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Billboard has revealed a report of the highest-paid musicians of 2020 in the U.S. and some of the results may be surprising.
The 2020 Money Makers report which used 2020 U.S.-only MRC Data and Billboard Boxscore statistics determined which acts raked in the most money, juding by their streaming, sales publishing and touring, which was not much of a possibility last year due to the pandemic. Revenue from merchandising, synchronization or livestream gigs was not included.
Topping this year’s list, to little surprise, is Taylor Swift, who
Billboard reports earned $23.8 million in 2020, made up of $10.6 million from streaming, $10 million from sales and $3.2 million from publishing. The top spot is in primarily due to the success of Swift’s two latest LPs,
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