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Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times. Taylor Swift remains the female musician with the highest annual earnings ever with $185 million in 2019, breaking previous record set by herself in 2016 with $170 million. [10] [11]
Music artists with the highest net worth reported by Forbes; Artists Nationality Lifetime Net worth Report year Ref. Latest estimation Peak estimation Peak estimation adjusted in 2024 $ Latest Peak Jay-Z: United States 1969–present $ 2.5 billion $ 2.5 billion: 2024 [9] Taylor Swift: United States 1989–present $ 1.6 billion $ 1.6 billion ...
In December 2023, Pollstar estimated that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was the first tour to collect over $1 billion in revenue, [5] [6] although Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the first to report $1 billion to official boxscore in August 2024. [7]
Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time, collecting $3 billion according to Pollstar. The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time, collecting over $2.9 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. U2, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue.
As a whole, global music revenue has declined 25% this year, according to Goldman Sachs. ... How Much Money Did the Music Industry Lose in 2020? Laura Woods. December 31, 2020 at 8:00 PM.
In 2016, American record producer Taz Taylor started Internet Money Records. [5] Taylor believes that Internet Money is a way to help producers make money off of music using the same techniques he uses. [6] In 2018, Internet Money signed a record deal with Alamo and Interscope Records. [7]
Streaming now accounts for most of the money generated by the music industry — a whopping 84% in the United States, according to the RIAA, and 67.3% worldwide, according to a 2024 report by the ...
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.