felecia187 so Micheal Jackson made more money dead then Madonna makes being alive Micheal was the top earner in 2013 , his kids had an allowance of $ 150,000 each for the year 2013 , a lot of the money was made because of the library of music he owns including the Beetles music , that one is a cash cow , so Madonna made about $ 130,000,000 and Micheal made $160,000,000 not bad for a dead guy with the library of music his estate owns , his estate is valued at over one billion dollars , by the way he was never broke because his assets out numbered his debt which was $400,000,000 but he was cash broke , enjoy the music .