· discover the highest paid musicians in the world, their earnings, net worth, tours, and business empires behind their global success. · highest paid musicians in 2025: Taylor swift remains the female musician with the highest official annual earnings ever with $185 million in 2019, breaking the previous record set by herself in 2016 with $170 million. Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest- paid female musician a record 11 times. Here is a list of the top 50 highest - paid musicians in 2025, based on their estimated annual earnings from various sources including tours, streaming, brand deals, and business ventures. · forbes has released its annual ranking of the highest-paid musicians of 2025, revealing a year dominated by top tours & breaking album sales. · with the past year wrapped up, its always fun to see if the list of the top 10 most wealthy musicians has changed or completely shifted. · that game- (and possibly name-) changing new contract, the album, and a top-grossing tour helped the weeknd finish at the top of the forbes ranking of the highest - paid musicians of 2025. The data for this year is in, so its time for an update. The top 25 highest - paid musicians in the world earned an estimated $1. 9 billion over the last 12 months.
