Highest Paid Musicians 2014

[Seshmeister]

Dr Dre tops Forbes' highest-paid musician list

Thanks to his $3bn Beats Music sale, rapper and mogul scores biggest one-year windfall of any music artist in history


http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...ian-list-beats


Dr Dre has been named 2014’s highest-paid musician, scoring the biggest one-year windfall of any musician in history. Buoyed by the $3bn sale of Beats Music, the company he co-founded, Dre was estimated to have earned $620m (£395m) in just 12 months.

The calculations were made by Forbes magazine for their annual list of musician millionaires. Dre’s fortune far outsized that of his runner-up, Beyoncé. Although the Drunk in Love singer was 2014’s highest-earning female musician, her $115m (£73.4m) wages are over half a billion dollars behind the NWA co-founder.

Incredibly, Dre’s commercial jackpot represents more than the combined incomes of most of the rest of Forbes’ Top 10. Justin Bieber earned $80m. One Direction, $75m. Paul McCartney, the only Beatle, a measly $71m. The most successful band, the heavy-touring Eagles, finished at No 3, garnering $100m over the year.

To reach these figures, Forbes added together all musicians’ touring money, record sales, publishing royalties, merchandise, endorsements, and other major business ventures. They used a June 2013 to June 2014 fiscal year, thereby omitting recent payouts for artists such as Taylor Swift and U2.

2013’s highest earning musician, Madonna, narrowly missed Forbes’ 2014 Top 30. Assisted by her hugely successful MDNA world tour, the Material Girl earned $125m.

The list in full, courtesy of Forbes:

1. Dr Dre ($620m)

2. Beyoncé ($115m)

3. The Eagles ($100m)

4. Bon Jovi ($82m)

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5. Bruce Springsteen ($81m)

6. Justin Bieber ($80m)

7. One Direction ($75m)

8. Paul McCartney ($71m)

9. Calvin Harris ($66m)

10. Toby Keith ($65m)

11. Taylor Swift ($64m)

12. Jay Z ($60m)(tie)

12. Diddy ($60m)(tie)

12. Bruno Mars ($60m)(tie)

15. Justin Timberlake ($57m)

16. Pink ($52m)

17. Michael Bublé ($51m)

18. Rihanna ($48m)

19. Rolling Stones ($47m)

20. Roger Waters ($46m)

21. Elton John ($45m)

22. Kenny Chesney ($44m)

23. Katy Perry ($40m)

24. Jason Aldean ($37m)(tie)

24. Jennifer Lopez ($37m)(tie)

26. Miley Cyrus ($36m)(tie)

26. Celine Dion ($36m)(tie)

28. Muse ($34m)(tie)

28. Luke Bryan ($34m)(tie)

30. Lady Gaga ($33m)(tie)

30. Drake ($33m)(tie)

[ELVIS]

I don't see many musicians in that lackluster list...

[ELVIS]

:ELVIS:

[Jérôme Frenchise]

I don't see many musicians in that lackluster list...

3. The Eagles ($100m)

4. Bon Jovi ($82m)

5. Bruce Springsteen ($81m)

8. Paul McCartney ($71m)

16. Pink ($52m)

19. Rolling Stones ($47m)

20. Roger Waters ($46m)

21. Elton John ($45m)

23. Katy Perry ($40m)

26. Celine Dion ($36m)

I'd say the 10 above are, though I only care for the Stones there. Bon Jovi could have been great if he hadn't turned completely pop, the Eagles used to be, they can still play damn well but it's all behind them now, Springsteen has surprisingly turned into a joke, Elton John used to be a great composer a long long time ago, Macca and Waters are (rather) undisputable legends.
As for Pink, Perry and Dion, I admit that what they do, they do it well, though I don't dig it at all.

Either I don't know of the others I took out or they suck IMO.

Where was VH in that ranking last year, in spite of the shunted tour BTW?

[vandeleur]

Yip that paul McCartney ,Elvis could teach him a thing or two .

[Kristy]

23. Katy Perry ($40m)

I'd say the 10 above are...

Don't ever be dissin' on Katy. Why she has more talent in her pinkie alone than Mick and Keith could ever hope to achieve in a lifetime.

"You have been five-fingered bitched slapped"

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Don't ever be dissin' on Katy. Why she has more talent in her pinkie alone than Mick and Keith could ever hope to achieve in a lifetime.

I'm not dissing her at all, she's worthy of interest IMO, though I don't feel concerned with her music.

She's talentful for sure, but honestly as far as talent Mick & Keith are giants while she isn't even a goblin.
They just aren't in the same league, sorry.

[FORD]

Well.... Katy Perry DID actually play some guitar, back when she was a Christian singer named Katy Hudson. Though you would never know she was a musician now, with all the autotuned bubblegum crap.....

[Kristy]

They just aren't in the same league, sorry.

Au contraire mon frere! And you really need to watch what you say about Katy. She is a card carrying member of the Illuminati like her buddy Taylor Swift. She can have you killed - just like that.

[FORD]

And as for Dr. Dre.... before he was making headphones, or producing gangsta rap records, he tried to be an R&B singer......

[vandeleur]

I've never seen her little pinky but she has cracking tits

[mh5150]

Rather have this Dre

Watch "Dr Dre Keep their Heads Ringin" on YouTube
Dr Dre Keep their Heads Ringin: http://youtu.be/TE891IHxyV8

WHERE IS THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN? 📢📢📢📡📡📡

[binnie]

I'd love to know where that money comes from in some cases.

Do Hip Hop guys tour as much as rock bands? What the fuck did Jay-Z do last year to earn $60million?

[vandeleur]

Binnie he toured with Beyoncé , so am told

[ELVIS]

I'd love to know where that money comes from in some cases.

Here's a clue...

[vandeleur]

R

Here's a clue...

Or you could not live in the past and relies he has just completed a massive tour with his wife

[vandeleur]

Says on Google it made 100 million ticket sales alone .
So most nights he couldn't make it to the lodge with the rest of the new world order

[ELVIS]

relies

Really ??

[ELVIS]

Says on Google...

I guess you showed me...

[vandeleur]

Why thank you

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Au contraire mon frere! And you really need to watch what you say about Katy. She is a card carrying member of the Illuminati like her buddy Taylor Swift. She can have you killed - just like that.

Well, it makes me want to actually not watch out even more. I really don't see the light in what she does, though it's well done in its genre.

She's smurfly (schtroumphly) hot, though.