MJ’s estate has earned $319m in revenue since 2009. Quite an alarming figure really, considering the exorbitant amount of debt the singer was in prior to his death – around $400m.
The bulk of the earnings comes from album sales, which continue to go like hotcakes. Jacko’s 1982 release “Thriller” still remains the best selling album of all time – and the greatest cash-cow to an indebted man of all time. Except for maybe Vanilla Ice…
Other noteworthy earners are Michael Jackson’s posthumous record “Michael” which contained previously unrecorded songs, and “This Is It” the movie about the would-be comeback.
