There are billions of people alive today who are trying to work and earn their pay. So it sometimes comes as a surprise when you hear that some dead people still have millions, if not billions in their name, after their death. People like Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston still generate millions of dollars every year from streaming. It's almost as though these people have a second career after their death, making millions in their names.
We used to think that a person's career dies with them but in recent times, the world has created so many legends whose careers have lived beyond their death. I mean Michael Jackson made over 300million dollars from the sale of his EMI publishing stake. The sale boosted his total earnings for that particular year to about 628 million dollars. In 2019 this same man made 285 million dollars.
Read on to find out more people who are constantly earning In their graves.
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13 | GEORGE HARRISON: $9 million

Harrison died of cancer in November 29, 2001 and like his band mate, Lennon, Harrison still benefits from the Beatles' reissues--as well as the "fab four's cirgue du soleil" show in Las Vegas. Although he left the list of those who are earning after their death, he later returned in 2011 from a couple of changes to the music scene.

12 | WHITNEY HOUSTON: $9.5 million

Popular music icon, Whitney Houston drowned in her bathtub on February 11, 2012. It was a sad day for the world but the fact that she left something behind kept are fans going. Half of her estate was sold for 7million dollars this May along with a remix of one of her songs called "higher love" which has already clocked about 175million streams on Spotify.

11 | XXXTENTACION: $10 million

Triple X as he is popularly known was killed by a stranger on June 18, 2018 and right to this moment, he is still earning. Even after a 27% drop in year in year consumption, Triple X still remains the most streamed dead celebrity in America with atleast 5.6 billion spins.

10 | NIPSEY HUSSLE: $11 million

The U.S rapper, Nipsey Hussle died on March 31, 2019 after he was shot. Since Nipsey Hussle made it his priority to retain rights to his music, his 1.85 billion streams after his death became a lot of money for him.

9 | PRINCE: $12 million

Prince was one of the biggest artist the world has ever seen, he was a great performer who was beloved by all. However, the world lost this great legend to overdose on April 21, 2016. Regardless of his death, Prince continues to move the music scene with about 320,000 physical units sold and half a billion on-demand streams.

8 | MARILYN MONROE: $13 million

Marilyn Monroe died on August 5 1962, the legendary actor ruled the Hollywood movie scene with her beauty and great acting. To date, she is still one of the most beloved American stars and when it comes to licensing, Monroe has added a Zales collection to deals with the likes of Chanel and Montblanc. Monroe died of an overdose.

7 | JOHN LENNON: $14 million

One of the most beloved performers of all time, John Lennon died on December 8, 1980. However, even after his death Lennon is still well respected in the music game and is still making a lot of money from his music, especially from the Beatles catalogue. A few years ago, the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road boosted the sales of the Beatles across all streaming platforms.

6 | DR. SEUSS: $19 million

Dr. Seuss died of Cancer on September 24, 1991 and to date, he is still going places with several licensing deals with Hallmark, Universal Studios and others add to publishing empire that moved more than 5million books stateside over the past 12 months.

5 | BOB MARLEY: $20 million

Bob Marley, the raggae king died on May 11, 1981 from Cancer. To date, Marley still sells physical units and has over 1 billion streaming spins in the U.S. Marley has the house of Marley products in his name which includes headphones, speakers and turntables.

4 | ARNOLD PALMER: $30 million

Arnold Palmer is one of the beloved people that died from heart complications. The golf legend still remains a huge figure though, I mean well above the par thanks to his partnership with Mastercard and Rolex. Although he died in 2016, the legend still has his eponymous Arizona beverage, plus a boozy version launched by Molsoncoors this year.

3 | CHARLES SCHULZ: $38 million

On the 12th day of February 2000, Charles Schultz died of cancer on his hospital bed. The snoopy creator continues to earn a whole lot of money from his actions whilst alive. His peanut franchise's 70th anniversary earned a lot of money in his name. He also had a licensing deal with Met Life, expiring this year. Add all these to his eternal coffers that is making double-digit millions.

2 | ELVIS PRESLEY: $39 million

I don't think there is someone alive who doesn't know Elvis presley. This legend died on August 16, 1977 of a heart attack. Since his death, over 500,000 people have visited his home, Graceland annually, prompting atleast 45million dollars. There is also a biopic of him coming up. Apparently directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Tom Hanks.

1 | MICHAEL JACKSON: $60 million

The world was on a standstill when Michael Jackson died, it was simply unbelievable. He was one of those people that you think are immortal for some reason. The king of pop died of an overdose also ruled as an Homicide on June 25, 2009. Despite his death, it seems M.j is still very much part of our lives and in this world. His streaming surged despite several controversy with over 2.1billion U.S. Spins, up from 1.8 billion a year ago. Michael Jackson's "Mijack Music catalog" still makes a bunch of money every year, coupled with his Las Vegas show and a long-term deal with Sony. When it comes to making money in the grave, Michael Jackson is number one.

Michael Jackson must be Number One.

What about the other half of the Beatles, Lennon?

Hmmmmm

The dead dey make money, the living dey drink garri.....

Mtchew....iko uwa ejula

fergie001:
Michael Jackson must be Number One.

What about the other half of the Beatles, Lennon?

he is number 1 in the list...i never finish though

ghettokid1:
he is number 1 in the list...i never finish though

Monroe is a goddess. The name must always STAND.

Righteousness89:
How does the Money being made Concern them...

Any of those guys that died without Jesus are right now in Hell!

If they are Given a Chance back to life they will Burn all that money and Carry Bible..

Money is Paper that you give value to..

The Rich man in the Bible Ask Abramham to send Lazarus to Preach to his brothers so they don't come where he is..

Don't let it Confuse you. Nobody takes $1 to the other side.

Nobody takes anything to Eternity..

Never Pursue Money or Material things in detriment of your Soul..

It's not Worth it!

Shut up

Chai! What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and yet loses his soul.

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2pac nko

Lucky Dube nko?

The list is incomplete without baba 70

This is enough to tell u money is just vanity upon vanity. In a grave with money like this is totally useless.. Ahhh papa God thank God for life..

Righteousness89:
How does the Money being made Concern them...

Any of those guys that died without Jesus are right now in Hell!

If they are Given a Chance back to life they will Burn all that money and Carry Bible..

Money is Paper that you give value to..

The Rich man in the Bible Ask Abramham to send Lazarus to Preach to his brothers so they don't come where he is..

Don't let it Confuse you. Nobody takes $1 to the other side.

Nobody takes anything to Eternity..

Never Pursue Money or Material things in detriment of your Soul..

It's not Worth it!

I thought they said nobody is in either heaven or hell until Jesus comes back?
Can you show me the verse in the bible that says people are already in hell?

not surprised cos they worked for it while they were alive

Where is 2pac ... makavelli the don...?

Learn to make money while you're asleep

NOC1:
Lucky Dube nko?

i wonder for this op

Thou et beaut!FUL. gilggal7

And I have not eaten anything since last night

Okay

Righteousness89:
Any of those guys that died without Jesus are right now in Hell!

And if I may ask, how do you know they are in hell?

Righteousness89:


Can you Read?

If you Can, Read my Summation again!

Oh! So you mean they are in hell because they died without Jesus. That’s fantastic

This list is incomplete without juice wrld.
The dead dude has been releasing back to bacj

What of pop smoke

14. Dullardo- Popular livestock farmer in Sudan, after his demise he still makes approximately $10 million dollars from his business