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And the Highest Paid Hip Hop Star of 2019 is…

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments 2019, Forbes, Highest-Paid, Hip-hop

When you hear names like Cardi B, Drake, Eminem, Migos and Nicki Minaj, you can be forgiven for wondering which

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Music Industry 

A new rich list: The highest-paid women in music

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Forbes, Highest-Paid, Taylor Swift

Forbes is at it again, compiling a list of the estimated earnings of celebrities. In this case, they’ve given us

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The latest hip-hop rich list is out. Guess who’s on top?

September 13, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Highest-Paid, Hip-hop

The people at Forbes have a thing about estimating the earnings of celebrities. With their latest list of hip-hop stars,

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Music News 

Here are the 15 highest-paid DJs in the world

August 3, 2018August 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJs, Highest-Paid

If you’re hoping to have your kid support you in your old age, get them a DJ set-up. Look at

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And The Highest Paid YouTube Star Of 2017 Is…A Gamer?

December 12, 2017December 11, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments 2017, Highest-Paid, YouTube

I have t say I was a little stunned to learn that bulk of the top YouTube earners in 2017

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These are 2017’s Highest-Paid Women in Music

November 23, 2017November 22, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Highest-Paid, Music, Women

Once again, we leave it to Forbes to snoop about the earnings of celebrities to come up with another highest-paid

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Forget Getting Your Kid into Pro Sports. The Real Money is in DJing.

August 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments DJs, Highest-Paid

Forbes, a publication besotted with lists of how much money people make, has issued its estimations of the highest-paid DJs

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Taylor Swift Is the 2016’s Highest-Paid Musician–And She Didn’t Release an Album or Play Any Shows

December 1, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2016, Forbes, Highest-Paid, Muse, Taylor Swift, U2

Tay-tay didn’t release any new music in 2016 nor did she tour but still managed to make $170 million. How?

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World’s Highest-Paid Hip Hop Artists

October 25, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Diddy, Dr. Dre, Drake, Highest-Paid, Jay Z, Kanye, Wiz Khalifa

Forbes like to keep tabs on how much the 1% earn. Here’s the top five from their annual list of

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And the Highest-Paid Musicians Are…

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Forbes, Highest-Paid, Highest-Paid Musicians

Forbes released its annual list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities–at least in their estimation. Musicians took 36 of the 100

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And the Highest Paid Musician in the World in 2015 Is…

December 9, 2015December 9, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Highest-Paid, Kay Perry, Musicians, Richest

…not Adele. That’ll be next year. Here’s the latest ranking of by Forbes (via The Music Network.) 1. Katy Perry –

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