Top 10 highest-earning singers in the world in 2021
Bruce Springsteen topped the list of highest-earning singers in 2021 with $590 million.
The Covid-19 pandemic may have ended the traditional business model of the music industry, but singers found various ways to generate income in 2021. The top earners on the world's highest-earning list were predominantly white and male, according to the magazine.LostAnnounced last weekend.
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| Bruce Springsteen tops the list of the world's highest-earning singers. |
This list comes as no surprise to fans, featuring several singers who earned nine-figure sums on their song catalogs last year, topped by Bruce Springsteen. The singer not only sold the publishing and recording rights to his songs to Sony Music in December for a staggering $550 million, but he is also one of the rare artists to earn such a large amount from live performances, with his concert tour.Springsteen on Broadway.
Seven out of ten singers on the list are based on physical and online album sales. However, rapper Kanye West found success with his Yeezy shoe brand, and Jay Z sold his stake in a champagne line.
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| Singer Taylor Swift is ranked 10th on the list. |
Ten singers earned a combined $2.3 billion in 2021..
In first place is Bruce Springsteen ($590 million); followed by:
Jay-Z (470 million USD);
Paul Simon (260 million USD);
Kanye West (250 million USD);
Ryan Tedder (200 million USD);
Red Hot Chili Peppers (US$145 million);
Lindsey Buckingham (US$100 million);
Motley Crue (95 million USD);
Blake Shelton (83 million USD);
Taylor Swift (80 million USD).