Forbes recently unveiled its list of the highest earning musicians of 2019. Unsurprisingly, Kanye West, JAY-Z and his superstar wife Beyoncé top the list.
Thanks primarily to his partnership with adidas, Ye landed at No. 2 with roughly $150 million, while JAY-Z and Beyoncé tied at No. 6 with $81 million each. The only artist to surpass Kanye was his nemesis Taylor Swift who landed in the No. 1 spot with $185 million.
“I am a product guy at my core,” West said in an August interview with Forbes. “To make products that make people feel an immense amount of joy and solve issues and problems in their life, that’s the problem-solving that I love to do.”
Elsewhere on the list, Migos hit the No. 40 spot with $36 million, Kendrick Lamar settled at No. 34 with $38.5 million, DJ Khaled tied Marshmello at No. 29 with $40 million and Eminem matched Bruno Mars at No. 18 with $51 million. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Check out the full list below.
40 | Migos
2019 EARNINGS: $36 million
39 | U2
2019 EARNINGS: $37 million
38 | Celine Dion
2019 EARNINGS: $37.5 million
37 | Shawn Mendes
2019 EARNINGS: $38 million
34 (tie) | Zac Brown Band
2019 EARNINGS: $38.5 million
34 (tie) | Kendrick Lamar
2019 EARNINGS: $38.5 million
34 (tie) | Calvin Harris
2019 EARNINGS: $38.5 million
33 | Dave Matthews
2019 EARNINGS: $39 million
32 | Lady Gaga
2019 EARNINGS: $39.5 million
29 (tie) | DJ Khaled
2019 EARNINGS: $40 million
29 (tie) | Marshmello
2019 EARNINGS: $40 million
29 (tie) | The Weeknd
2019 EARNINGS: $40 million
28 | Rolling Stones
2019 EARNINGS: $41 million
27 | Luke Bryan
2019 EARNINGS: $42.5 million
26 | Jennifer Lopez
2019 EARNINGS: $43 million
25 | Guns N’ Roses
2019 EARNINGS: $44 million
24 | The Chainsmokers
2019 EARNINGS: $46 million
22 (tie) | Ariana Grande
2019 EARNINGS: $48 million
22 (tie) | Paul McCartney
2019 EARNINGS: $48 million
21 | Fleetwood Mac
2019 EARNINGS: $49 million
19 (tie) | Jimmy Buffett
2019 EARNINGS: $50 million
19 (tie) | Eminem
2019 EARNINGS: $50 million
18 | Bruno Mars
2019 EARNINGS: $51 million
17 | Billy Joel
2019 EARNINGS: $52 million
15 (tie) | BTS
2019 EARNINGS: $57 million
15 (tie) | Pink
2019 EARNINGS: $57 million
13 (tie) | Katy Perry
2019 EARNINGS: $57.5 million
13 (tie) | Justin Timberlake
2019 EARNINGS: $57.5 million
12 | Travis Scott
2019 EARNINGS: $58 million
11 | Rihanna
2019 EARNINGS: $62 million
10 | Metallica
2019 EARNINGS: $68.5 million
9 | Diddy
2019 EARNINGS: $70 million
8 | Drake
2019 EARNINGS: $75 million
6 (tie) | Beyoncé
2019 EARNINGS: $81 million
6 (tie) | JAY-Z
2019 EARNINGS: $81 million
5 | Elton John
2019 EARNINGS: $84 million
4 | The Eagles
2019 EARNINGS: $100 million
3 | Ed Sheeran
2019 EARNINGS: $110 million
2 | Kanye West
2019 EARNINGS: $150 million
1 | Taylor Swift
2019 EARNINGS: $185 million
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Those list be wayyyyy off… bunch of lies and misconceptions…. you’d never know what people have and don’t have til it’s no more. Those figures are pre tax, pre 360 deals, lying on assets… none of them are broke…-and bless them all… but inflation a MF
Pre tax? This shit is pre expenses ? easily everyone’s take home is 10% of this
Guess who wins and makes the most money off of all these entrepreneurs? The government of course! Fuck taxes. I understand needing taxes to pay for basic services, but property tax and income tax are bullshit! We are already taxes everywhere else! Hell, a single product, such as a glass bottle, is likely taxed dozens and dozens of times to get to the market, where it’s taxed again. The company mining the glass minerals is taxed. They sell to refineries, more taxes. Someone makes the bottle, more taxes. Sell bottle to company, more taxes. The average product ends up paying more taxes to Gov than its worth, but each company pays a tiny price, and still profits. Fuck that! I wanna keep my hard earned money! Just sold my first renovated home last year, only made around $5k profit, before taxes, would have had close to $10k
Taxes are not socialism. Without taxes there would be no infrastructure, law enforcement, military or major scientific discovery. Even the oil/gas that you use is heavily subsidized by government. As inefficient and ridiculous as government may seem, the alternative of private FOR PROFIT corporations managing things for public welfare, is infinitely worse.
Damn only 10k on a rehab? How long did the project take?
And I am trying to stretch $250-300 a week. What am I doing wrong?