Billboard Drops Its Top 40 Most Paid Musicians In 2020

Billboard has dropped its top 40 list for the most paid musicians in 2020, the US Money Makers edition.

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In a year where most musicians didn’t make much money from tours because of the coronavirus pandemic that hit every sector of the world’s economy, most musicians rely on their sales and revenue from their streams to make it to the list.

This year’s list proves that most musicians rely mostly on the revenue they receive from tours and since there were not many tours to talk about in the world of music under the year of review, almost half of the musicians who made it to the list last year have fallen off from this year’s edition.

The list was mostly determined by the amount of revenue from streams, sales, publishing, and tours in 2020. Check out some notable musicians on the list below and the amount of revenue each musician received in each sector.

1. Taylor Swift: $23.8 million

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $10.6M Sales: $10M Publishing: $3.2M Touring: $0

2. Post Malone: $23.2M

Last year’s rank: No. 6 Streaming: $8.1M Sales: $712,500 Publishing: $2M Touring: $12.4M

3. Céline Dion: $17.5M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $290 Sales: $215K Publishing: $2.4K Touring: $17M

5. Billie Eilish: $14.7M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $5.9M Sales: $2.1M Publishing: $5.7M Touring: $1M

6. Drake: $14.2M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $11.7M Sales: $635K Publishing: $1.9M Touring: $0

8. The Beatles: $12.9M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $5.1M Sales: $5.2M Publishing: $2.6M Touring: $0

9. YoungBoy Never Broke Again: $11.9M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $10M Sales: $126K Publishing: $1.7MTouring: $129K

10. Lil Baby: $11.7M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $9.1M Sales: $152K Publishing: $2.2M Touring: $253K

11. The Weeknd: $10.4M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $7.3M Sales: $1.5M Publishing: $1.6M Touring: $0

14. Eminem: $9.7M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $6.6M Sales: $1.3M Publishing: $1.8M Touring: $0

15. Lil Uzi Vert: $9.5M

Last year’s rank: —Streaming: $7.6MSales: $89.3K Publishing: $1.8M Touring: $0

17. DaBaby: $9.1M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $7.1M Sales: $160.6K Publishing: $1.5M Touring: $313K

22. Future: $8.2M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $6.4MSales: $185KPublishing: $1.6MTouring: $0

23. Ariana Grande: $7.5M

Last year’s rank: No. 2 Streaming: $6M Sales: $768K Publishing: $759K Touring: $0

24. Roddy Ricch: $7.4M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $5.7M Sales: $119K Publishing: $1.5M Touring: $91.5K

25. Rod Wave: $7.37M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $6M Sales: $66.4K Publishing: $1.3M Touring: $0

30. Kanye West: $6.3M

Last year’s rank: —Streaming: $3.9MSales: $800KPublishing: $1.6M Touring: $0

31. Justin Bieber: $6.22M

Last year’s rank: —Streaming: $4.7M Sales: $1.1M Publishing: $435K Touring: $0

35. Travis Scott: $5.82M

Last year’s rank: No. 39 Streaming: $4.96M Sales: $485K Publishing: $373K Touring: $0

36. Ed Sheeran: 5.66M

Last year’s rank: — Streaming: $3.74M Sales: $394.9K Publishing: $1.53M Touring: $0

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SOURCE: GhGossip.com