West was not far behind, with $150 million, thanks to a surge in sales of Yeezy sneakers. 5 spot is claimed by another venerable rocker, Elton John, who collected $84 million in 2019 in the midst of his farewell tour. In all, the 10 highest-paid musicians in the world earned just over $1 billion pretax during our June-to-June scoring period, up from $886 million last year. There are nine newcomers to the 2019 list, a number of them Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni, including K-Pop supergroup BTS (No. 40, $36 million).

Source: Forbes December 06, 2019 11:26 UTC