Forbes List Of World’s Best Paid Musicians 2013
Forbes has released a new list of the best paid musicians of the last 12 month. Forbes looked at income from June 1st, 2012 through June 1st, 2013, using data sources including Pollstar for live concerts, the RIAA, Nielsen SoundScan, managers, lawyers and many of the artists themselves. The took into account ticket sales, royalties for recorded music and publishing, merchandise, endorsement deals and other business ventures.
24. Tiesto $32 million
23. Pink $32 million
22. Tim McGraw $33 million
21 Katy Perry $38 million
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers $40 million
19. Rolling Stones
18. Dr Dre $40 million
17.One Direction $42 million
18. Jay Z $42 million
17. Rhianna $43 million
16. Muse $43 million
15. Roger Waters $44 million
14. Jennifer Lopez $45 million
13. Calvin Harris $46 million
12. Paul McCartney $47 million
11. Diddy $50 milliom
10. Kenny Chesney $53 million
9. Beyonce' $53 million
8. Elton John $54 million
7. Taylor Swift $55 million
6. Justin Beiber $58 million
5. Coldplay $64 million
4. Toby Keith $65 million
3. Bon Jovi $79 million
2. Lady Gaga $80 million
1. Madonna $124 million
The Forbes rankings reflect pretax income of living artsits before deducting fees for agents, managers and lawyers. Read the full story here.
This list reflects our own economy. 98% make everything.
whoops. I meant the top 2% make everything while 98% make nothing.
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is this gross?
I thought you said “musicians”.
This is a list of “Artists”.
We need to keep these two words pure…
well might aswell comine jayz and beyonce
You don’t have too. Beyonce alone got more money than Gaga.. This was just from last year’s earnings. Imagine all the years.