celeb news Forbes releases annual list of billionaires, 4 musicians make the list

[Nefertiti0]

Forbes has released its annual list of the world's richest people. 

A record 3,028 people are now certified billionaires, which is 247 more than last year; they're collectively worth a reported $16.1 trillion. One of the recent inductees into the club is Bruce Springsteen with a net worth of $1.2 billion. 
 

Musicians on Forbes' 2025 World's Billionaires list: 

• No. 1462: Jay-Z ($2.5 billion)
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion | Age: 55 | Citizenship: U.S.
The hip-hop icon's portfolio is vast, encompassing assets like his champagne brand Armand de Brignac, his cognac label D'Usse, a stake in Uber that he bought in the app's early days, an impressive art collection (including pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat) and of course, his own music catalog. Jay-Z cashed in on his liquor brands in 2021 and 2023, selling stakes to LVMH and Bacardi for hundreds of millions each.

• No. 2110: Taylor Swift ($1.6 billion)
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion | Age: 35 | Citizenship: U.S.
The pop star became a billionaire in 2023 after taking home an estimated $190 million after taxes for just the first leg of her famous Eras Tour. The rest of her fortune is based on the value of her music catalog, plus music royalties and additional touring. She's stashed about $115 million in a swath of homes from Rhode Island to Tennessee.

• No. 2356: Rihanna ($1.4 billion)
Net Worth: $1.4 Billion | Age: 37 | Citizenship: Barbados
Rihanna came into the limelight with pop hits like "Pon de Replay" (2005) and "Umbrella" (2007), continued to release hit music through her last record Anti (2016) and is currently teasing another album nearly a decade later. But it's her lingerie company Savage X Fenty—which raised $125 million in a 2022 funding round—and cosmetics business Fenty Beauty that made her a billionaire.

• No. 2623: Bruce Springsteen ($1.2 billion)
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion | Age: 75 | Citizenship: U.S.
The "Born to Run" singer's biggest payday came in 2021, when he sold his music catalog to Sony for some $500 million. But Springsteen also had a lucrative run on Broadway with an eponymous show and has made hundreds of millions from touring and album sales. The Boss has declined to comment to Forbes about his wealth but claimed to The Telegraph last year that he's not a billionaire because he "spent too much money on superfluous things."
 

One musician who didn't make the Forbes list is Selena Gomez, despite Bloomberg reporting last year that she's worth $1.3 billion with much of her wealth coming from Rare Beauty cosmetics business.

forbes.com/billionaires/ source
 

[Breathe On Moi]

#EatTheRich 

[Taylor fanboy]

Tax them BERNIE & AOC!

[Junipero]

Where is Ava Max? I swear the whole music industry is trying to block her from achieving success.

[Tylerbv]

1 minute ago, Junipero said:

Where is Ava Max? I swear the whole music industry is trying to block her from achieving success.

She's on the trillionaire list

[byzantium]

Seize and redistribute the assets of the rich! 

[Wicked]

Way too many billionaires for certain world issues to still exist. 

[LovingDays]

I feel like there is something a little icky about celebrating billionaires like this 

Like what is this picture...

[slw84]

Aren't they missing a huge music superstar?

I thought Beyonce crossed the B mark a few years back???

[Loca]

Death to each and every one of them

[_Fey]

One list I'm glad my faves aren't in. Eat them.

[HASHTAGPOW]

Notice how Rita Ora isn't on the list 

[shookspeare]

where's Ellie Goulding

[getBusy]

34 minutes ago, Nefertiti0 said:

Citizenship: Barbados

Immigrant excellence 

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

Where's Vanessa Carlton

[Parachutes]

I thought Paul McCartney was up there too

[dumbsparce]

16 minutes ago, slw84 said:

Aren't they missing a huge music superstar?

I thought Beyonce crossed the B mark a few years back???

The list is about musicians 

[family.guy123]

2 minutes ago, dumbsparce said:

The list is about musicians 

Taylor Swift is on the list 

[dumbsparce]

Just now, family.guy123 said:

Taylor Swift is on the list 

Good for her 

[Katamari]

taylor and bruce doing that off their music alone is pretty amazing i will say that  tyler perry too since he used to live in his car  

[Jay07]

It would be interesting to calculate how much of the entire world's wealth is accumulated by these 3000 people. 

 

Yeah, eat the rich.

[Park Jinyoung]

@Bernie @AOC get in here girls

[mathekr]

What Wendy said

[cuteboyzay]

1 hour ago, slw84 said:

Aren't they missing a huge music superstar?

I thought Beyonce crossed the B mark a few years back???

Beyoncé neverrr reports her Net-Worth to any of them. She's been at a billion since like 2016-2018 I think (her father confirmed in an interview or sumn). I remember when she was worth like 500M already in 2013, lmao!

[Venice B]

What Wendy said