Money Makers

30. Eminem
$18.3 MILLION

ON CD He's a rapper and a business mogul: Eminem sold more than 4 million copies of his own CDs (including 3.5 million copies of 2004's Encore), and he earned additional royalties on hit discs by 50 Cent, D-12 and G Unit, all released by his Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records. The Shady/Aftermath family sold 8 million cds.
ON THE SIDE Eminem's clothing line, Shady Ltd., earned at least $1.5 million.
Last year's rank: 28

31. George Strait
$18.1 MILLION

ON THE ROAD The country vet sold out most dates, despite a relatively high ticket price.
ON THE SIDE Strait sold nine dollars a head of merchandise per show.
Last year's rank: NA

32. Phish
$17.8 MILLION

ON THE ROAD Phish may be making their phinal appearance on this list: They earned $23 million in 2004 on what was billed as their last-ever tour, playing seventeen shows.
ON THE SIDE Phish sold 117,000 copies of their video collection, Undermind, and earned several hundred thousand dollars selling concert recordings through their Web site, livephish.net.
Last year's rank: 31

33. Fleetwood Mac
$17.2 MILLION

ON THE ROAD Fleetwood Mac earned $28 million in thirty-eight tour dates -- despite a paucity of sellouts.
ON CD Fans bought 620,000 back catalog CDs, with The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac leading sales.
Last year's rank: 12

34. Beyonce
$16.1 MILLION

ON THE ROAD She earned $19 million touring with Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott.
ON CD Beyonce's solo debut, Dangerously in Love, sold 1.4 million copies, and her reunion with Destiny's Child, Destiny Fulfilled, sold 2 million.
ON THE SIDE Beyonce signed on for a lead role in the upcoming film The Pink Panther and lined up endorsement deals with L'Oreal, Tommy Hilfiger and Pepsi worth about $3 million. Her clothing line brought in an eight-figure advance.
Last year's rank: NA

35. Aerosmith
$16 MILLION

ON THE ROAD The group earned $450,000 a night in '04 -- about half of what it made on its last tour.
ON CD Last year's blues album Honkin' on Bobo moved about 550,00 copies.
ON THE SIDE Aerosmith's music is a hot commodity in advertising: Last year the group licensed "Dream On" to Buick for a reported $2 million.
Last year's rank: 25

36. U2
$13.9 MILLION

ON CD U2 get a $12 million payout from Interscope Records just for delivering an album -- which they did last year, with November's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The CD has sold 2 million copies, and a deluxe edition sold another 400,000 (they earn as much as five dollars a unit on the latter). A megabucks tour begins in March.
ON THE SIDE Apple and U2 are reportedly splitting a fifty-dollar markup placed on a U2-branded iPod.
Last year's rank: NA

37. Britney Spears
$13.8 MILLION

ON THE ROAD Spears cut short her Onyx Hotel Tour, citing a knee injury -- but the $750,000-a-night grosses were enough to push her back onto our list (she fell off after a tour-free 2003).
ON CD Most artists would be grateful for sales that were low by Britney's standards: 1.3 million in the U.S. for In the Zone and 850,000 for a greatest-hits disc.
Last year's rank: NA

38. Kiss
$13.7 MILLION

ON THE ROAD They earned $13.1 million on their farewell tour.
ON THE SIDE The Kiss licensing juggernaut -- from T-shirts to band-theme coffins -- brought in at least $5 million.
Last year's rank: 26

39. Rush
$13.3 MILLION

ON THE ROAD The Canadian power trio grossed $21 million on its latest U.S. tour -- more than Kiss or Ozzfest.
ON THE SIDE Sales were strong for the 2003 Rush in Rio DVD.
Last year's rank: NA