To compile the list of top earners in country music, Forbes considered concert grosses, merchandise revenue, album sales and income from endorsement and licensing deals.
In generating this year's list of the top-earning country musicians, Forbes considered concert box office receipts, merchandise revenue, album sales, publishing royalties and income from endorsement or licensing deals.
"At the end of the day, we consider this concert to be a concert," Ms. Perino said, "and it's not a diplomatic coup".
"I think at the end of the day we consider this concert to be a concert, and it's not a diplomatic coup," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
So why, having avoided the capital-D debut until now, does he consider this concert such a big deal?
Most people would consider a concert soloist an alpha; her rhythms set the orchestra on its path, and can cuff it when it strays.
Consider the concert the group presented on Monday night at Alice Tully Hall: "Composers Living and Working in China Today," among the final offerings in Carnegie Hall's extensive festival Ancient Paths, Modern Voices.
David of course is right to say that the music must always come first but it's interesting to think for a moment about what we consider a "concert" to be.
Anyone unable to get tickets to tomorrow night's highly anticipated (and sold-out) performance by the Rapture might consider this concert instead: Gang Gang Dance is another local postpunk band that balances propulsion with abrasion.
My brief as a reviewer was to consider the concert as a piece of orchestral music, and the response I wrote expressed my feelings about its shortcomings in this respect.
