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Dr. Dre has been named by Forbes magazine as the highest paid musician.
Still defined as a musician despite having released barely any music for the last decade, Dre has taken home the rather substantial sum of $620 million in one year. This puts him at the top of Forbes' highest paid musician list and ahead of runner up Beyoncé by $500m.
His rather substantial earnings come off the back the $3 billion Apple purchase of his questionable Beats brand. This also means that the "rapper" featured in Forbes' Cash Kings 2014 list as well.
Meanwhile Beyoncé came in at No.2 with $115m, rock veterans The Eagles are at No.3 with $100m, Bon Jovi is at No.4 with $82m and Bruce Springsteen is at No.5 with $82m.
The rankings were compiled from a mixture of tour earnings, recorded music, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures.
The full list of top earning musicians reads:
Dr Dre - $620m (£395m)
Beyoncé - $115m (£73m)
The Eagles - $100m (£64m)
Bon Jovi - $82m (£52m)
Bruce Springsteen - $81m (£52m)
Justin Bieber - $80m (£51m)
One Direction - $75m (£48m)
Paul McCartney - $71m (£45m)
Calvin Harris - $66m (£42m)
Toby Keith: $65m (£41m)
Taylor Swift: $64m (£41m)
Jay Z - $60m (£38m)
Diddy - $60m (£38m)
Bruno Mars - $60m (£38m)
Justin Timberlake - $57m (£36m)
Pink - $52m (£33m)
Michael Buble - $51m (£33m)
Rihanna - $48m (£30m)
Rolling Stones - $47m (£30m)
Roger Waters - $46m (£29m)
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