Top 15 Highest Paid Musicians of 2025 -

In this article we will read about 15 Highest Paid Musicians The year 2025 was a watershed moment for the music industry, as top musicians achieved record-breaking earnings thanks to chart-topping albums, global tours, and high-value strategic alliances. From tremendous music sales to revolutionary deals, these stars changed the global entertainment landscape and established new benchmarks of success.

Forbes magazine has compiled a list of the 15 Highest Paid Musicians artists that earned the most money this year from their music.

15. Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga made more than $100 million from her tour. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP.)

Lady Gaga released her album Mayhem, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and earned her fourteenth Grammy Award. Her The Mayhem Ball tour was a huge commercial success, grossing more over $100 million in its first leg.

14. Metallica

Metallica’s M72 tour generated $40 million. (Photo: Courtesy OCESA/Cuartoscuro.com)

2025 earnings: $53 million.

The band resumed its M72 World Tour, appearing in more than 30 cities around the world and earning approximately $40 million in concert ticket and product sales combined.

13.Tyler

Tyler, The Creator boosted his earnings through album sales. (Photo: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)

The Creator’s projected earnings in 2025 are $53 million.

Tyler, The Creator’s rap tour was the second highest-grossing of the year, bringing in $174.5 million. He also released Don’t Tap the Glass, his ninth studio album, which sold 197,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming his fourth chart-topping album.

Forbes projected that at the end of the year, the 34-year-old musician had sold 9.75 million album-equivalent units globally, netting almost $25 million.

12. Ed Sheeran.

Ed Sheeran grossed $875.7 million on his latest tour. (Photo: REUTERS/Steve Marcus)

2025 earnings: $60 million

Ed Sheeran completed his four-year $+=÷× (Mathematics) Tour, earning $875.7 million globally. Following the publication of his album Play, he embarked on the Loop Tour, which will include further dates in 2026.

11. Post Malone

In 2025, Post Malone earned $62 million. (Photo: Kevin Jairaj – Imagn Images)

2025 earnings: $62 million

During his Big Ass Stadium Tour, Post Malone grossed $197.8 million and celebrated his birthday with a sold-out show, establishing his presence in major international stadiums.

10- Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny was named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Henry Romero)

In 2025, Bad Bunny’s earnings are expected to be $66 million.

The Puerto Rican artist was crowned Spotify’s Global Top Artist, with 19.8 billion worldwide streams. His No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residence and presence at Super Bowl LX increased his revenues greatly in 2025.

9. Zach Bryan’s

Zach Bryan firmó un acuerdo con Warner Records valorado en 350 millones de dólares. (Captura de video: YouTube)

2025 earnings: $70 million.

The country artist inked a $350 million contract with Warner Records and made more than $20 million from his Quittin’ Time tour, establishing his place as one of the genre’s most successful musicians.

8. Chris Brown’s

Chris Brown’s The Breezy Bowl XX Stadium tour grossed $285 million. (Photo: REUTERS/Danny Molo Shok)

2025 earnings: $74 million.

Chris Brown received his second Grammy Award for 11:11 Deluxe and completed The Breezy Bowl XX Stadium Tour, which grossed $285 million in just four months. Forbes predicts that he earned $73 million in 2025 from touring and royalties combined.

7. Drake

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Drake logró más de 50 millones de dólares en streaming. (Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports)

2025 earnings: $78 million.

The Canadian musician began the year touring Oceania and releasing the joint album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. He did over 40 live gigs, making over $30 million in concert income, with streaming from his eight-album repertoire bringing in an extra $50 million.

6. Shakira

2025 earnings: $105 million.

The Colombian queen created history with her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour, which was the highest-grossing Latin music tour ever by a female artist, earning $327.4 million. Throughout the tour, she shared touching family moments on stage with her children, strengthening her emotional connection with audiences around the world.

5. Coldplay

Coldplay earned over $375 million from their latest tour. (Photo: Europa Press)

2025 earnings: $105 million.

The British band continued their Music of the Spheres globe tour with approximately 50 stadium gigs in Asia, North America, and the Middle East. Coldplay’s estimated revenue of $375 million cemented their place as one of the world’s highest-grossing rock acts.

4. Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar encabezoel show de medio tiempo del Super Bowl 2025. (AP foto/Matt Slocum)

2025 earnings: $109 million.

The rapper headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime concert and went on the Grand National Tour with SZA, earning $358.7 million. In 2025, his 2024 album GNX sold more than one million units in the United States, becoming the first hip-hop album to do so.

3. Beyoncé

2025 earnings: $148 million.

Queen Bey officially became a billionaire with her Cowboy Carter Tour, which included 32 gigs and grossed $407.6 million, surpassing stadium revenue records. Beyoncé’s approach of mini-residences and performances in just nine cities enabled her to earn over $400 million in record time, cementing her place among the most successful performers in history.

2) Taylor Swift

2025 earnings: $202 million.

The pop queen began a new era with The Life of a Showgirl, her eleventh studio album, which broke sales records in 2025, including the biggest first-week album sales ever. Her The Eras Tour, combined with a Disney+ documentary contract about the tour, generated an additional $80 million in revenue.

Taylor Swift made a strategic move by reclaiming the rights to her first six albums, gaining control of her catalog and expanding her financial and artistic legacy. In 2025, sales of her music reached 14.7 million units equivalent to albums, more than doubling that of the second most sold artist.

1. The Weekend

The Weekend fue el músico mejor pagado en 2025. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

2025 earnings: $298 million.

Abel Tesfaye, also known as The Weekend, finished the year as the highest-paid musician, thanks to a string of notable accomplishments. In January, he released his sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 490,500 album equivalent copies in its first week.

His After Hours Til Dawn tour grossed more than $1 billion, making it one of just three tours in history to do so and setting a record for the highest-grossing tour by a single male artist.