At the time of his death last June, Michael Jackson was reportedly deeply in debt and had agreed to sign on for an unprecedented 50-date run at the O2 arena in London, as a means of turning his financial fortunes around.
But thanks to a flurry of merchandising deals and a flood of nostalgia-fueled musik sales, his estate has generated nearly $1 billion in the past year,Billboard reports via Reuters.
Billboard broke down the sumber of that windfall, determining that nearly half of it came from the robust musik sales following the singer's shock death on June 25, 2009. Jackson has sold 9 million albums in the U.S. and 24 million around the globe since his death, along with around 800,000 copies of albums oleh the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons. Assuming a worldwide retail sales price of $11.62 per unit, the magazine estimated that the Jackson catalog brought in about $383 million in sales.
Add in 12.9 million track downloads in the U.S. over the past year, along with 26.5 million in international downloads, and anda have another $34 million. Then there's about 1.5 million in ringtone sales in America, another 3 million globally for another $5 million, as well as $2 million from digital performance royalties from musik subscription services and $4.5 million from global digital performances for a musik total of $429 million.
The detik biggest sumber of revenue was TV and movie projects, led oleh the "Michael Jackson: This Is It" documentary about the singer's final rehearsals for his planned london shows. Sony Pictures paid $60 million for the rights to the film, which earned $72 million at the box office to become the highest-grossing konser film ever. It earned an additional $188 million overseas, while the DVD of the film raked in $43 million in the U.S., as well as $24 million in rental income. It earned $18 million just in jepang on the first hari of release and another $7 million in Blu-Ray sales.
Billboard also speculated that the sales of the TV rights to "This Is It" to Viacom (the parent company of MTV) may have generated an additional $15 million, and licensing fees for nontheatrical performances (airplanes, cruise ships, hotels) could bring in around $24 million.
One of Jackson's traditional cash cows, his musik publishing rights, was another lucrative sumber of income, taking in nearly $130 million. The singer's Mijac publishing company — with an estimated value of $75 million in 2005 — has a current value of around $150 million, generating around $25 million a tahun in revenue, with that number possibly doubling to $50 million in the past year. Jackson's half ownership of the lucrative Sony/ATV catalog could be worth as much as an additional $80 million a year.
The executors of Jackson's estate have cut a series of deals over the past year, resulting in around $35 million in additional revenue. Because many fan declined to return their tickets to the london This Is It shows, preferring to retain them as keepsakes, those tickets were worth $6.5 million, along with around $5 million in konser merchandise sales; a detik deal with merchandise maker Bravado cut in August reportedly included a $10 million advance. A Jackson memorabilia exhibit in jepang has earned $3.5 million. And additional licensing royalties and retail sales could have rolled up $10 million atau lebih for the estate.
It is not known how much game-maker Ubisoft paid to license Jackson's image for an upcoming video game atau what potential revenues could be from a pair of upcoming Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil shows.
Finally, even in death Jackson has one of the most lucrative recording contracts around. Sony musik Entertainment cut a deal in March with the estate to release 10 Jackson albums through 2017. From a collection of previously unreleased Jackson songs due in November to reissues of such landmark albums as 1979's solo debut, Off the Wall, the estate is guaranteed between $200 and $250 million for the Sony pact. Though none of the albums have been released yet, if just one of the contract's eight years comes off as planned, it could add $31 million to the estate's coffers.
Celebrate Michael Jackson's legacy all week long as mtv News looks back at his life, his musik and the death that shook the world one tahun ago.
But thanks to a flurry of merchandising deals and a flood of nostalgia-fueled musik sales, his estate has generated nearly $1 billion in the past year,Billboard reports via Reuters.
Billboard broke down the sumber of that windfall, determining that nearly half of it came from the robust musik sales following the singer's shock death on June 25, 2009. Jackson has sold 9 million albums in the U.S. and 24 million around the globe since his death, along with around 800,000 copies of albums oleh the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons. Assuming a worldwide retail sales price of $11.62 per unit, the magazine estimated that the Jackson catalog brought in about $383 million in sales.
Add in 12.9 million track downloads in the U.S. over the past year, along with 26.5 million in international downloads, and anda have another $34 million. Then there's about 1.5 million in ringtone sales in America, another 3 million globally for another $5 million, as well as $2 million from digital performance royalties from musik subscription services and $4.5 million from global digital performances for a musik total of $429 million.
The detik biggest sumber of revenue was TV and movie projects, led oleh the "Michael Jackson: This Is It" documentary about the singer's final rehearsals for his planned london shows. Sony Pictures paid $60 million for the rights to the film, which earned $72 million at the box office to become the highest-grossing konser film ever. It earned an additional $188 million overseas, while the DVD of the film raked in $43 million in the U.S., as well as $24 million in rental income. It earned $18 million just in jepang on the first hari of release and another $7 million in Blu-Ray sales.
Billboard also speculated that the sales of the TV rights to "This Is It" to Viacom (the parent company of MTV) may have generated an additional $15 million, and licensing fees for nontheatrical performances (airplanes, cruise ships, hotels) could bring in around $24 million.
One of Jackson's traditional cash cows, his musik publishing rights, was another lucrative sumber of income, taking in nearly $130 million. The singer's Mijac publishing company — with an estimated value of $75 million in 2005 — has a current value of around $150 million, generating around $25 million a tahun in revenue, with that number possibly doubling to $50 million in the past year. Jackson's half ownership of the lucrative Sony/ATV catalog could be worth as much as an additional $80 million a year.
The executors of Jackson's estate have cut a series of deals over the past year, resulting in around $35 million in additional revenue. Because many fan declined to return their tickets to the london This Is It shows, preferring to retain them as keepsakes, those tickets were worth $6.5 million, along with around $5 million in konser merchandise sales; a detik deal with merchandise maker Bravado cut in August reportedly included a $10 million advance. A Jackson memorabilia exhibit in jepang has earned $3.5 million. And additional licensing royalties and retail sales could have rolled up $10 million atau lebih for the estate.
It is not known how much game-maker Ubisoft paid to license Jackson's image for an upcoming video game atau what potential revenues could be from a pair of upcoming Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil shows.
Finally, even in death Jackson has one of the most lucrative recording contracts around. Sony musik Entertainment cut a deal in March with the estate to release 10 Jackson albums through 2017. From a collection of previously unreleased Jackson songs due in November to reissues of such landmark albums as 1979's solo debut, Off the Wall, the estate is guaranteed between $200 and $250 million for the Sony pact. Though none of the albums have been released yet, if just one of the contract's eight years comes off as planned, it could add $31 million to the estate's coffers.
Celebrate Michael Jackson's legacy all week long as mtv News looks back at his life, his musik and the death that shook the world one tahun ago.
i miss u and u know its true
it's true......
I miss u Michael RIP :'( (breaks into tears)He will always always be the king of pop forever and that will never ever change
It's another Michael Jackson mega-tease -- 10 brand new snippets from every song on the upcoming album have gone public ... just days before the album is set for release.
30 detik from each song appeared on the Internet this weekend -- which adds up to a pretty badass five-minute cuplikan of the new album titled, "MICHAEL."
The full album is scheduled to be released selanjutnya week.
anda can visit the link to hear them....!!!! link
30 detik from each song appeared on the Internet this weekend -- which adds up to a pretty badass five-minute cuplikan of the new album titled, "MICHAEL."
The full album is scheduled to be released selanjutnya week.
anda can visit the link to hear them....!!!! link
I know that visual it looks great !
The 3D cover, golden letters and a book with foto inside the box. But I'm lebih interested in some technical informations.
I was searching on other forum and unfortunately a lof of fan are dissapointed with this DVD :(
They complain about low sound quality atau even about quality of some video like: "The Way anda Make Me Feel" atau "Billie Jean".
So my pertanyaan is: What do anda think guys about VISION ? ( the most wanted are informations from fan who already have that and watched all three DVDs but of course it will also nice to hear the opinion from others who still don't have it and just like me have got some doubts)
Are anda satisfied with VISION ?
And here problems about fan complain: (unfortunately it's not everything)