Here Are the Top 10 Highest-Earning Musicians of the Decade
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Forbes has released its list the 10 highest-earning artists of the last decade in music and while the majority of the household names making the list will come as no surprise, the number one spot might.
Cashing in at $950 million in earnings, the decade’s top spot goes to Dr. Dre, though the crown is more a testament to his business acumen than his artistic contributions. Through the decade, Dre only had one full release under his name in 2015 with Compton and hasn’t been on tour since the brief Home & Home concerts in 2010. However, Dre’s biggest achievement of the decade came with the sale of Beats—a company in which he had a 20% share—to Apple in 2014 for a whopping $3 billion. It appears he’s been riding that high ever since.