Michael Jackson has come juu of the annual Forbes magazine orodha of top-earning dead celebrities.
The King of Pop earned $275m (£173m) in the last year, according to Forbes - zaidi than any other celebrity, dead au alive, except Oprah Winfrey.
"Jackson's spot atop our juu earning dead watu mashuhuri orodha should come as no surprise aliyopewa the renewed interest," Forbes writer Lacey Rose said.
Elvis Presley came second, making $60m (£38m), followed kwa JRR Tolkien.
The estate of the Lord of the Rings mwandishi generated $50m (£32m), Forbes said. Peanuts illustrator Charles Schulz raked in $33m (£21m), while former Beatle John Lennon was fifth on the list, earning $17m (£11m).
Jackson's estate earned zaidi than the inayofuata 12 deceased watu mashuhuri combined, Forbes estimated.
Jackson's album sales and radio airplay accounted for $50m, while sales of a video game, memorabilia and a re-released autobiography were worth another $50m, the magazine estimated.
His estate was paid $60m for This Is It, a film of the rehearsals for his ill-fated comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London, it said.
His estate has also struck deals to release previously unheard muziki as well as merchandise, toys and other products.
Jackson's debts were estimated at $500m (£315m) when he died aged 50 in June 2009.
Ms Rose said: "Thanks to a lucrative catalogue, hit film and album sales, the late king of pop earned zaidi in the last mwaka than Lady Gaga, Madonna and Jay-Z, combined."
The King of Pop earned $275m (£173m) in the last year, according to Forbes - zaidi than any other celebrity, dead au alive, except Oprah Winfrey.
"Jackson's spot atop our juu earning dead watu mashuhuri orodha should come as no surprise aliyopewa the renewed interest," Forbes writer Lacey Rose said.
Elvis Presley came second, making $60m (£38m), followed kwa JRR Tolkien.
The estate of the Lord of the Rings mwandishi generated $50m (£32m), Forbes said. Peanuts illustrator Charles Schulz raked in $33m (£21m), while former Beatle John Lennon was fifth on the list, earning $17m (£11m).
Jackson's estate earned zaidi than the inayofuata 12 deceased watu mashuhuri combined, Forbes estimated.
Jackson's album sales and radio airplay accounted for $50m, while sales of a video game, memorabilia and a re-released autobiography were worth another $50m, the magazine estimated.
His estate was paid $60m for This Is It, a film of the rehearsals for his ill-fated comeback concerts at the O2 arena in London, it said.
His estate has also struck deals to release previously unheard muziki as well as merchandise, toys and other products.
Jackson's debts were estimated at $500m (£315m) when he died aged 50 in June 2009.
Ms Rose said: "Thanks to a lucrative catalogue, hit film and album sales, the late king of pop earned zaidi in the last mwaka than Lady Gaga, Madonna and Jay-Z, combined."
wewe know i think Michael really wanted to change the world. wewe can tell because of his songs like man in the mirror,heal the heal world,earth song,black au white,and they don't care about us. and it is so sad that he pasted and when i looked at the video they don't care about us i really started to cry becuase is was so happy to see all the people that loved him and saw him. i mean he was and still the king of pop. i mean Michael had kids,family, and mashabiki and Michael song wewe are not alone in so meaningful atfer his death. :( I upendo wewe MICHAEL!!!
bass, besi note, treble, stereo control, how low wewe go
Just enough to make your juices flow
Press play, don't stop, rotate, too hot
wewe feel I'm real
I'm everything wewe need, so tell me what's the deal
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what wewe say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what wewe say don't overload
3D, high speed, feedback, Dolby
Release two au three, when I reach I can go 'till I hit my peak
Compact steelo, chico, D-Lo, highpost lady
Shorty really wanna be there for me
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what wewe say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Just enough to make your juices flow
Press play, don't stop, rotate, too hot
wewe feel I'm real
I'm everything wewe need, so tell me what's the deal
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what wewe say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what wewe say don't overload
3D, high speed, feedback, Dolby
Release two au three, when I reach I can go 'till I hit my peak
Compact steelo, chico, D-Lo, highpost lady
Shorty really wanna be there for me
Chorus
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
Be careful what wewe say don't overload
2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong
Too much of that, fuse blown
There were no albums bigger than Thriller and Bad, and Jackson seemed to be just entering his prime as an artist.
In hindsight, considering the astonishing heights he hit in the 1980s, maybe there was nowhere to go but down. On juu of the world profeessionally, his persional affairs increasingly came under the microscope and seemed to gradually bleed the life and vibrancy out of the mercurial artist.
The new decade sarted off with Jackson in the studio, recording his new album, Dangerous. Jackson had recently signed a 15-years, six-record deal with sony, and if the singer was able to deliver sales numbers comparable to what he ilitumwa in the 1980s, the deal was estimated to have an earing power of up to $1 billion.
Dangerous got off to a great start-it debuted at number one and quickly outpaced the sales of Bad.
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending siku kwa day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, wewe know,
upendo is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just wewe and me
Send them your moyo so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us kwa turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if wewe just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending siku kwa day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, wewe know,
upendo is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just wewe and me
Send them your moyo so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us kwa turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if wewe just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
Girlfriend
I'm gonna tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what wewe do to me
Late at night when the wind is free
Girlfriend
I'm gonna onyesha your boyfriend (yeah)
onyesha him (woo hoo)
The letters I've been savin' (yeah)
onyesha him how wewe feel inside
An' how upendo could not be denied (oh no)
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
Girlfriend
wewe better tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what he needs to know
au he may never let wewe go
Yeah we're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do ...... ad lib to fade
I'm gonna tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what wewe do to me
Late at night when the wind is free
Girlfriend
I'm gonna onyesha your boyfriend (yeah)
onyesha him (woo hoo)
The letters I've been savin' (yeah)
onyesha him how wewe feel inside
An' how upendo could not be denied (oh no)
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
Girlfriend
wewe better tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what he needs to know
au he may never let wewe go
Yeah we're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do ...... ad lib to fade
All wewe gotta do is just walk away and pass me kwa
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah
And all wewe gotta do is not answer my calls when
I'm trying to get through
To keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch wewe
Chorus
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with wewe tonight
wewe give me butterflies inside, inside and I
All I gotta say is that I must be dreaming, can't be real
You're not here with me, still I can feel wewe near me
I caress you, let wewe taste us, just so blissful listen
I would give wewe anything baby, just make my dreams come true
Oh baby wewe give me butterflies
Chorus x 2
If wewe would take my hand, baby I would onyesha wewe
Guide wewe to the light babe
If wewe would be my love, baby I will upendo you, upendo wewe
'Till the end of time
Chorus x 3
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah
And all wewe gotta do is not answer my calls when
I'm trying to get through
To keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch wewe
Chorus
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with wewe tonight
wewe give me butterflies inside, inside and I
All I gotta say is that I must be dreaming, can't be real
You're not here with me, still I can feel wewe near me
I caress you, let wewe taste us, just so blissful listen
I would give wewe anything baby, just make my dreams come true
Oh baby wewe give me butterflies
Chorus x 2
If wewe would take my hand, baby I would onyesha wewe
Guide wewe to the light babe
If wewe would be my love, baby I will upendo you, upendo wewe
'Till the end of time
Chorus x 3