The World's Highest-Paid Musicians Of 2014 (Dr. Dre made $600million this year)

Forbes ^ | December 29, 2014 issue of Forbes | Zack O'Malley Greenburg

[a fool in paradise]

This was a poorly written article, hyped certain acts. Took me a bit of clicking to find their slideshow with the whole list ("full coverage" initially just displayed the same article in a new window). The article itself did not enumerate all of the performers and they skipped McCartney in their writing of the top 10. 3 of the women they wrote about were not even in their top 20.

1 - Dr. Dre $620,000,000
2 - Beyonce $115,000,000
3 - The Eagles $100,000,000
4 - Bon Jovi $82,000,000
5 - Bruce Springsteen $81,000,000
6 - Justin Bieber $80,000,000
7 - One Direction $75,000,000
8 - Paul McCartney: $71 million
9 - DJ Calvin Harris $66,000,000
10 - Toby Keith $65,000,000
11 - Taylor Swift $64,000,000
12 (3 way tie)
Bruno Mars $60,000,000
Jay Z $60,000,000
Diddy $60,000,000

[a fool in paradise]

So much for the “a black man cannot get ahead” meme.

It pays to be a Democrat.

“working class heroes” from New Jersey are also making good bread.

Frankly I don’t see how this is indicative that the music industry is having lean years.

[NEMDF]

Glad to see Toby Keith on the list.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’m proud to say they didn’t get any of my money.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

“Ain’t nuthin’ but a G thang baby/2 loc’ed out n-words goin’ crazy....”

[rfreedom4u]

I wonder how much they actually paid in taxes.

[EEGator]

“Death Row is the label that pays me...
Un-fade-able so please don’t try to fade me...”

[a fool in paradise]

One of them got a lot of money from Apple. Some of the others got money from corporate sponsorships and advertising.

[EEGator]

Almost all of Dre’s money is from Headphones/speakers and record label.

[dfwgator]

Between Dre and Ice Cube, those N.W.A. guys did pretty good.

Eazy-E......uh, not so much.

[mowowie]

Holy Crap!
600 Million.....
At least Dre makes a huge contribution to civilization....

[moehoward]

The Chronic. Probably the best record that year.
And Rap/HipHop took a nosedive after that.

[EEGator]

Yeah, I hear dying from AIDS is not fun.

I have no clue if MC Ren and DJ Yella are still alive...

[Dagnabitt]

Numbers 3,4,5, and 8 are basically nostalgia acts.

Some good money in "good old days" toe-tapping.

[EEGator]

Beats by Dre is a product bought by millions of people worldwide. It also employs many people. What do you do?

[EEGator]

Yep. After that we got stuck with P.Diddy and Mase...

[a fool in paradise]

Same on the way to 25 (Elton John, Roger Waters, The Rolling Stones)

[dfwgator]

Gave the world Snoop Dogg.

[TurboZamboni]

And now they have wireless ones.

[dfwgator]

Bieber made more than McCartney?

There is no justice.