Of the three women, Rihanna, 35, has the highest net worth, with $1.4 billion to her name (she first achieved billionaire status in 2021).
Rihanna, Beyoncé & Taylor Swift Make 2023 Forbes Richest Self-Made Women List.
Rihanna and Paul McCartney are the only two singers to have wealth in terms of billions. For Rihanna it's mainly from her business but for Paul McCartney it is purely from music. Check out this list of top 10 richest singers in the world 2023.
Madonna is recognized by Guinness World Records as the "Best-selling female recording artist of all time".
Reese Witherspoon has been named the wealthiest self-made female actor in the world by Forbes.
Billionaire, businessman and the chairman and chief executive of LVMH (LVMUY), Bernard Arnault holds the crown as the richest person in the world. According to Forbes, Arnault has a fortune of $234.5 billion.
The Bodyguard soundtrack by Whitney Houston (with various artists) is the best-selling album credited to a woman; its sales are over 50 million copies since its release in November 1992.
Known by the real name of “Céline Marie Claudette Dion”.
Michael Jackson is the first musician to earn over $100 million in a year (1989), and has become the top-earning male soloist a record seven times.
Shreya Goshal
Also known as the 'melody queen', Shreya has sung over 950 songs in Hindi and other languages. As mentioned above, she reportedly charges somewhere around Rs 20 to 25 lakhs per song.
While a good portion of her net worth is from her music, Rihanna became a billionaire thanks to her fashion and makeup line Fenty. The company is valued at nearly $3 billion, and Rihanna owns half of it. Add that on to her music career, and Rihanna is one of the youngest billionaires in the world.
Most of us have not made a million before we're 30, but the news that Ed Sheeran is the richest young musician on the planet will come as no surprise.
As of June 2023, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify, while "Dance Monkey" (2019) by Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I is the most-streamed song by a female artist.
Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis records have been sold worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history.
Top-selling artists worldwide as of 2022
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales.
The Spice Girls (here in 2008) are the best-selling girl group in history.
Garth Brooks is the artist with the most diamond albums.
Walton Family
The Walton family knows its way around some retail revenue. Its namesake, mega-retailer Walmart, has an estimated global revenue of $611.3 billion. As the family owns nearly half of the company, they should be quite comfortable for generations to come.
In broader terms, the finance and investment profession has the most millionaires. It also has the most billionaires, with 371. Here's a list of the seven best careers if you want to be a millionaire.