Forbes released its annual highest paid musicians of 2017 with Diddy retaining the top spot once again.
Four black artiste lead the back on this year list as opposed to last year where Taylor swift(who took the top spot) was followed by One direction, Adele, Madonna and Rihanna.
The data was compiled over a year time, based on pretax earning between June 1 2016, to June 1 2017, money their lawyer and agent chargers.
Here is the list of highest earning musicians of 2017
1. Diddy($130m) Diddy earned a cool $130 million during that time from his mostly anticipated Bad boy Family reunion tour as well as his lucrative business endeavour including his liqour brand Ciroc and selling a stake of his brand Sean John
2. Beyonce($105m) Beyonce creeps up behind Diddy with $105million, having a disparity of 25million dollar. Most of her earning were gotten from her formation world tour.
3. Drake($94m)Next up is the hottest MCee in HipHop at the moment. Drake made a whooping $94m thanks to his boy meets world tour combined with his endorsement deals from Nike, Apple Music, Sprite.
4. Weekend($92m)
5 .Coldplay ($88m)
6. Guns N' Roses($84m)
7. Justin Bieber($83.5m) Youngest on the list, who earned the biggest annual figure of his career, thanks to 105 live shows that took place during the forbes scoring period. He also reaped the reward of a lucrative Calvin Klein endorsement deal, a series of 'justMoji' icons and more than a billion streams many of which will have come from his massive hit collaboration 'Despacito' with Daddy Yankee and Loius Fonzi.
8. Bruce Springsteen ($75m)
9. Adele($69m)
10. Metallica($66.5m)
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