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Michael Jackson made a net profit of $125 million from the sales of singles and albums in 1989, making him the first artist in history to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in one year; At the same time, he is also the highest paid artist in history!

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MJ owns half of the controlling shares of Sony/ATV music publishing company. The tracks cover The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Mariah Carey and other superstars

MJ can enjoy the same tax income as Sony Music

He can enjoy tens of millions of dollars every year

In addition, he also owns the copyright of his own songs alone, and any company or individual uses his songs for commercial purposes. Will bring him income

So he can still earn tens of millions of dollars a year since he doesn't make a record, hold a concert or have any business endorsement contract

Plus advertising endorsements, it is roughly estimated that his worth is 4 billion dollars

But on the other hand, art is priceless, and artists should be priceless, so it is not appropriate to judge his artistic attainments and influence only by his worth ...