Music is a part of so to say every person's day. We listen to music on our way to work, in the gym, while working out, while dancing, etc.
It should therefore not be a surprise that there are possibilities to become filthy rich within the music industry.
These five musicians, however, have caught many by surprise with their sky-high revenues.
These are the Top 5 Richest Musicians In The World:
5. Dr. Dre ($700 M)
Andre Young, better known as Dr.Dre, is a rapper, entrepreneur and a producer which has an estimated net worth of around $700 million!
Dr.Dre made a fortune by founding and selling 50% of the headphone-company "Beats by Dre". Dre used to be in the rap group 'N.W.A', which was one
of the most controversial rap groups at the time. '
Dr.Dre may not have recorded any new albums in the last couple of years, but the rewards from his
businesses are more than enough.
He has also contributed to the careers of artists like
Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent.
4. Diddy ($750 M)
He is also a producer, entrepreneur and music label-director.
Mr. Combs has also released a clothing brand called "Sean John", as well as a perfume, and even customized car-rims.
All this has led up to his net worth being around $750 million today.
3. Herb Alpert ($850 M)
Mr. Alpert is best known from the music group "TJB". He is also the founder of the record label "A&M Records", which he later sold.
Alpert has a real artistic spirit in him, as he also has some abstract art pieces and paintings that have been displayed in a number of art-galleries. He is also a philantropist, and created the "Herb Alpert Foundation".
Maybe that is reasonable, since his net worth is estimated to be about $850 million.
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber ($1.2 B)
He earned his net worth through the composition of 15 musicals, a set of variations and a couple of film scores.
The net worth of this amazing musician is estimated to be around $1.2 billion.
1. Paul
McCartney ($1.24 Billion)
One of the most popular English musicians, Paul McCartney is mainly known from ’The Beatles’.
McCartney is a songwriter, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist with over 100 million album sales.
However, these sales add up to a small percentage of his estimated net worth, which is about $1,24 billion, placing him as number one on the top list of richest musicians in the world.
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