Forbes: Top 10 highest paid celebrities in 2022 (10 photos)

3 July 2023

Each Forbes magazine ranks famous personalities, who earned the largest royalties during the year. And these sums really colossal. So let's see which stars have entered This list is for 2022. Oh yes, it's important to note that Forbes takes into account amounts that have been earned by celebrities for any kind of activity, not just for their creativity.

Rapper Bad Bunny — 10th place

Revenue: $88 million

Puerto Rican musician performing rap combined with Caribbean reggae, fell in love with millions of people around the world. His speeches attract with their outrageous and unique program. No wonder that each of them gathers a full hall. The guy earns not only on concerts. A pretty good part of his income comes from contracts with brands Corona, Cheetos and Adidas.

Singer Taylor Swift - 9th place

Revenue: $92 million

Incredibly, Taylor Swift is one of the few performers whose income is mostly based on sales of musical products. Experts suggest that in 2023 the singer will be able to earn at times more, because in the USA she will have to play as many as 52 shows.

Film director James Cameron - 8th place

Revenue: $95 million

Thanks to the resounding success of Avatar: The Way of the Water, the director was able to enrich himself by 95 million dollars. By the way, according to the terms of the contract, Cameron also received generous cash bonuses for overcoming certain marks in the box office.

The Rolling Stones — 7th place

Revenue: $98 million

Over the past year, the artists were able to make great money only on tour fees and royalties.

Actor Brad Pitt - 6th place

Revenue: $100 million

Sale of a controlling stake in the production company Plan B earned Pitt over $113 million (before taxes). The actor received an additional income of 30 million for his roles in films "Faster than a Bullet", "Babylon" and "The Lost City".

Film director and animator James Brooks and Matt Groening — 5th place

Revenue: $105 million

In April 2019, the creators of The Simpsons, along with their offspring moved from FX to Disney+. Now Brooks and Gray are cashing in on their copyrighted content is significantly more money than before. Every year they revenue is at least $105 million.

Film director and animator Trey Parker and Matt Stone — 4th place

Revenue: $160 million

The legendary creators of the cartoon "South Park" can boast excellent earnings from deals concluded with HBO Max and Paramount. The guys received additional income this year from comedy musical called The Books of Mormon.

Actor Tyler Perry — 3rd place

Revenue: $210 million

For the second year in a row, Perry is in the top ten highly paid artists. Such statistics are not surprising, because the actor, part-time screenwriter and director makes excellent money, receiving income from film production, shows on the BET channel and the whole complex film sets and sound stages he owns in Atlanta.

Singer Sting - 2nd place

Revenue: $210 million

Sting managed to earn as much as $300 million (before paying taxes) on the sale of his music catalog, which includes hits, recorded during a solo career and during the existence of the group "The police." The rights to the music were obtained by Universal Music Group.

Group "Genesis" - 1st place

Revenue: $230 million

British rock band members get 300 richer in 2022 million dollars (before tax) by selling the rights to his musical Concord Music project group.