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8 Rock Artists that Made Forbes’ 2020 Highest-Paid Celebrities List

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Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter
June 5th, 2020 10:50 AM

Forbes released its Highest-Paid Celebrities list for 2020, and some of the biggest names in rock made the top 100.

The entire top 100 list made a combined $6.1 billion, with top rock artist Elton John accounting for $81 million of that total, which landed him at number 14 on the list. Topping the list at number one was Kylie Jenner earning $590 million due to selling “51% of Kylie Cosmetics to publicly traded Coty, Inc. in January 2019 for $600 million; she pocketed $540 million, pretax.”

So, which other rockers joined Sir Elton on the list? Scroll through the gallery below to find out who, their ranking and how much they made.

  • 14. Elton John

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    $81 Million.

  • 32. The Rolling Stones

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    $59 Million

  • 75. The Eagles

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    $41 Million.

  • 78. Metallica

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    $40.5 Million.

  • 87. Bon Jovi

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    $38 Million.

  • 87. U2

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    $38 Million.

  • 91. Paul McCartney

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    $37 Million.

  • 95. KISS

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    $36.5 Million.

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock news blogger who's well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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