most money in 2009. $402,076,689 was the amount made.
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Scientists don't invent, they experiment. Inventors invent. An invention is a thing not made yet. To make most money out of it, you need to invent something nobody has, but everybody needs. The person who invented shoelaces made a lot of money.
Adjusting for inflation, "Gone with the Wind" (1939) has made the most money. In today's dollars: $1,454,721,307.
Pirates of the carribean easily made the most money. More than 1.3 billion dollars.