Kenny Chesney Among Billboard’s Top Earners

Billboard has released their annual rankings of the Top 40 highest-earning musicians of the past 12 months. Live performances were still the biggest earnings driver which is one of the reason Kenny Chesney came in at No. 5, and ranks as country’s highest earner on the list.  Country artists made up nearly half of the Top 20.

The chart was compiled using a method that calculates various sources of income including earnings from touring, music sales, publishing royalties and revenue from digital music and video services for downloads, as well as on-demand and noninteractive streaming.

The full list is below:

#40 Blake Shelton – $5,914,591.11
#39 Mumford & Sons – $6,168,737.62
#38 Rod Stewart – $6,459,568.26
#37 Zac Brown Band – $6,682,797.58
#36 Andrea Bocelli – $6,732,442.76
#35 Journey – $6,983,106.58
#34 Jay-Z – $7,011,905.17
#33 Maroon 5 – $7,159,923.53
#32 The Black Keys – $7,358,679.41
#31 Phish – $7,382,514.39
#30 One Direction – $7,955,840.71
#29 – Elton John – $8,575,518.13
#28 – Rush – $8,719,834.30
#27 Miranda Lambert – $8,818,536.04
#26 The Rolling Stones – $9,276,084.10
#25 Red Hot Chili Peppers – $9,477,807.56
#24 Drake – $9,504,992.38
#23 Toby Keith – $9,805,764.04
#22 Trans-Siberian Orchestra – $9,959,362.28
#21 Neil Diamond – $10,498,985.38
#20 Barbra Streisand – $10,611,419.16
#19 Rascal Flatts – $10,777,282.68
#18 Eric Church – $11,015,773.11
#17 Nickelback – $11,121,419.71
#16 Carrie Underwood – $11,942,956.65
#15 Taylor Swift – $12,695,783.32
#14 Brad Paisley – $12,848,724.84
#13 Celine Dion – $12,927,494.01
#12 Lady Antebellum – $12,968,992.17
#11 Adele – $13,906,635.76
#10 Justin Bieber – $15,944,293.10
#9 Coldplay – $17,300,144.34
#8 Jason Aldean – $17,578,651.96
#7 Tim McGraw – $18,329,167.89
#6 Dave Matthews Band – $18,903,334.14
#5 Kenny Chesney – $19,148,525.24
#4 Van Halen – $20,184,709.91
#3 Roger Waters – $21,160,131.06
#2 Bruce Springsteen – $33,443,606.64
#1 Madonna – $34,577,308.62

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