March 4th, 2010 | 
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Kenny Chesney Raked in $26.5 Million in 2009
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Kenny Chesney continues ginning money at an extraordinary pace. Billboard has just released its fourth annual list of the Top 40 money earners in the music world, and Kenny came in at No. 9 with $26.5 million in earnings last year. With all those Benjamins flowing in, it was nice to see Kenny keeping it real the other night in Nashville by dropping by the world-famous honky tonk, Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, on Lower Broadway. He was joined by ’70s rocker, Steve Miller , for an impromptu beer-soaked jam. No doubt the lucky tourists in the joint were happily stunned. That’s exactly what makes Nashville and its famous honky tonks like a box of chocolates. There was no surprise at the top of Billboard’s money list this year with U2 raking in a cool $108.6 million. They were followed by Bruce Springsteen ($57.6 million), Madonna ($47.2 million), AC/DC ($43.6 million) and Britney Spears ($38.9 million). Other country acts making the Top 40 included No. 19 Rascal Flatts ($18 million), No. 21 Taylor Swift ($17.2 million), No. 27 Brad Paisley ($14.3 million), No.
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Tim Returns to CMA Music Fest
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Tim McGraw has been added to the lineup for this year’s CMA Music Festival in Nashville, June 10 through 13, marking his first appearance at the festival since 2001. read complete article
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After Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson was the most popular male country singer of the '90s. An heir to the new traditionalist movement of the '80s, Jackson's approach was rooted in classic honky tonk yet remained comfortably within the contemporary mainstream. Jackson's hallmark was consistency -- he wrote many of his own hits, and his way with a hook was part of the reason he never really hit a commercial dry spell, even into the new millennium.
