{"id":1279,"date":"2013-05-28T19:07:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T18:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2013-11-08T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T15:46:21","slug":"the-richest-lead-singers-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/the-richest-lead-singers-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Richest Lead Singers in the World |\u00a0Celebrity Networth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article original :<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/articles\/entertainment-articles\/richest-rock-lead-singers-world\/<\/p>\n<p><cite style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">By\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Brian Warner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/author\/admin\/\" rel=\"author\">Brian Warner<\/a>\u00a0on February 20, 2013<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Who are the richest lead singers in the world? The vocalists on this list have sung for bands like The Beatles, Metallica, Guns N&rsquo; Roses and The Rolling Stones to name a few. But which lead singer is also the lead money maker? There&rsquo;s no better job on the planet than being the front man\/woman for a major rock band. Not only do lead singers get most of the glory, attention, accolades and groupies\u2026 they also make\u00a0<strong>a TON of money<\/strong>. As we compiled the list below, we learned that if you want to make a huge fortune as a lead singer, it definitely helps if you also happen to be a prolific song writer. Furthermore, it doesn&rsquo;t hurt that these top earners have been in some of the most famous bands in music history with 30+ year careers touring stadiums all over the world and selling millions upon millions of records. The fact that many of the\u00a0<strong>richest lead singers<\/strong>\u00a0are still performing today is a testament to their talent (or maybe they just love making millions of dollars and getting showered with adulation). Oh, and even if you don&rsquo;t have an amazing voice, there&rsquo;s still a ton of money to be made in a band as we learned with our list of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/articles\/entertainment-articles\/30-richest-drummers-world\/\">richest drummers<\/a>\u00a0in the world. But for today we are going to take a look at the richest lead singers, did your favorite artists make that cut?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"paul-mccartney\" alt=\"Paul McCartney Net Worth\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnwimg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/paul-mccartney.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"717\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richest Lead Singers in the World<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***The figures contained in this list were acquired from all publicly available information including salaries, real estate holdings, divorces, record sales, royalties and endorsements. The final net worths come from a formula that takes out taxes, manager&rsquo;s fees, agents&rsquo; fees, and lifestyle.***<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 50 Richest Lead Singers in the World:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#1:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/rock-stars\/paul-mccartney-net-worth\/\">\u00a0Paul McCartney Net Worth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $800 Million (The Beatles)<\/li>\n<li>#2:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/rock-stars\/bono-net-worth\/\">Bono Net Worth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $600 Million (U2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***There was a time when Bono&rsquo;s net worth could have topped $1 billion. Through his private equity venture Elevation Partners, Bono purchased a 1.5% private stake in Facebook long before the IPO. Had the company achieved a $100 billion market cap, Bono may have been the first billionaire rock star. Currently Facebook&rsquo;s market cap is $44 billion.***<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#3:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/rock-stars\/jimmy-buffett-net-worth\/\">Jimmy Buffett Net Worth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $400 Million<\/li>\n<li>#4:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/rock-stars\/elton-john-net-worth\/\">Elton John Net Worth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $320 Million (Solo)<\/li>\n<li>#5:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/rock-stars\/mick-jagger-net-worth\/\">Mick Jagger Net Worth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $305 Million (The Rolling Stones)<\/li>\n<li>#6: Gene Simmons Net Worth \u2013 $300 Million (KISS)<\/li>\n<li>#7:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/rock-stars\/sting-net-worth\/\">Sting Net Worth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 $290 Million (The Police, Solo)<\/li>\n<li>#8: Phil Collins Net Worth \u2013 $250 Million (Genesis, Solo)<\/li>\n<li>#9: Dave Matthews Net Worth \u2013 $250 Million (Dave Matthews Band)<\/li>\n<li>#10: Prince Net Worth \u2013 $250 Million<\/li>\n<li>#11: Dave Grohl Net Worth \u2013 $225 Million (Foo Fighters, Nirvana on drums)<\/li>\n<li>#12: Rod Stewart Net Worth \u2013 $220 Million<\/li>\n<li>#13: David Bowie Net Worth \u2013 $215 Million<\/li>\n<li>#14: Bruce Springsteen Net Worth \u2013 $200 Million (The E Street Band)<\/li>\n<li>#15: Don Henley Net Worth \u2013 $200 Million (The Eagles, Solo)<\/li>\n<li>#16: Lionel Richie Net Worth \u2013 $200 Million (Commodores, Solo)<\/li>\n<li>#17: James Hetfield Net Worth \u2013 $175 Million (Metallica)<\/li>\n<li>#18: Billy Joel Net Worth \u2013 $160 Million<\/li>\n<li>#19 : Axl Rose Net Worth \u2013 $150 Million (Guns N&rsquo; Roses)<\/li>\n<li>#20: Roger Waters Net Worth \u2013 $145 Million (Pink Floyd)<\/li>\n<li>#21: David Gilmour Net Worth \u2013 $130 Million (Pink Floyd)<\/li>\n<li>#22: Steven Tyler Net Worth \u2013 $130 Million (Aerosmith)<\/li>\n<li>#23:\u00a0Jon Bon Jovi Net Worth \u2013 $125 Million (Bon Jovi)<\/li>\n<li>#24: Paul Stanley Net Worth \u2013 $125 Million (KISS)<\/li>\n<li>#25: Anthony Kiedis Net Worth \u2013 $120 Million (Red Hot Chili Peppers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article original : http:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/articles\/entertainment-articles\/richest-rock-lead-singers-world\/ By\u00a0Brian Warner\u00a0on February 20, 2013 Who are the richest lead singers in the world? The vocalists on this list have sung for bands like The Beatles, Metallica, Guns N&rsquo; Roses and The Rolling Stones to name a few. But which lead singer is also the lead money maker? There&rsquo;s no better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-fortune-des-artistes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1785,"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bliss.pro\/fracture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}