According to an upcoming list from Forbes, Jay Z and Beyonce are one of a handful of couples who brought in well over $50 million in the past year.
Although the superstar couple was beaten out by Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris for the #1 spot on Forbes’ “World’s Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples 2015” list, they still managed to bring in $110.5 million. Their combined annual income earned Jay Z and Beyonce the #2 spot on Forbes’ list.
Despite this year’s ranking, Jay and Bey were able to obtain the #1 spot in 2013.
“They may no longer top the list of highest earning couples, but these media favorites have no trouble bringing in the millions. The pair, who recently celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary, collaborated this year for their co-headlined On the Run tour, which was the fifth highest grossing excursion of 2014, despite only playing 22 shows in our scoring period,” Forbes wrote.
Also featured on the list were country stars Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton with $57 million. Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris earned $146 million.
Both Jay Z and Beyonce have been featured on a number of Forbes’ celebrity earners lists. Last year, Beyonce was featured at #1 on Forbes’ “Celebrity 100” list. This year, Jay Z was able to secure the #3 spot on Forbes’ “Hip Hop’s Wealthiest Artists 2015” list with a net worth of $550 million.
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Beyonce’s voice (and music in general) is annoying. And to this day I still find the so called classic album “Reasonable Doubt” to be one of the most boring rap albums of all-time.
Quit hating on the GOAT. Bet you like Nas, don’t you?
No, I’m actually not a big fan of Nas either and I think he is overrated too, but at least Nas has two true classic albums… Illmatic and It Was Written.
I respect Jay’s lyrical ability but honestly, I can’t believe people actually like the beats on the “Reasonable Doubt” album. I thought those were some of the wackest beats for a so called classic. I also remember many peeps not feeling the album when it dropped and I believe one of the reasons why is the boring beats.
Where’s Nas and Kelis at? LOLOL
They also top the most overpaid talentless hacks list of the last 15 years. Fuck ’em.
Taylor & Calvin ain’t got shit on Becks & Posh or Pitt & Jolie, they rolling in the dough