The 20 Highest Paid Musicians In The World

Coming in second is vintage rock group Guns ’n Roses. Their $42.3 million take started with a secret show at Los Angeles club Troubadour. That tour is Axl and the gang’s highest grossing tour to date and it is still going on. The Boss came in third with $42.2 million in 2016. Bruce Springsteen also has the second highest grossing tour behind Beyoncé and a healthy $1.4 million in recording royalties. Rounding out the top five are Drake with $37.3 million and Adele with $37 million. Drake led all artists in streaming revenue. His summer tour with Future also added to his 2016 bottom line. Adele’s 2016 tour was the year’s highest grossing and accounts for $28.3 million of her $37 million payday. She also sold 2.2 million albums in the U.S., more than anyone else except for Prince. Let’s take a look at the 15 highest-paid musicians of the past year and how much they made touring, publishing, streaming, and selling records. #20. Barbra Streisand – $15.8 million Sales: $842, 200 Streaming: $22,500 Publishing: $0 Tour: $14.9 million #19. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – $16 million Sales: $532,800 Streaming: $153,800 Publishing: $132,800 Tour: $15.1 million #18. Garth Brooks – $16.02 million Sales: $7.6 million Streaming: $75,600 Publishing: $119,600 Tour: $8.2 million #17. Future – $17 million Sales: $1.1 million Streaming: $1.1 million Publishing: $828,900 Tour: $13.9 million #16. Paul McCartney – $17.7 million Sales: $906,200 Streaming: $227,700 Publishing: $141,300 Tour: $16.4 million #15. Metallica – $18.5 million Sales: $11.5 million Streaming: $1.7 million Publishing: $1.5 million Tour: $3.8 million #14. Carrie Underwood – $19.9 million Sales: $1.3 millio Streaming: $494,000 Publishing: $340,800 Tour: $17.8 million #13. Twenty-One Pilots – $21.1 million Sales: $3.2 million Streaming: $6.1 million Publishing: $5.7 million Tour: $6 million #12. Rihanna – $22.3 million Sales: $2.5 million Streaming: $7.6 million Publishing: $1 million Tour: $11.2 million #11. Billy Joel – $23.6 million Sales: $537,700 Streaming: $223,800 Publishing: $473,900 Tour: $22.4 million #10. Kenny Chesney – $25.4 million Sales: $1.4 million Streaming: $443,800 Publishing: $335,600 Tour: $23.5 million #9. Kanye West – $26.1 million Sales: $926,000 Streaming: $7.6 million Publishing: $2.2 million Tour: $15.4 million #8. Luke Bryan – $27.3 million Sales: $1.4 million Streaming: $2.1 million Publishing: $594,700 Tour: $23.3 million #7. Justin Bieber – $30.5 million Sales: $2.0 million Streaming: $1.9 million Publishing: $952,700 Tour: $25.6 million #6. Coldplay – $32.3 million Sales: $1.4 million Streaming: $2.7 million Publishing: $2.2 million Tour: $26.0 million #5. Adele – $37 million Sales: $4.9 million Streaming: $1.2 million Publishing: $2.6 million Tour: $28.3 million #4. Drake –  $37.3 million Sales: $5.2 million Streaming: $18.1 million Publishing: $420,300 Tour: $13.6 million #3. Bruce Springsteen – $42.2 million Sales: $804,900 Streaming: $167,500 Publishing: $415,200 Tour: $40.9 million #2. Guns ’n Roses Sales: $771,700 Streaming: $670,800 Publishing: $499,600 Tour: $40.4 million #1. Beyoncé – $62.1 million Sales: $4.3 million Streaming: $1.9 million Publishing: $1.3 million Tour: $54.7 million