Celebrities – According to Forbes.com, Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain has replaced Elivs Presley as the top-earning deceased celebrity. Other names on this list include Charles Schulz, John Lennon, Dr. Seuss, Ray Charles, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Marley and Albert Einstein.
It's about time....elvis was an idiot. His so called King of rock should have gone to Chuck Berry......back in that time all blacks were still ****** and worthless.....to people like elvis. He stole the thunder right out from under people like Mr. Berry, and he got away with it because he was white. I mean come on the guy couldn't hold a candle to any of the black musicians back then. Not that Kurt was a total genius and all that jazz.....I like Nirvana alot....and I am a white guy.
elvis has been way over rated for way to long.....its to bad that Kurt had to die to win this title.
The only reason that Cobain out sold Elvis this year is because Courtney Love sold off the rights to some of Cobains songs.
The King will reign again next year!.............unless Courtney needs more $$ that is.
Courtney's drug-money has nothing to do with the original integrity of Kurt's spirit.
I'm not sure if the word 'original' is apt for Kurt Cobain. He openly admitted ripping off the Pixies as a quiet/loud/quiet/loud formula...and nowadays the Foo Fighters sound like Nirvana spliced with Bryan Adams. Nirvana were the pin-up boys of the so-called 'grunge' thing. Their music was pretty good but Mark Arm and J Mascis deserved much more credit than Cobain in the originality stakes.
Elvis is overrated omg whats wrong with you, he is the king of Rock And Roll. True Black Musicians were just as good if not better, but come on Elvis overrated. Some of his songs are pretty cool. But a reason could be why Elvis got the spotlight is his looks, i mean seriously if you were a young white girl would u pick the really good looking white guy or the other one.
Don't step on my Blue Swede In Utero... LOL
http://www.nirvana-music.com/nirvana-lyrics-in-utero.html
"Courtney Killed Kurt!"
Yup, Elvis will definately be back next year, I agree Fygar, and the years to follow as well.
I loved Kurt too but I don't see anyone topping the King for very long.
(*There's one comment above that I would love to debate with but being so ludicriss and ignorant -it's just not worth it.)
Have a good day, everyone!
I find this amazing. I don't care for Nirvana, a few songs are ok. He mumbled too much for me. haha anyways, I wish they would have chosen a more strong positive approach to help people deal with depression, addiction, anxiety, instead of taking the weak way out. I know he suffered, but People with that much influence should do positive things. Killing yourself is weak.
Elvis is good and all that, but COME ON!
All kings have their time to reign, and I think it's time we crown the next king! This isn't to take away from any if Elvis' many accomplishments in his lifetime, it's to honor him, and to recognize other legendary stars. Elvis will always be the original king, though, no matter what. Can't take that away.
In all honesty, Jimi Hendrix belongs on this list as well, but that's just me.
it's sad that in our society someone like kurt cobain is so exalted. i'm sure he'd agree.
Well, it's not so sad. It could be Dubya.
Most of Cobain's earnings probably came from those woeful Nirvana 'smiley' face t-shirts.....and the equally bad ones of him with the shorter hair and mascara eyes, as previously sported by the Avril Lavigne generation. I even recall a member of New Kids On The Block wearing a Bauhaus t-shirt in one of their vids.
I came of age during the grunge era. Nirvana WAS the most influential band of my generation. I stil love grunge music, all the classics. But the funny thing is i cant listen to ANY Nirvana anymore. Its all so overated on the talent scale. I find all there music just broing now. At the time it was new and excited but thats about it. Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Stone Temple Pilots all had far more talent
What about 2-pac? he is the hardest working posthumous man. doesnt he have like 5 albums out since he died? and aren't there enough yuppie white kids from suburbia buying his music to prove theyre 'down'? i wouldn't have suspected him to be #1 but to not be on the list, come on now!
Or what about the rolling stones?? theyve been dead for at least 10 years and theyre still touring!! come on give it up for the hard working corpses out there. the rest on that list are lazy--they haven't done anything since they died.
ciao ;^)
Nirvana was awesome and all but kurt had no talent really
i'll admit he was awesome at song writing but his voice sucked and he wasnt anything special at guitar.
elvis defently did more to music cause he was the first white person to sing like a black musicion which ment a lot to the pop culture at that time. I don't like elvis that much either but kurt was defently not better
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Nirvana is one of my favortie bands of all time. I love almost everything they've done especially Nevermind and their MTV Unplugged In New York CD. My favorite song is The Man Who Sold the World. I think he's one of the greatest and one of the most influnecial artists of the 20th century. So Nirvana members that are still alive Dave Grohl and the others keep doing what you are doing, and find a way to bring Kurt back.
Being that Nirvana is one of your favorite bands, shouldn't you know that there were only 3 members of Nirvana.. Kurt, Dave and Krist. So who are "the others" that you are referring to??
well, I distinctly recall Chad Channing being Nirvana's drummer before Dave Grohl which means that he's a one-time Nirvana member that is still alive. There were other short-term members too.
Just as long as the "Foo Fighters" and Courtney stop raping his heart, mind, and soul.
Yeah Chad was the drummer when Bleach was recorded, and there was one other short term member before Chad (I don't recall his name though). There were other members before they called themselves Nirvana as well. As far as when they became known for the Nevermind album, there was only the three of them. I remembered about Chad after leaving the comment, and as far as I know Dave is the only one involved in music still. I could be wrong, but I haven't heard about Krist at all or Chad for that matter.