AC/DC 'Top earning Aussie stars'
Sunday November 08 2009
AC/DC have been named Australia's top earning entertainers, beating Kylie and Russell Crowe.
Despite never having released a greatest hits compilation album, the ageing rockers - formed in Sydney in 1973 - topped Australian business publication Business Review Weekly's poll, by pocketing an estimated 105 million Australian dollars in 2008 from their comeback album, Black Ice, and an 18-month world tour.
Kylie Minogue came second, with her earnings estimated to be around 47 million Australian dollars, while Oscar-winner Russell Crowe was in fourth place, with around 25 million Australian dollars.
In ninth place, Nicole Kidman was beaten by country musician husband Keith Urban, who was in fifth position, earning an estimated 20 million Australian dollars.
Other Aussie stars who made the top 50 include Cate Blanchett, who took the eighth position, Toni Collette, The Mummy actor Luke Ford and Defiance's young actress Mia Wasikowska.
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