It’s really, really expensive to be a fan of Eminem. Let me explain.

With the collapse of physical music formats, artists have had to find alternate revenue streams. Some, like Eminem and a few others, have made it very expensive for fans to, well, be fans.

This brings me to another one of those surveys out of Britain that is actually a commercial n disguise. In this case, it’s Money.co.uk which investigated which musicians are the most expensive to support.

They looked at 65 of the world’s biggest-selling pop acts of the last decade and considered things like:

• The average price of an album download
• The average cost of their official merchandise products
• The typical price of a concert ticket
• The cost of an authentic signed item
• And where possible, the price for a 12” vinyl album

Here’s what they came up with, starting with the most expensive. (All prices in US$.)

Rank	Artist	Starter Fan PackageCost $
1	Eminem	$2,966.66
2	Travis Scott	$2,244.39
3	Drake	$1,543.42
4	Kanye West	$1,395.56
5	Kendrick Lamar	$1,231.31
6	Jay-Z	$1,022.53
7	Olivia Rodrigo	$906.31
8	Justin Bieber	$857.39
9	BTS	$791.62
10	P!nk	$762.45
11	Chris Brown	$706.17
12	Beyonce	$662.42
13	Jason Aldean	$628.29
14	Justin Timberlake	$618.40
15	Bruno Mars	$600.68
16	Billie Eilish	$580.23
17	Coldplay	$544.75
18	Future	$479.22
19	Zac Brown Band	$478.25
20	Usher	$451.65

What about the cheapest? Glad you asked.

Rank	Artist	Super Fan Starter Package Cost $
1	Flo Rida	$159.49
2	Chainsmokers	$175.24
3	Pitbull	$181.78
4	Doja Cat	$196.29
5	Lorde	$207.35
6	Jason Derulo	$215.51
7	Megan Thee Stallion	$221.70
8	Lewis Capaldi	$231.07
9	Little Mix	$233.36
10	David Guetta	$241.16
11	Cardi B	$243.98
12	Camilla Cabello	$244.01
13	Mumford & Sons	$250.83
14	Ed Sheeran	$256.95
15	Dua Lipa	$260.96
16	Florida Georgia Line	$271.46
17	Adele	$272.43
18	Selena Gomez	$273.94
19	Meghan Trainor	$276.36
20	Ke$ha	$277.18

The full report can be found here.