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

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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.

Contents
Top 10 Highly Grossed Artists in the World 1.  Genesis (UK) 2.  Sting (UK) 3.  Tyler Perry (USA) 4.  Trey Parker & Matt Stone (USA) 5.  James L. Brooks & Matt Groening (USA) 6.  Brad Pitt (USA)7.  Rolling Stones (UK) 8.  James Cameron (USA)9.  Taylor Swift (USA) 10.  Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico) Conclusion

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

RankNameNationalityMain Source of IncomeEstimated Earnings
1GenesisUKMusic sales (including Phil Collins solo)$230 M
2StingUKMusic sales (solo and The Police)$210 M
3Tyler PerryUSAFilm, TV shows, production studio$175 M
4Trey Parker & Matt StoneUSASouth Park, Book of Mormon$160 M
5James L. Brooks & Matt GroeningUSAThe Simpsons$105 M
6Brad PittUSAFilm production, acting$100 M
7Rolling StonesUKTouring, record royalties$98 M
8James CameronUSAAvatar: The Way of Water$95 M
9Taylor SwiftUSAMusic sales, streaming, touring$92 M
10Bad BunnyPuerto RicoTouring, endorsements$88 M

1.  Genesis (UK)

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.

DetailInformation
NameGenesis
NationalityUK
Main Source of IncomeMusic sales (including Phil Collins solo)
Estimated Earnings$230 Million
Career HighlightsPioneered progressive rock, released 14 studio albums, sold over 150 million records, won 5 Grammy Awards, reunited for successful 2022 stadium tour, sold music rights for $300 million.
Fun FactThe band’s name was inspired by the book “Genesis of the Holy Bible” by Gerald Manley Hopkins.

2.  Sting (UK)

 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.

DetailInformation
NationalityUK
NameSting
Main Source of IncomeMusic sales (solo and The Police)
Estimated Earnings$210 Million
Career HighlightsLead singer of The Police (5 Grammy Awards), a successful solo career with hits like “Every Breath You Take” and “Roxanne,” sold entire music catalog for $300 million in 2022, philanthropist.
Fun FactSting was a teacher before he pursued music full-time.

3.  Tyler Perry (USA)

 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.

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NameTyler Perry
NationalityUSA
Main Source of IncomeFilm, TV shows, production studio
Estimated Earnings$175 Million
Career HighlightsActor, director, writer, and producer, created media empire including Madea character and Tyler Perry Studios, first African-American to own a major Hollywood studio, philanthropist.
Fun FactTyler Perry wrote and produced his first play at the age of 25.

4.  Trey Parker & Matt Stone (USA)

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.

DetailInformation
NamesTrey Parker & Matt Stone
NationalityUSA
Main Source of IncomeSouth Park, Book of Mormon
Estimated Earnings$160 Million
Career HighlightsCreators of the controversial animated comedy South Park, won Emmys, Peabody Awards, Tony Awards for Book of Mormon, secured a massive Paramount deal guaranteeing $935 million over six years.
Fun FactBoth Parker and Stone graduated from the University of Colorado with film degrees.

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

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.

DetailInformation
NamesJames L. Brooks & Matt Groening
NationalityUSA
Main Source of IncomeThe Simpsons
Estimated Earnings$105 Million (combined)
Career HighlightsCo-creators of the iconic animated sitcom The Simpsons, show migrated to Disney+ in 2019, previously unreported deal securing them $105 million annually after fees.
Fun FactGroening originally sketched Bart Simpson with only three fingers because he thought it would be easier to animate.

6.  Brad Pitt (USA)

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.

DetailInformation
NameBrad Pitt
NationalityUSA
Main Source of IncomeFilm production, acting
Estimated Earnings$100 Million
Career HighlightsAcademy Award-winning actor, producer, and co-founder of Plan B production company (sold for $113 million), starred in numerous successful films like 12 Years A Slave, The Departed, Bullet Train, and Babylon.
Fun FactPitt started his acting career with uncredited roles in movies like Thelma and Louise and A River Runs Through It.

7.  Rolling Stones (UK)

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.

DetailInformation
NationalityUK
Main Source of IncomeTouring, record royalties
Estimated Earnings$98 Million
Career HighlightsRock and roll icons, one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, record-breaking 2022 European tour grossing over $136 million, still delivering electrifying live performances.
Fun FactThe band’s original name was “Jester Stone,” later changed to “Blues Boys” before settling on The Rolling Stones.

8.  James Cameron (USA)

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.

DetailInformation
NameJames Cameron
NationalityCanada
Main Source of IncomeAvatar: The Way of Water
Estimated Earnings$95 Million
Career HighlightsLegendary director, writer, and producer, created box office juggernauts like Titanic and Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water grossed over $2.3 billion worldwide, making him the director of three of the highest-grossing films ever.
Fun FactCameron developed a deep-sea submersible and explored the Mariana Trench before filming Avatar.

9.  Taylor Swift (USA)

  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. 

DetailInformation
NameTaylor Alison Swift
NationalityUSA
Main Source of IncomeMusic sales, streaming, touring
Estimated Earnings$92 Million
Career HighlightsGrammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, record-breaking album sales, sold-out stadium tours, released successful album Midnights in 2022, successful 52-night US tour that led to her billionaire status.
Fun FactSwift became the youngest person to win Album of the Year at the Grammys at age 20.

10.  Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico)

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.

DetailInformation
NameBenito Martínez Ocasio
NationalityPuerto Rico
Main Source of IncomeTouring, endorsements
Estimated Earnings$88 Million
Career HighlightsGlobal Latin trap and reggaeton superstar, two successful arena and stadium tours (El Último Tour Del Mundo and The World’s Hottest Tour), and numerous lucrative endorsements with brands like Adidas and Cheetos.
Fun FactBad Bunny studied audiovisual communication at the University of Puerto Rico before pursuing music full-time.

Conclusion

So, there’s that! Hope you enjoyed the list of highest-paid entertainers in 2023, with so many faces known and some unknown but responsible for making your childhood special with their music and family shows like Simpsons. These entertainers belonging to all genres of entertainment industries pioneered new ways of entertainment fusing classics with contemporary. They have provided us with their innovative ideas that not only people cherish but also become the reason for them to gain a name and fame for themselves.
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Laura Effie March 20, 2024 March 4, 2024
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