Forbes Reveals The Highest-Paid Musicians Of 2020
— Updated on 31 January 2021

Forbes Reveals The Highest-Paid Musicians Of 2020

— Updated on 31 January 2021
Garry Lu
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Garry Lu

Forbes has just published a list of the highest-paid musicians for 2020. The names included, well… let’s just say they’ll be of little to no surprise. At least in terms of the top 15. From then onwards, however, you may experience some mild fascination when discovering who actually made the cut.

Recently confirmed billionaire – and self-proclaimed multi-billionaire – Kanye West topped the 2K20 cohort. Contrary to the majority of this list, West has made his bones with his incredibly popular fashion line. The rest of the names, however, have sourced a large percentage of their income from touring – some even from streaming, i.e. Jay-Z, Drake, Rihanna, Taylor Swift.

Check out the full Forbes highest-paid musicians rich list for 2020 below.

**NOTE: all sums in USD.

  1. Kanye West – $170 million
  2. Elton John – $81 million
  3. Ariana Grande – $72 million
  4. Jonas Brothers – $68.5 million
  5. Chainsmokers – $68 million
  6. Ed Sheeran – $64 million
  7. Taylor Swift – $63.5 million
  8. Post Malone – $60 million
  9. Rolling Stones – $59 million
  10. Marshmello – $56 million
  11. Shawn Mendes – $54.5 million
  12. Jay-Z – $53.5 million
  13. Billie Eilish – $53 million
  14. BTS – $50 million
  15. Drake – $49 million
  16. Jennifer Lopez – $47.5 million
  17. Pink – $47 million
  18. Rihanna – $46 million
  19. Luke Bryan – $45.5 million
  20. Backstreet Boys – $45 million
  21. Phil Collins – $45 million
  22. Blake Shelton – $43.5 million
  23. Celine Dion – $42 million
  24. The Eagles – $41 million
  25. Metallica – $40.5 million

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Garry Lu
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After stretching his legs with companies such as The Motley Fool and the odd marketing agency, Garry joined Boss Hunting in 2019 as a fully-fledged Content Specialist. In 2021, he was promoted to News Editor. Garry proudly retains a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, black bruises from Muay Thai, as well as a black belt in all things pop culture. Drop him a line at [email protected]

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