Top 10 highest-paid singers in the world in 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic may have ended the music industry's traditional business model, but singers have found ways to earn income in 2021. The artists who top the list of the world's highest-paid artists are overwhelmingly white and male, the magazineRolling Stoneannounced last weekend.

Bruce Springsteen tops the list of the world's highest-paid singers.

The list, unsurprisingly, includes several artists who earned nine figures from their catalogs last year, with Bruce Springsteen at the top. Not only did the singer sell his publishing and recording rights to Sony Music in December for a reported $550 million, but he is also a rare artist who earns a significant amount from live performances, with his showSpringsteen on Broadway.

Seven of the 10 singers who made the list were based on physical and online sales. However, rapper Kanye West found success with his Yeezy shoe brand, and Jay Z sold his stake in a champagne line.

Singer Taylor Swift is at number 10 on the list.

10 singers earned up to 2.3 billion USD in 2021.

In first place is Bruce Springsteen ($590 million); followed by:

Jay-Z ($470 million);

Paul Simon ($260 million);

Kanye West ($250 million);

Ryan Tedder ($200 million);

Red Hot Chili Peppers ($145 million);

Lindsey Buckingham ($100 million);

Motley Crue ($95 million);

Blake Shelton ($83 million);

Taylor Swift ($80 million).