Jesse James
Well, it’s the end of another decade. To mark the end of the era, Forbes returns with a look back at the decade that was. Today Forbes returns with a look at the top-earning musicians of the decade. Topping the list is Dr. Dre, who amounted a tremendous $950 million USD in the last 10 years. The mogul only released one project, ‘Compton,’ back in 2015. The rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, record executive, and audio engineer has earned his money through his 20 percent stake in Beats, which was acquired by Apple in 2014 for $3 billion USD.
Behind Dre on the list is Taylor Swift at $825 million USD, and Beyoncé with $685 million USD amounted this decade. According to Forbes, the earnings were measured by “looking at touring data from Pollstar, music consumption numbers from Nielsen and interviews with managers, agents and many of the stars themselves,” not accounting living expenses and taxes. It’s also interesting that if postmortem earnings were included in the list, Michael Jackson would take the number one spot with an estimated $2.37 billion USD total.
Take a closer look at the Forbes list of the top-earning musicians of the decade below and head over to Forbes to learn more. In the meantime, keep it locked with The Culture Curators for more end of the year news coming very soon.
1. Dr. Dre ($950 million USD)
2. Taylor Swift ($825 million USD)
3. Beyoncé ($685 million USD)
4. U2 ($675 million USD)
5. Diddy ($605 million USD)
6. Elton John ($565 million USD)
7. Jay-Z ($560 million USD)
8. Paul McCartney ($535 million USD)
9. Katy Perry ($530 million USD)
10. Lady Gaga ($500 million USD)
