Dr Dre has been named 2014’s highest-
paid musician, scoring the biggest one-
year windfall of any musician in
history. Buoyed by the $3bn sale of
Beats Music, the company he co-
founded, Dre was estimated to have
earned $620m (£395m) in just 12
months.
The calculations were made by Forbes
magazine for their annual list of
musician millionaires. Dre’s fortune far
outsized that of his runner-up, Beyoncé.
Although the Drunk in Love singer was
2014’s highest-earning female musician ,
her $115m (£73.4m) wages are over
half a billion dollars behind the NWA
co-founder.
Incredibly, Dre’s commercial jackpot
represents more than the combined
incomes of most of the rest of Forbes’
Top 10. Justin Bieber earned $80m. One
Direction, $75m. Paul McCartney, the
only Beatle, a measly $71m. The most
successful band, the heavy-touring
Eagles, finished at No 3, garnering
$100m over the year.
To reach these figures, Forbes added
together all musicians’ touring money,
record sales, publishing royalties,
merchandise, endorsements, and other
major business ventures. They used a
June 2013 to June 2014 fiscal year,
thereby omitting recent payouts for
artists such as Taylor Swift and U2.
2013’s highest earning musician ,
Madonna, narrowly missed Forbes’ 2014
Top 30. Assisted by her hugely
successful MDNA world tour, the
Material Girl earned $125m.
The list in full, courtesy of Forbes:
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