Forbes, who usually ranks athlete salaries, has released a new list for musician annual earnings. These are the highest-paid musicians of 2025.
$66M (95.5B KRW) - Recorded a whopping 19.8 billion streams this year, ranking 4th as a Spotify Global Top Artist. Forbes estimates Latin Trap king Bad Bunny earned about $30M from album sales alone, plus massive tour revenue.
$70M (101B KRW) - A 29-year-old country singer who is reportedly the highest-earning country artist this year. Earned about $48M from record deals alone, plus concert tour revenue.
$74M (107B KRW) - Successfully held a massive tour celebrating their 20th debut anniversary, taking home about $60M, with over $13M more from album sales.
$78M (112.8B KRW) - Took home about $30M in concert revenue and nearly $50M from music streaming.
$105M (151.9B KRW) - Earnings credited to a massive success of a world tour this year.
$105M (151.9B KRW) - This amount was reportedly brought in through performance revenue this year.
$109M (157.7B KRW) - Sold over 1 million albums in the US in 2025 and earned this through a joint tour with SZA.
$148M (214B KRW) - Money earned from touring in just 9 cities.
Side note: Forbes separately announced that Beyoncé has officially joined the billionaire club as her net worth surpassed $1B (1.4T KRW).
$202M (292.3B KRW) - Had zero concert revenue because they didn't tour at all in 2025, but the studio album released in October sold 5.5 million copies in the first week alone. Also made bank from streaming and an $80M+ deal with Disney+ for a documentary series.
$298M (431.2B KRW) - Their album recorded 490,500 units in the first week, and they took home at least $77M from 2025 performances. Also reportedly secured around $200M from a new record deal.
Kendrick #4, Drake #7. Source: Foreign Hip Hop Gallery [View Original]
"The gallery is losing it over Taylor Swift being #2 without even touring, while skeptics are calling cap on The Weeknd's #1 spot, citing Forbes' questionable accounting on record deals."
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