Loretta Lynn – $65 million
Greatest Hits: You Ain’t Woman Enough, Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn, born in Kentucky, is one of country music history’s most successful and powerful country stars. She is recognized as “You Ain’t Woman Enough Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin,” “Fist City,” “One’s on the Way” etc. Her biographical film, Coal Miner’s Daughter, was called after her hits. She’s sold over 45,000,000 albums. She had two million albums—one and eleven. She’s already touring at 87. She also appears at Ole Opry.
Loretta Lynn
Lou Reed – $15 million
Greatest Hits: Think It Over, Heavenly Arms
Lou Reed was the lead singer and songwriter of The Velvet Underground and had a successful solo career that lasted fifty years. The Velvet Underground was not commercially popular but is still considered one of the most prominent underground alt-rock bands of its period. Reed quit Velvet Underground in 1970, publishing twenty songs. His second and third albums sold good, although he had ups and downs. His later documents, Fresh Sensations, and New York alive.
Lou Reed
