Forbes Releases Top Country Earners List; Fleet Foxes Have Eyes On the Prize

Happy Monday, BFMH readers! The July 4th holiday is just a few days away, so best stock up on your Coors Light and Oscar Meyer weenies for the big day, and get ready to wave that flag loud & proud.

Quick thought for today--If there was ever a case for today's more "rootsy" indie-rock type artists to consider going country, Forbes just made that agrument even stronger. Check out the Forbes Top 10 list of Top-Earning Musicians here.***



That's right. Our boys Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, and Toby Keith are our lone cultural warriors amongst the rest of the dreck in the Top 10. Forbes also released the list for the Top-Earning Country Stars as well, which you can check out here.

Here's the top 5:

Chesney (where he rightfully belongs):


Rascal Flatts (our favorite neo-country metrosexuals holding it down):


Toby Keith (more american than you):


Taylor Swift (Top 5 already?? interesting, Forbes. Very interesting.):


Tie for 5th w/ Brooks & Dunn & Tim McGraw (Taylor Swift more popular than these O.G.s? Come on.):




***Fleet Foxes, I'm looking at you. Forget Sub Pop, Capitol Nashville can get you PAID.