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The highest-paid musicians [1] [2] [3] in the world have been reported annually by Forbes since at least 1987. For measurement, the magazine used pretax earnings—before deducting fees for agents, managers or lawyers. [4]
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.
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, and Elton John also passed two-billion mark in concert revenue.
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.
As of December 2024, the highest-grossing tour by a woman is the Eras Tour by Swift, with a revenue of US$2.07 billion from 147 shows. [1] The Eras Tour is also the highest-grossing tour ever overall; its figures were not reported to Billboard , which listed Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour as the all-time top female tour excluding the Eras Tour.
Some of the highest-grossing tours had extensive schedules spanning multiple years. Among the top 20 tours of all time, Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road is the longest-running tour with a total of 330 shows in five different calendar years , while Beyoncé 's Renaissance World Tour is the shortest one with 56 shows in a single year.
HIStory World Tour 120,000 [34] 7 September 1994 Pink Floyd: Strahov Stadium: Prague The Division Bell Tour: 115,000 [35] 15 June 2024 George Strait: Kyle Field: College Station: The King at Kyle Field 110,905 [36] 31 October 1993 Michael Jackson: Estadio Azteca: Mexico City: Dangerous World Tour: 110,000 [37] 29 October 1993 110,000: 7 ...
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".