A list of 40 musicians ranked as the top earners in 2019 has been released by Forbes.
Among those are Classic 105 favorites Celine Dion, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez and U2.
Forbes explains how they came up with the ranking
To determine our rankings, we consider income from touring, music and outside business ventures with the help of Pollstar, Nielsen Music and interviews with industry insiders including many of the stars themselves. Our list measures pretax earnings and does not deduct fees for agents, managers or lawyers. The ranking once again highlights an unfortunate reality of the music business: just ten women out of 40 names, only a marginal improvement over last year’s one-in-five ratio, while 15 people of color made the list, though five of them in the top ten.
Here is the list, do you agree with it?
40 | Migos
2019 EARNINGS: $36 million
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39 | U2
2019 EARNINGS: $37 million
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38 | Celine Dion
2019 EARNINGS: $37.5 million
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37 | Shawn Mendes
2019 EARNINGS: $38 million
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34 (tie) | Zac Brown Band
2019 EARNINGS: $38.5 million
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34 (tie) | Kendrick Lamar
2019 EARNINGS: $38.5 million
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34 (tie) | Calvin Harris
2019 EARNINGS: $38.5 million
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33 | Dave Matthews
2019 EARNINGS: $39 million
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32 | Lady Gaga
2019 EARNINGS: $39.5 million
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29 (tie) | DJ Khaled
2019 EARNINGS: $40 million
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29 (tie) | Marshmello
2019 EARNINGS: $40 million
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29 (tie) | The Weeknd
2019 EARNINGS: $40 million
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28 | Rolling Stones
2019 EARNINGS: $41 million
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27 | Luke Bryan
2019 EARNINGS: $42.5 million
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26 | Jennifer Lopez
2019 EARNINGS: $43 million
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25 | Guns N’ Roses
2019 EARNINGS: $44 million
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24 | The Chainsmokers
2019 EARNINGS: $46 million
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22 (tie) | Ariana Grande
2019 EARNINGS: $48 million
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22 (tie) | Paul McCartney
2019 EARNINGS: $48 million
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21 | Fleetwood Mac
2019 EARNINGS: $49 million
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19 (tie) | Jimmy Buffett
2019 EARNINGS: $50 million
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19 (tie) | Eminem
2019 EARNINGS: $50 million
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18 | Bruno Mars
2019 EARNINGS: $51 million
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17 | Billy Joel
2019 EARNINGS: $52 million
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15 (tie) | BTS
2019 EARNINGS: $57 million
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15 (tie) | Pink
2019 EARNINGS: $57 million
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13 (tie) | Katy Perry
2019 EARNINGS: $57.5 million
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13 (tie) | Justin Timberlake
2019 EARNINGS: $57.5 million
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12 | Travis Scott
2019 EARNINGS: $58 million
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11 | Rihanna
2019 EARNINGS: $62 million
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10 | Metallica
2019 EARNINGS: $68.5 million
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9 | Diddy
2019 EARNINGS: $70 million
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8 | Drake
2019 EARNINGS: $75 million
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6 (tie) | Beyoncé
2019 EARNINGS: $81 million
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6 (tie) | Jay-Z
2019 EARNINGS: $81 million
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5 | Elton John
2019 EARNINGS: $84 million
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4 | The Eagles
2019 EARNINGS: $100 million
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3 | Ed Sheeran
2019 EARNINGS: $110 million
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2 | Kanye West
2019 EARNINGS: $150 million
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1 | Taylor Swift
2019 EARNINGS: $185 million