The White House Concert

The DMV has a hot new music venue, and it’s Barack Obama’s White House. Stevie Wonder will be honored with performances by Will.i.am, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall and many more in the presidential mansion’s East Room for “Stevie Wonder in Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize.” Obama himself will present Wonder with the Gershwin Award on February 25th. The one-hour special will air on PBS channels nationwide the following day, Billboard.com reports.

“If I had one musical hero, it would have to be Stevie Wonder,” Obama told Rolling Stone during a June 2008 interview. “When I was at that point where you start getting involved in music, Stevie had that run with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness’ First Finale and Innervisions, and then Songs in the Key of Life. Those are as brilliant a set of five albums as we’ve ever seen.”

Another of Obama’s favorite artists will also play the White House’s East Room on February 22nd when Earth, Wind and Fire perform for U.S. Governors and guests in an event hosted by the Obamas.

Madonna Making It Rain On Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne and the hip hop world aint got shyt on Madonna. Nobody in hip hop even cracks the top ten. With that being said, $57milli for Lil Wayne is alot of damn money. Check out the rest below.

Madonna Tops 2009 Music Money Makers List
February 12, 2009 12:00 AM ET
Ray Waddell, Nashville

If anyone had any doubt that touring is where the money is in the music business, a quick look at the top Moneymakers for 2008 should hammer the point home.Regardless of genre, retail sales or radio play, each of the 20 acts on Billboard's Moneymakers list toured in 2008. (Taylor Swift mostly opened for Brad Paisley but doesn't get credit for that revenue). For almost all of them, touring generated the most revenue. And in a year when recorded-music sales declined yet again, many earned more at the box office than ever before.

1. Madonna: $242,176,466

2. Bon Jovi: $157,177,766

3. Bruce Springsteen: $156,327,964

4. The Police: $109,976,894

5. Celine Dion: $99,171,237

6. Kenny Chesney: $90,823,990

7. Neil Diamond: $82,174,000

8. Rascall Flatts: $63,522,160

9. Jonas Brothers: $62,638,814

10. Coldplay: $62,175,555

11. The Eagles: $61,132,213

12. Lil Wayne: $57,441,334

13. AC/DC: $56,505,296

14. Michael Buble: $50,257,364

15. Miley Cyrus: $48,920,806

16. Taylor Swift: $45,588,730

17. Journey: $44,787,328

18. Billy Joel: $44,581,010

19. Mary J. Blige: $43,472,850

20. Kanye West: $42,552,402

The top five Moneymakers are also the five acts that earned the most on tour, and in the same order, according to Billboard Boxscore. Eight of the top 10 Moneymakers are in the Boxscore top 10.Even more remarkably, the top Moneymaker -- Madonna -- only had the 50th-best-selling album in the country. She ranked 14th on the list of digital track sellers and didn't place on the ringmasters chart. Her place on Moneymakers, like her $242,176,466 income, comes from the highest-earning tour that took place in 2008.

#1 With A Bullet

T.I. set a new Billboard record by having his single "Whatever You Like" jump from 71-1 in its third week on the list. Congrats homie! *reflects to self and wonders how & why this nukka aint in jail for getting caught with all them damn guns yet but traveling the country, releasing #1 records, doing videos...did he really snitch?...isn't cochran dead?...i need his lawyer number just in case*