Forbes just revealed their list of the top-earning musicians of the last decade and the numbers are ridiculous. Artists like JAY-Z saw his music endeavours rake in $560 million throughout the decade but that only landed him at No. 7.
However, the top earner of the last decade was another hip-hop legend in Dr. Dre who made $950 million over the last 10 years. Forbes’ noted of Dre’s decade,
“The superproducer released one album this decade and barely toured, but had music’s top business achievement: Apple’s $3B buyout of Beats.”