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Madonna is the highest-earning woman in music.
The 49-year-old singer has topped the first Cash Queens of Music list, compiled by Forbes.com, after raking in $72 million between June 2006 and June 2007.
The 'Hung Up' singer's personal fortune was boosted by her successful 'Confessions Tour', which generated a staggering $260 million worldwide. Madonna also benefited financially from working with high street fashion chain H+M, general record sales and her deal with US broadcaster NBC for the rights to air her concert from London's Wembley Arena.
Barbra Streisand, 65 - who was the oldest performer on the list - finished second with $60 million. The 'Woman In Love' star remains one of the most successful female entertainers in the world, having sold more than 145 million albums worldwide. Celine Dion, 39, came third with $45 million.
The 'My Heart Will Go On' singer's fortune was boosted by her five-year Las Vegas residency, which ended last December. Her 'A New Day' show grossed more than $400 million since it opened at Caesars Palace in March 2003. Shakira and Beyoncé Knowles - who collaborated on hit song 'Beautiful Liar' last year - rounded out the top five with $38 million and $27 million respectively.
Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey all feature in the top 10. The top 20 women on the list earned a combined fortune of $420 million. The list was compiled by examining the artist's concert grosses, merchandising revenue, album sales and additional revenue from clothing lines, fragrance deals and endorsements.
Only 'active' artists - those who released an album or film or toured during the specified period - were considered. Forbes' Cash Queens of Music full list is available online at www.forbes.com.
Forbes.com's Cash Queens of Music top five:
1. Madonna - $72 million
2. Barbra Streisand - $60 million
3. Celine Dion - $45 million
4. Shakira - $38 million
5. Beyoncé Knowles - $27 million
Madonna’s tour towels have been seized by Eastern European border control guards.
The '4 Minutes’ singer - who is currently on her 'Sticky and Sweet’ world tour - travel with 300 designer towels for herself and her dancers to use when they come off stage, but Montenegro officials confiscated them because they were suspicious about why she needed so many.
A source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: 'The customs people had never come across that kind of vo read more
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Madonna spends $10,000 a month on specially blessed Kabbalah water.
The 'Like A Virgin' singer reportedly can't get enough of the $5-a-bottle beverage, and makes sure she always has a regular supply to hand.
A source close to the singer told America's In Touch Weekly magazine:
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Madonna is the highest-earning woman in music. 
Madonna’s tour towels have been seized by Eastern European border control guards. 
An onstage roller-disco complete with a fleet of satin-jacketed rollergirls and -boys. A shofar (Jewish horn) solo and traditional Hebrew incantation by a turban-swaddled man named Isaac, followed by a Fosse-style chair dance and some ghetto-blaster dry-humping. A politicized video montage starring Adolf Hitler, Dick Cheney, Tony Blair, Osama bin Laden, Richard Nixon, George Bush, and starving African children. A futuristic mechanical bull equipped with oddly gynecological-looking steel s
Madonna spends $10,000 a month on specially blessed Kabbalah water. 
