List of the World’s Top 10 Highest Paid Entertainers You Must Know About

The year 2023 will definitely be remembered as the “Year of Taylor Swift”. There is not a single record that she didn’t break last year, from the highest ticket sales for her legendary Eras Tour to becoming the first artist in history to rule Billboard’s top 10 slots on the Billboard Hot 100 song list, and becoming the first female artist to be the “Times Person of the Year”. But there are some other celebs too who made a fortune for themselves the same year without getting as much limelight. Although they didn’t get much attention like Swift, they sure did make a lot to land on our list of the highest-paid celebrities in 2023. So, no more wasting time, and let’s see who are these celebs and how they earn the spot on our list.

Top 10 Highly Grossed Artists in the World

So, here’s our list of the highest-grossing celebs last year who stole the limelight with the hearts of the millions of people with the enchanting

1.  Genesis (UK)

Genesis is an English rock band that formed in 1967 at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey. The longest-running and most financially successful lineup of the band was keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford, and drummer/singer Phil Collins. Genesis were progressive rock pioneers in the 1970s when the band also comprised singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett.

In September, the progressive rock pioneers topped 2022 with a 0 million music rights deal with Concord Music Group. The agreement included the group’s publishing rights and a variety of recorded music revenue streams, as well as individual income streams from Phil Collins (including the hit song “In The Air Tonight”) and bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Let’s dive deeper into the most expensive music videos. Their earnings were supplemented by touring and royalties from recorded music.

2.  Sting (UK)

Gordon Sting (born Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE on October 2, 1951) is an English musician and actor. From 1977 to 1986, he was the vocalist, composer, and bassist for the new wave band The Police. He began his solo career in 1985, and his music has different genres including rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat.

Sting has gained 17 Grammy Awards as a solo artist and as a member of the Police, including Song of the Year for “Every Breath You Take” in 1994, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994, and two Emmy Awards along with so many other awards. He became one of the world’s top-selling music performers with the Police. He has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist and with the Police, and he learned to sing and play at the same time by listening to 78 rpm recordings. Let`s read more about the most expensive artists in the world their worth more than the musicians.

3.  Tyler Perry (USA)

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr. on September 13, 1969) is a dramatist, actor, and filmmaker from the United States. He created and plays Mabel “Madea” Simmons, a feisty old woman, as well as her brother Joe Simmons and nephew Brian Simmons. Perry’s films range in style from conventional filmmaking techniques to filmed versions of live stage plays, several of which have been turned into feature films. Perry has been in many Hollywood films, including Star Trek (2009), Alex Cross (2012), and Gone Girl (2014), among many others. Due to his fame, he was invited to the most expensive fashion shows. Let`s gather information about expensive fashion shows.

Perry’s films and television programs have made over $660 million in total, and his net worth is believed to be $1 billion. In spite of his commercial success, his films have faced criticism from critics and academicians who think they promote poor or insulting depictions of African Americans, as well as a mainly negative public reaction.

4.  Trey Parker & Matt Stone (USA)

Trey Parker and Matthew Richard Stone are both American actors, animators, writers, producers, and musicians. They are well recognized for their collaborations on South Park (since 1997) and The Book of Mormon (2011).  Parker was fascinated by cinema and music as a kid and in high school, and he went on to attend the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met Stone. They worked together in multiple short films and Parker’s feature-length musical Cannibal! The Musical (1993).Both are the highest paid actors lets read more about the list of the world top 10 highest paid entertainers that you must know.

Parker and Stone relocated to Los Angeles, where Parker made Orgazmo (1997), his second feature-length picture. South Park began on Comedy Central in August 1997, before the film’s release.

Earnings from a legacy HBO Max contract and Book of Mormon, their comedy musical (and skewering) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, helped the duo enjoy another good year. The majority comes from their Paramount contract, which was inked in 2021 and guarantees the couple $935 million over six years.

5.  James L. Brooks & Matt Groening (USA)

James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, film producer, and screenwriter. His TV and film credits include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Taxi, and others. Matthew Abram Groening, on the other hand, is a cartoonist, author, producer, and animator. He is best known for creating the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012) and the TV show The Simpsons which he co-created with Brooks.

The Simpsons, America’s beloved yellow cartoon family, moved all 30 seasons from FX to Disney+ in an April 2019 streaming arrangement struck following Disney’s earlier purchase of Fox for $52 billion. According to people familiar with the transaction, series co-creators Brooks and Groening received a previously unknown $105 million per year after fees, and the reason for their landing on this list.

6.  Brad Pitt (USA)

William Bradley Pitt who was born on December 18, 1963, is a film producer and actor from the United States. He has won several awards, including two Academy Awards, and 2 Golden Globe Awards with some others. It’s not a secret that Pitt has been described as one of the wealthiest and most influential persons in the American film industry. Brad Pitt reportedly earned around $113 million, post-fees, from selling his production company, Plan B, in December.

The sale sparked talk in Hollywood, with some viewing Plan B as a valuable brand due to its successful projects like Moonlight and 12 Years A Slave. Others, still disagreed, claiming that the company’s worth lay more in the creating projects than in the ownership of actual assets. Pitt also received an estimated $30 million for his small parts in films such as Bullet Train, Babylon, and The Lost City, in addition to the sale of Plan B.

7.  Rolling Stones (UK)

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band founded in 1962 in London. They are one of the most successful and durable bands of the rock era, having been active for seven decades. The band invented the rough, rhythmically driven music style that would come to define hard rock in the early 1960s. According to concert tracker Pollstar, the OG British rockers earned more than $8.5 million each night on a 15-city tour throughout Europe in the summer of 2022.

They have received three Grammy Awards, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1989, they were welcomed into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004, they were voted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. They have been named one of the best musicians of all time by Billboard.

8.  James Cameron (USA)

James Francis Cameron CC is a Canadian filmmaker who was born on August 16, 1954. He is an important figure in the post-New Hollywood era as well as one of the most creative directors in the industry. He rose to fame after writing and directing movies like The Terminator (1984), then Titanic, and most recently the sequel Avatar. Cameron’s films have made more than $8 billion globally, making him the second-highest-grossing film filmmaker of all time. Three of Cameron’s films are among the top four highest-grossing pictures of all time, with Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), and Titanic (1997) ranking first, third, and fourth, respectively.

9.  Taylor Swift (USA)

Taylor Alison Swift, who was born on December 13, 1989, is a singer-songwriter from the United States. Her songwriting, creativity, and business insight have had an impact on the music industry and pop culture. Swift began composing professionally at the age of 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to pursue a career as a country singer. She recorded six studio albums for the label, four of which were played on country radio. When her first six albums were sold or said to be “stolen from her”, she decided to re-record them and so far, she has recorded and released the first 5 of them. She made around 92 million in 2022 from various streaming platforms, record sales, and ticket sales from the Midnight tour. Currently, her Eras Tour has made her a Billionaire with a total net worth of 1 billion dollars. 

Swift, one of the world’s best-selling singers with 200 million albums sold, has 117 Guinness World albums and three times received the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s Global Recording Artist of the Year award. She is the highest-grossing female touring act, the most-streamed female artist on Spotify and Apple Music, and the first billionaire whose primary source of income is music. Swift, the 2023 Time Person of the Year, has been named to lists such as Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Artists, and Forbes’ list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. 

10.  Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico)

Bad Bunny is a name many don’t know about, especially if you are not Gen-Z. The Puerto Rican rapper, best known for combining reggae music (a hybrid of Caribbean reggae and mainland rap) and Latin trap (a hip-hop subgenre with roots in the southern United States), impressed millions around the world as he flew on a palm tree on tour, showed up alongside Brad Pitt in Bullet Train, and challenged machismo with his genderfluid style. The majority of his earnings came from two tours: El Último Tour Del Mundo, which he did in arenas, and The World’s Hottest Tour, which he performed in the largest stadiums available. Endorsements from Corona, Cheetos, and Adidas were frosting on the cake.