Billboard releases its music rich list for 2020
Last year was…weird. No tours, lockdown, stay-at-home orders, pandemic fears. So how did musicians do when it comes to bringing in the dosh? Here are Billboard’s estimates for the highest-earning performers in 2020. (All figures in USD.)
1. Taylor Swift
- Sales: $10 million
- Streaming: $10.6 million
- Publishing: $3.2 million
- Touring: $0
- TOTAL: 23.8 million
2. Post Malone
- Sales: $712,500
- Streaming: $8.1 million
- Publishing: $2 million
- Touring: $12.4 million
- TOTAL: $23.2 million
3. Celine Dion
- Sales: $215,000
- Streaming: $290 (I’m not sure if that’s a typo. It’s gotta be, right?)
- Publishing: $2.4 million
- Touring: $17 million
- TOTAL: $17.5 million
4. Eagles
- Sales: $970,000
- Streaming: $2.7 million
- Publishing: $1.2 million
- Touring: $11.4 million
- TOTAL: $16.3 million
5. Billie Eilish
- Sales: $2.1 million
- Streaming: $5.9 million
- Publishing: $5.7 million
- Touring: $1 million
- TOTAL: $14.7 million
6. Drake
- Sales: $630,000
- Streaming: $11.7 million
- Publishing: $1.9 million
- Touring: $0
- TOTAL: $14.2 million
7. Queen
- Sales: $5.3 million
- Streaming: $5.5 million
- Publishing: $2.4 million
- Touring: $0
- TOTAL: $13.2 million
8. The Beatles
- Sales: $5.2 million
- Streaming: $5.1 million
- Publishing: $2.6 million
- Touring: $0
- TOTAL: $12.9 million
9. YoungBoy Never Broke Again
- Sales: $126,000
- Streaming: $10 million
- Publishing: $1.7 million
- Touring: $129,000
- TOTAL: $11.9 million
10. Lil Baby
- Sales: $152,000
- Streaming: $9.1 million
- Publishing: $2.2 million
- Touring: $253,000
- TOTAL: $11.7 million
There rest of the list along with more detail can be found here.
