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Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
American rapper Jay-Z is the wealthiest music artist in the world, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $2.5 billion in 2024.. The following is a list of music artists with the highest recorded net worth (also known as wealthiest musicians or richest musicians), based on calculations by reputable publications such as Forbes and The Sunday Times Rich List.
Forbes. Celebrity 100. Celebrity 100 was an annual list compiled and published by Forbes magazine from 1999 to 2020, preceded by the Forbes Top 40 entertainers list. Until 2014, the rankings were made based on a complex combination of factors, including earnings, social media following, magazine covers and a range of qualitative metrics, with ...
List of best-selling music artists. The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below. The tables are listed with each artist's claimed sales figure (s) and ...
The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music act of all time, collecting over $2.6 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. The band is followed by U2 and Elton John, who both also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue. The concert industry is very male-dominated, [1] and only four women have grossed more than $1 billion (as of ...
The Forbes Top 40 [1] [2] [3] was an annual list of 40 highest-paid entertainers compiled and published by Forbes magazine from 1987 [4] until 1998. The following year, 1999, it was created the Forbes Celebrity 100. The list was published every September, compiled by using the income of performers over two years to overcome the year-to-year of ...
Jimmy Buffett. James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. [ 10] He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, [ 2] which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" [ 11] and promoted enjoying life and following passions. [ 12]
Xuxa has sold over 30 million copies of her records worldwide, which makes her the highest-selling Brazilian female singer. [3] [4] Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. [5] Also successful as a businesswoman, she has the highest net worth of any Brazilian female entertainer, estimated at US$400 million. [6]