Sixteen years after Michael Jackson died in 2009, the King of Pop continues to pull millions of dollars into his estate. According to Forbes' 2025 list of highest-earning dead celebrities, Jackson continues to be a big money maker, earning $105M.
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"The agreement for Jackson's half-share of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog will give the company sole ownership of works by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and other hit-making musicians, including Eminem and Taylor Swift," reported CBS in 2016. However, the deal excluded ownership of the singer’s original master recordings and the songs he personally wrote.
Who else was on the 2025 list of top-earning dead celebrities?
The late co-founders of Pink Floyd rank at numbers three and four. Richard Wright and Syd Barrett's estates pulled in $81M each.
Number six is jazz legend Miles Davis at $21M. At number seven is an entertainer who was tied to the King of Pop via marriage. Elvis Presley, whose daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, married Jackson in 1994, earned $17M.
Per Forbes, Michael Jackson remains the top-earning dead celebrity of the last quarter-century at $3.5B. Elvis Presley comes in at number two with $1.2B.
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