This article kind of reminds me that there was a piece on NPR a few months ago about Nickelback, and how despite the fact that every person I know hates that band apparently they're wildly successful from a business perspective. The main guy in the band basically treats it entirely like a business, they're very efficient in how they run their tours, etc.
Oh, I didn't even know that. I heard them talking about it on NPR a few months ago so I did a quick Google search specifically for NPR and Nickelback and that was the link it gave me.
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164858831/love-to-hate-nickelb...