She places #9 in Forbes' list of top earning women in music. She is behind such people as Katy Perry ($135 million), Taylor ($80 million), Lady Gaga ($59 million, wtf has she been up to, to get this much?), Jlo ($28.5 million). She is ahead of a retired popstar that apparently goes by the name 'Rihanna' pronouced Ree-han(d)-nah.
Mariah's fortune this year comes from her Vegas performances and her random performances all over the word (that Israel one and the one in Studio city or whatever)
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ONTD, do you think you would still be making millions 25 years into your career?