Our friends over at Billboard have just released their list of music’s highest paid artists of the year. In the list, they also detail where exactly that revenue is coming from. The revenue is broken down into sales, streaming, publishing, touring.
It’s no surprise here that touring is the most lucrative part of these artists’ careers. There are some, however, who raked in some serious cash due to streaming services
So who exactly made the most money last year? Below are the top 10:
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 10 @jtimberlake, $25.9M
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Sales: $168.8K
Streaming: $1.5M
Publishing: $527.6K
Touring: $23.7M
Last year: No. 7https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/ehJ7YNCq6P— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 9 @billyjoel, $26.1M
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Sales: $301.9K
Streaming: $1.7M
Publishing: $985.4K
Touring: $23.2M
Last year: No. 9https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/bd90yX35ql— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 8 @kiss, $26.7M
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Sales: $405.3K
Streaming: $406.4K
Publishing: $177.6K
Touring: $25.7M
Last year: ––https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/7pj4pQIRI0— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 7 @Pink, $30.5M
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Sales: $1.04M
Streaming: $1.8M
Publishing: $1.2M
Touring: $26.5M
Last year: No. 10https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/3IzSEOEBlI— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 6 @PostMalone, $34.2M
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Sales: $1.4M
Streaming: $11.3M
Publishing: $3.1M
Touring: $18.4M
Last year: No. 15https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/kGrGVIGlwF— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 5 @QueenWillRock, $35.2M
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Sales: $9.6M
Streaming: $8.1M
Publishing: $3.1M
Touring: $14.4M
Last year: No. 37https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/Qd2hW81vBM— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 4 @jonasbrothers, $40.9M
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Sales: $1.2M
Streaming: $2.1M
Publishing: $3.8M
Touring: $33.7M
Last year: ––https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/MkGbmBDUVX— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 3 @eltonofficial, $43.3M
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Sales: $993.4K
Streaming: $2.2M
Publishing: $621K
Touring: $39.5M
Last year: No. 8https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/yyDYYpEZp3— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 2 @ArianaGrande, $44.3M
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Sales: $1.1M
Streaming: $8.2M
Publishing: $1.2M
Touring: $33.7M
Last year: ––https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/aG0FHWrips— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020
MONEY MAKERS: THE HIGHEST-PAID MUSICIANS OF 2019
No. 1 @RollingStones, $65M
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Sales: $1.7M
Streaming: $2M
Publishing: $804.3K
Touring: $60.5M
Last year: No. 25https://t.co/8IKnDsXEfd pic.twitter.com/Mxtjm0vimG— billboard (@billboard) August 20, 2020