Posted on 12/11/2014 2:52:29 PM PST by a fool in paradise
Fifteen years ago Dr. Dre wondered aloud whether people had forgotten about him. If there was a question then, it has certainly dissipated throughout the next steps of a career filled with highlights—most recently the sale of Beats, the company he cofounded, to Apple for $3 billion.
Dr. Dre took home $620 million this year before taxes, thanks largely to that deal, making him the world’s top-earning musician of 2014. More remarkably, that number also marks the largest single-year haul of any musician, ever.
“It’s safe to say headphones is a good business,” said DJ Khaled, one of hip-hop’s top earners.
Dr. Dre’s payday gives him the widest margin in history between the first and second spots on our top-earning musicians list—half a billion dollars separate him from the No. 2 earner, Beyoncé, who pulled in $115 million. Her most lucrative year yet comes courtesy of her Mrs. Carter Show tour, a surprise album and endorsements with the likes of Pepsi and H&M .
Only one other act reached the nine-figure mark: The Eagles, who earned $100 million on the strength of their History Of The Eagles tour. Bon Jovi ranks fourth with $82 million and Bruce Springsteen rounds out the top five with $81 million; both Jersey-born rockers grossed millions per night on successful arena tours...
...Earnings were calculated from June 2013 to June 2014 and based on data from Pollstar, the RIAA and Nielsen, and on interviews with managers, lawyers, executives and some artists themselves...
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I’m thinking Paul is a bit ahead lifetime. (if you discount Heather Mills)
Musician?
That is the gross, right? It would be interesting to see what their “net” is, and their tax bills.
600 million is a ton of money, but he has a bunch of businesses and people working for him. My guess is the net is sub $100 million. Still not a bad payday.
And Eazy-E was the brains behind it. A Republican who refused to take part in Jesse Jackson community organizing events.
Too bad he free-based himself to death.
Yea headphones contribute a lot to ALL of mankind.
Sheesh....
Beats headphones are overpriced garbage, headphones for dummies too lazy to do a little research about the product. Ironically most use them for rap and hip hop, which is music for dummies.
A dance/club DJ made $66,000,000 this year.
If I were Dre, I’d invest in hearing aids for all the people who will lose their hearing when they get older from listening to his headphones.
Nice evasion.
OMG. Seriously?? What a country. Thanks, Obammy
How much did cancer researchers make last year?
That’s fine, and not my point. He employs people, and a successful product is sold.
AIDS.
Isn’t Capitalism a wonderful thing?
And you evade again.
Heh, no need to be stuned, it will all work out.
That cat Bieber has about spent up his 9 lives.
Come to think of it, it's about time to watch Christmas Vacation again.
Who is Dr. Dre? I’m a musician and I’ve never heard of him or her.
All due to mindless zombies buying his headphones and I suppose streaming music. First he got hip hoppers to wear his headphones, then blacks imitated this for status, then mindless whites keeping up w The Joneses.
Un_freakin_believable what can make you ultra rich today.
As far as his headphones, I am sure others make them just as good for one third the price. But don’t waste your time telling America’s zombie consumers this. They crave the status Beats gives you.
Yep, ole dem/klansman Sen. Robert Byrd had a name for those
whiteys. On national TV— he called them a combo of white and the N word. From any objective observation a pretty accurate description. Imagine the white guilt that needs to be present to “get down” with such shiite “music”.
Oh well, jus’ bein’ wacist!
AKA whiggers
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