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Forbes released its annual Celebrity 100 list<\/a>, ranking the highest-paid entertainment, sports, literary and media celebrities based on pretax earnings from June 2019-May 2020. The list includes a variety of high-profile music names.<\/p>\n

Kanye West, who earned $170 million in that period, claimed #1 among musicians — and #2 overall (below Kylie Jenner). The artist garnered a significant percentage of income from his deal with Adidas for the Yeezy brand. He also released new music and a “Sunday Service” series.<\/p>\n

Elton John took second place among musicians (and #14 overall) with $81 million. He enjoyed a highly successful “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.”<\/p>\n

Ariana Grande grabbed #3 among musicians (and #17 overall), courtesy of $72 million in earnings. Along with releasing more hits, she ran the successful “Sweetener Tour.”<\/p>\n

The reunited Jonas Brothers have fared quite well in the past twelve months, earning #4 among musicians and #20 overall with $68.5 million. Like John and Grande, they scored big from their tour (“Happiness Begins”).<\/p>\n

The Chainsmokers also benefited from a strong tour (“World War Joy”), taking #5 on among musicians and #21 overall with $68 million.<\/p>\n

Other high-ranking musicians (or at least names with a big music component to their careers) were as follows:<\/p>\n

6) Ed Sheeran – $64 million (#23 overall)
\n7) Taylor Swift – $63.5 million (#25 overall)
\n8) Post Malone – $60 million (#28 overall)
\n9) Rolling Stones – $59 million (#32 overall)
\n10) Marshmello – $56 million (#35 overall)
\n11) Shawn Mendes – $54.5 million (#39 overall)
\n12) Billie Eilish – $53 million (#43 overall)
\n13) BTS – $50 million (#47 overall)
\n14) Drake – $49 million (#49 overall, tie)
\n15) Jennifer Lopez – $47.5 million (#56 overall)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top four musical acts were in the Top 20 overall.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[692,9683,8321,54,314,910,89,1073,300,7300,4822,4367,2511,145,13768],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nKanye West, Elton John, Ariana Grande, Jonas Brothers, Chainsmokers Named Highest-Earning Music Acts On Forbes Celebrity 100 List<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Forbes released its annual Celebrity 100 list, ranking the highest-paid entertainment, sports, literary and media celebrities based on pretax earnings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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