Rolling Stone Top Music Money Makers

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Jimmy Buffett come in at #5 on Rolling Stones list of top music money makers in 2004 with $36.5 MILLION

ON THE ROAD Loyal Parrot Heads helped canny businessman Buffett gross almost $29 million in his latest lap around the nation's amphitheaters.
ON CD His first-ever country album, License to Chill, debuted at Number One (a first for Buffett) and sold an astounding 1.3 million copies. Buffett releases his CDs on his own label, keeping far more profits than most artists do.
ON THE SIDE His Margaritaville chain of retail stores, nightclubs and restaurants generates an eight-figure income.
Last year's rank: 17

[PalmettoSon]

His first-ever country album, License to Chill, debuted at Number One

Um, because his first album wasn't country, or his second, or the film soundtrack he recorded. How is it so hard for people to remember that Jimmy Buffet got his start recording as a country artist?

[PalmettoSon]

Jimmy Buffet

Sorry, I have no excuse for such an egregious spelling error. Please understand that it's early and I was typing fast.

[Margaritas_And_Senoritas]

looks like a recycled article