Michael Jackson topped Forbes magazine's Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list for the second year in a row, Forbes said on its website on Wednesday.
"Over the past 12 months Jackson's estate brought in $170 million from sales of his music and his stake in the Sony/ATV catalog," the magazine said.
"That's a big drop from the $275 million Jackson earned in the previous 12 months but it's still enough to make him the second highest-earning pop act over the past year, dead or alive, after U2," it continued.
Elvis Presley was ranked second on the list with $55 million, while Marilyn Monroe was third, with $27 million.
A total of 15 dead celebrities made it into the list. They earned a combined $366 million between October 2010 and October 2011.
