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And just like that, Forbes is back with another confident list, this time ranking 2020's top paid celebrities.
According to the publication, the highest-paid celebrities earned a combined $6.1 billion before taxes and fees, a drop of $200 million from 2019 that can be blamed on the current global pandemic.
The top earning celebrities were Kylie Jenner and her brother-in-law Kanye West, who brought in $590 million and $170 million, respectively. While most of Kanye’s earnings came from his Yeezy line of sneakers and clothing, Jenner’s came from selling a 51% stake in her cosmetics firm Kylie to Coty in January.
Forbes had published an article last week about how Kylie misrepresented her earnings and was in fact not a billionaire, as previously reported. Although the list that has been released is for the 100 most paid celebrities, we filtered the top 20 musicians out of it for our readers’ convenience.
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Trailing Kanye is Elton John at $81 million and Ariana Grande at $72 million, making the latter the highest paid female musician from the list. Canadian superstar Drake comes in at #15 with earnings of about $49 million, according to Forbes.
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Highest paid musicians of 2020:
#1 Kanye West – $170M
#2 Elton John – $81M
#3 Ariana Grande – $72M
#4 Jonas Brothers
#5 Chainsmokers
#6 Ed Sheeran
#7 Taylor Swift
#8 Post Malone
#9 Rolling Stones
#10 Marshmello
#11 Shawn Mendes
#12 Jay-Z
#13 Billie Eilish
#14 BTS
#15 Drake
#16 J.Lo
#17 Pink
#18 Rihanna
#19 Luke Bryan
#20 Backstreet Boys
Highest Paid Celebrities of 2020:
#1 Kylie Jenner – $590 million
#2 Kanye West – $170 million
#3 Roger Federer – $106.3 million
#4 Cristiano Ronaldo – $105 million
#5 Lionel Messi – $104 million
#6 Tyler Perry – $97 million
#7 Neymar – $95.5 million
#8 Howard Stern – $90 million
#9 LeBron James – $88.2 million
#10 Dwayne Johnson – $87.5 million
#11 Rush Limbaugh – $85 million
#12 Ellen DeGeneres – $84 million
#13 Bill Simmons – $82.5 million
#14 Elton John – $81 million
#15 James Patterson – $80 million-
#16 Stephen Curry – $74.4 million
#17 Ariana Grande – $72 million
#18 Ryan Reynolds – $71.5 million
#19 Gordon Ramsay – $70 million
#20 Jonas Brothers – $68.5 million
#21 The Chainsmokers – $68 million
#22 Dr. Phil McGraw – $65.5 million
#23 Ed Sheeran – $64 million
#24 Kevin Durant – $63.9 million
#25 Taylor Swift – $63.5 million
#26 Tiger Woods – $62.3 million
#27 Kirk Cousins – $60.5 million
#28 Post Malone – $60 million
#28 J.K. Rowling – $60 million
#28 Ryan Seacrest – $60 million
#31 Carson Wentz – $59.1 million
#32 Rolling Stones – $59 million
#33 Mark Wahlberg – $58 million
#34 Tyson Fury – $57 million
#35 Marshmello – $56 million
#35 Russell Westbrook – $56 million
#37 Ben Affleck – $55 million
#37 Sean Combs – $55 million
#39 Shawn Mendes – $54.5 million
#40 Vin Diesel – $54 million
#40 Lewis Hamilton – $54
#42 Jay-Z – $53.5 million
#43 Billie Eilish – $53 million
#44 Rory McIlroy – $52 million
#45 Simon Cowell – $51 million
#45 Jerry Seinfeld – $51 million
#47 BTS – $50 million
#48 Kim Kardashian West – $49.5 million
#49 Drake – $49 million
#49 Jared Goff – $49 million
#49 Judy Sheindlin – $49 million
#52 Akshay Kumar – $48.5 million
#53 Conor McGregor – $48 million
#54 James Harden – $47.8 million
#55 Giannis Antetokounmpo – $47.6 million
#56 Jennifer Lopez – $47.5 million
#57 Anthony Joshua – $47 million
#57 Pink – $47 million
#59 Deontay Wilder – $46.5 million
#60 David Copperfield – $46 million
#60 Rihanna – $46 million
#62 Luke Bryan – $45.5 million
#62 Lin-Manuel Miranda – $45.5 million
#64 Backstreet Boys – $45 million
#64 Tom Brady – $45 million
#64 Phil Collins – $45 million
#67 Drew Brees – $44.8 million
#68 Novak Djokovic – $44.6 million
#69 Will Smith – $44.5 million
#70 Blake Shelton – $43.5 million
#71 Sean Hannity – $43 million
#71 Sofía Vergara – $43 million
#73 Celine Dion – $42 million
#74 Kyrie Irving – $41.9 million
#75 The Eagles – $41 million
#75 Adam Sandler – $41 million
#77 Phil Mickelson – $40.8 million
#78 Julio Jones – $40.5 million
#78 Metallica – $40.5 million
#80 Jackie Chan – $40 million
#80 Rafael Nadal – $40 million
#82 Heidi Klum – $39.5 million
#82 Travis Scott – $39.5 million
#84 Kevin Hart – $39 million
#85 Klay Thompson – $38.8 million
#86 Katy Perry – $38.5 million
#87 Lady Gaga – $38 million
#87 Bon Jovi – $38 million
#87 U2 – $38 million
#90 Naomi Osaka – $37.4 million
#91 Canelo Alvarez – $37 million
#91 Damian Lillard – $37 million
#91 Paul McCartney – $37 million
#91 Oprah Winfrey – $37 million
#95 DJ Khaled – $36.5 million
#95 Kiss – $36.5 million
#97 Sebastian Vettel – $36.3 million
#98 Serena Williams – $36 million
#99 Angelina Jolie – $35.5 million
#100 Mohamed Salah – $35.1 million