FX.co ★ Money for songs: top-12 world's richest musicians

The 12th place goes to the popular American singer Taylor Swift. The girl confidently won the big stage, becoming one of the most admired singers of contemporary songs in the country style.During the recent tour Swift earned $200 million. Her fortune is estimated at $250 million.

The 11th place is taken by Beyoncé. According to the last data, this singer's fortune is $265 million.

Another representative of the beautiful half of humanity - Lady Gaga - is in the 10th place. Currently, this outrageous musical performer owns $280 million.

The lead singer of the Kiss Gene Simmons occupies the 9th place. The leader of the rock band earned most of the money by selling albums (100 million albums were sold in 1973). Simmons' fortune is estimated at $ 300 million.

Mick Jagger, the leader of The Rolling Stones, took the 8th place. Jagger managed to earn $360 million over the years of performing.

The husband of the singer Beyoncé - the rapper and producer Jay-Z - is on the 7th place. During the years of his career, Sean Carter (real name of the musician) managed to save up $550 million.

The pop queen, the singer Madonna, occupies the 6th place. Her fortune is estimated at $560 million.

The 5th place goes to Bono (sir Paul Hewson). During the years of the career the musicians of the famous band U2 have sold 150 million records. Bono, the fortune of which is estimated at $ 600 million, is known as a successful businessman and generous philanthropist.

The 4th place is occupied by the hip hop singer Dr. Dre. Andre Romelle Young (the full name of the star), who is the cult musician in the USA, has the fortune of $700 millions.

Another hip-hop artist - P. Diddy (Sean Combs) opens the top three of the finalists. The rapper, producer and actor's fortune is estimated at $750 million.

The british composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is in the 2nd place. The fortune of the famous musicals author is estimated at $1.2 billion.

Sir Paul McCartney is recognized as the world's richest musician, the representative of the legendary quartet "The Beatles". This musician's fortune reaches $1.24 billion.