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They're amongst the most famous and feted people in the world - with armies of fans following their every move and snapping up every merch drop and concert ticket.
The leading singers in the global music industry can earn millions of dollars from streaming revenue and selling vast numbers of vinyl, compact discs, and cassettes (apparently they’re back).
Whether you’re talking solo artists or frontmen and frontwomen of rock bands, singing songs is a serious business that directly and indirectly employs millions.
Add in money-spinning tours (flicking the switch on dynamic pricing to get an extra bob or two), advertising and sponsorship deals, shrewd investments, and £50 tshirts, and these glittering icons can become fabulously wealthy - doubly so if they also write their own material.
Here are the 28 richest singers in the world in 2025, according to CelebrityNetWorth.
13. Sting - $550 million
Gordon Sumner received his Sting nickname due to his habit of wearing a black and yellow striped jumper. His estimated fortune of $550 million has been earned by swapping a succesful period fronting band The Police for an even more lucrative solo career. He's still touring and will play Glasgow's Bellahouston Park this summer. | Getty Images for Breast Cancer R
14. Gloria Estefan - $500 million
Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, famous for such global mega-hits as Get On Your Feet and Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, has earned around $500 million over the course of her career - helped by the Miami Sound Machine. | Getty Images for Real Women Have
15. Bob Dylan - $500 million
Another artist still touring and the only rock star on this list who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature - in fact the only rock star to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature - Bob Dylan is worth around $500 million. His switch from folk to rock music in the 1960s was controvertial but immensely profitable - as portrayed in Oscar-nominated film A Complete Unknown. | Getty Images
16. Mick Jagger - $500 million
Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger is still recording new music and touring at the age of 81 - adding to his current fortune thought to be around $500 million. | Getty Images