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Forbes Releases World’s Highest Paid Musicians Of 2012

by admin on 11/29/2012 · 16 comments

See which one of your favorite stars got that major paper in 2012.  Top 25 list below compiled by Forbes.
1. Dr Dre – $110 Million
2. Roger Waters – $88 Million
3. Elton John – $80 Million
4. U2 – $78 Million
5. Take That – $69 Million
6. Bon Jovi – $60 Million
7. Britney Spears – $58 Million
8. Paul McCartney – $57 Million (tie)
8. Taylor Swift – $57 Million (tie)
10. Justin Bieber – $55 Million (tie)
10. Toby Keith – $55 Million (tie)
12. Rihanna – $53 Million

List continued after the jump.

13. Lady GaGa – $52 Million
14. Foo Fighters – $47 Million
15. Diddy – $45 Million (tie)
15. Katy Perry – $45 Million (tie)
17. Kenny Chesney – $44 Million
18. Beyoncé – $40 Million
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers – $39 Million
20. Jay-Z – $38 Million
21. Coldplay – $37 Million
22. Adele – $35 Million (tie)
22. Kanye West – $35 Million (tie)
24. Michael Bublé – $34 Million
25. Sade – $33 Million

Thoughts???

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C. Diddy 11/29/2012 at 12:10 PM

Lol with that money whats the point of dropping Detox?

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zerotosixty 11/29/2012 at 12:15 PM

Sade made $33 mil and I don’t think I heard her name once.

didn’t know Adele was that big either.

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Set 11/29/2012 at 12:35 PM

Sade did a tour and Adele just sold 10 mil CDs. They get paid boy.

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zerotosixty 11/29/2012 at 1:52 PM

yeah. i was mixing up Adele with Estelle… my bad. Didn’t know Sade was on tour tho.

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truespirit 11/29/2012 at 12:29 PM

it must be cool being beyoncé and make 40milli on a maternity leave! and adele too!! damn nice girls!

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Anonymous 11/29/2012 at 12:31 PM

Dre made that deal for 100 mil, no wonder he’s on this list…

Notice, music doesn’t make them that money. It’s unfortunate.

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Anonymous 11/29/2012 at 12:32 PM

where’s the YMBCMB clowns on this list? oh that’s right lololo

ok now it’s time to go and look at my bank account and feel sad again

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missZaraBaby 11/29/2012 at 1:39 PM

no maybach music,50cent,cashmoney coke boyz..lol.i really respect dr.dre,seems down to earth..where is slim shady?

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reason 11/29/2012 at 6:56 PM

hows riri making more than jay when jay owns that ass

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Anonymous 11/30/2012 at 1:04 AM

she’s touring and all over mag covers and shit that’s why

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Tee 11/29/2012 at 8:52 PM

Paging Nicki Minaj? What about NeNe Leakes, who is very RICH BITCH! LOL

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Toronto Dude 11/30/2012 at 1:53 AM

I am happy Sade is still making money.. unhappy that no one is sharing their millions with me.

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OnTheRealThough 11/30/2012 at 8:40 AM

Didn’t even know “Take That” was a British pop group. Had to Google them…wtf.

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boniface matlhatsi 12/04/2012 at 5:12 AM

where is wizzy?

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