prince crowned  top music earner  prince earned more than any other pop star in 2004  beating artists such madonna and elton john in us magazine rolling stone s annual list.  the singer banked $56.5m (£30.4m) from concerts  album and publishing sales with his musicology tour and album. he kept madonna in second place  as she earned $54.9m (£29.5m) while embarking on her global re-invention tour. veterans simon and garfunkel were in 10th place  their comeback tour helping them earn $24.9m (£13.4m) last year.   prince returned to centre stage after a decade in the commercial wilderness   the magazine reported. the singer s 2004 tour took $90.3m (£48.5m) in ticket sales and he sold 1.9 million copies of his latest album musicology.  although she grossed more than prince last year  madonna remained in second place because of the  monumental  production costs of her tour. heavy metal band metallica s madly in anger with the world tour helped push their 2004 earnings up to $43.1m (£23.1m). they were ahead of sir elton john  who took fourth place and almost $42.7m (£23m) from performances including a debut on the las vegas strip. other seasoned performers in the list included rod stewart  whose sold-out shows and third volume of the great american songbook covers album helped net him £35m (£19m). the highest-ranking rap act in the list was 50 cent  who at number 19 took $24m (£13m) to the bank.
Omo-oba ti a korin bi olorin to n gba owo ju ni 2004, omo-oba ti gba owo ju madonna ati elton john lo lori orin lori ipo ti us magazine rolling stone se. Akorin naa gba $56.5m (£30.4m) lati orin, albamu ati iruwe awo, pẹlu irinajo musicology ati albamu rẹ. O si mu madonna si ipo keji, nigba ti o gba $54.9m (£29.5m) nigba ti o n rin irinajo re-invention ti o gbilẹ gbogbo agbaye. Awon agbalagba simon ati garfunkel wa ni ipo keji, nigba ti irinajo wọn ti o padanu mu wọn gba $24.9m (£13.4m) ni odun to waye. Omo-oba ti padanu si ipo osere lẹhin odun 10 ni igbo owo, ipo magazine naa so. Irinajo omo-oba ni 2004 gba $90.3m (£48.5m) ni iruwe tiketi, ati o si tẹ 1.9 million nkan ti albamu re musicology. Bi o ti gba owo ju omo-oba ni odun to waye, madonna si mu si ipo keji nigba ti o ba awọn ọna idagbasoke ti irinajo rẹ. Bendi metallica ti madly in anger with the world tour mu wọn gba owo ni $43.1m (£23.1m) ni 2004. Wọn si mu sir elton john si ipo kejeri, nigba ti o gba $42.7m (£23m) lati awọn ipa rẹ, pẹlu ipa rẹ akọkọ ni las vegas strip. Awọn osere ti o ni ipa pataki ninu ipo naa ni rod stewart, nigba ti awọn ipa rẹ ti o parẹ ati ipo keji ti albamu great american songbook covers mu wọn gba £35m (£19m). Akorin rap ti o ni ipo keji ni 50 cent, nigba ti o gba $24m (£13m) si bank.