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American rapper Jay-Z is the wealthiest music artist in the world, with Forbes estimating his net worth at US$2.5 billion in 2024.. The following is a list of music artists with the highest recorded net worth (also known as wealthiest musicians or richest musicians), based on calculations by reputable publications such as Forbes and The Sunday Times Rich List.
Della Reese (born Delloreese Patricia Early; July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017) [1] was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles made the US Hot 100, including the number two charting song, "Don't You Know?" (1959).
John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is one of the originators of vocalese , which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocalists, such as the big-band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count ...
Elton John: United Kingdom $30 million $51 million [51] 2003 Paul McCartney: United Kingdom $59 million $98 million [33] 2004 Bruce Springsteen: United States $64 million $103 million [34] 2005 Prince: United States $49.7 million $78 million [35] 2006 Bruce Springsteen: United States $55 million $83 million [36] 2007 Elton John: United Kingdom ...
Ronnie Wells (February 28, 1943 – March 7, 2007) was a jazz singer and educator in the Washington area for more than three decades. She shared the stage with musicians such as Billy Eckstine, Lonnie Liston Smith, Jimmy Witherspoon and Oscar Brown. Wells was founder of the Fish Middleton Jazz Studies Scholarship and co-founded the East Coast ...
As a member of the St. Louis Metropolitan Jazz Quintet in the early 1980s, he worked with musicians coming through St. Louis, such as Arthur Blythe, Andrew Hill, Jackie McLean, and McCoy Tyner. [1] After working with Woody Shaw , he founded an avant-garde jazz group named Third Kind of Blue with Anthony Cox and John Purcell . [ 1 ]
Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (/ ˈ b ɛ n ə k i / BEN-ə-kee; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000 [1]) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader.His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller.
The Artwoods were dropped by Decca at the end of 1966, and they signed a one-record deal with Parlophone, but their release "What Shall I Do" also had no success. [1] [3] Later in 1967, a final "one-off" single appeared on the Fontana label, with the band billing itself as St. Valentine's Day Massacre; [6] but by the time of its release the Artwoods had effectively ceased to exist.