This American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and film score composer is the founder, lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the popular rock band Nine Inch Nails. Outside of Nine Inch Nails, he has also contributed to numerous renown works of artists, films and even video games. He, along with composer Atticus Ross, won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and an Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network.
Surprisingly, Reznor’s net worth is $70 million, which with all the different industries he’s involved in, seem relatively modest. But Reznor has never chased the money, and is truly committed to the art itself. In fact, he’s an outspoken critic of the music industry, which is why he’s published several albums independently, and he even encourages fans to steal his music.
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Sia’s career got off to a rocky start as a solo artist, but in 2005 she opted instead to collaborate with other artists. Before long, her hit single “Titanium,” produced along with David Guetta, was peaking on Top 10 lists within the U.S., Australia, and diverse European regions. However, Sia wasn't happy with the success of the single, since she was hoping to retire and leave the spotlight.
Additionally, from 2011 to 2013, Sia co-wrote songs for several recording artists, including Beyoncé, Kylie Minogue, Flo Rida, and Rihanna. Her joint work with Flo Rida peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ‘Wild Ones’ was the tenth most popular song of 2012, globally.
$510 million
The Guinness Book of World Records named Mariah Carey the "Songbird Supreme". This is due in part to her unbelievable five-octave vocal range, power, style, and use of whistle tones. She got her start to fame in 1990, when she was signed to Columbia Records. She then released her debut album, which topped the US Billboard 200 for 11 weeks. Carey became the only artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the chart.
Carey became Sony’s highest-selling act, with the follow-up albums Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995). Billboard called her the most successful artist of the 1990s - at the same time the World Music Awards honored her as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s.
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Justin was discovered in 2008 by a talent manager through his YouTube channel, where he covered songs. Shortly after, he signed to RBMG. It was then that Bieber released his debut EP, My World. The album was certified platinum in the US. Justin became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record rank on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010, Bieber released his first full-length album, My World 2.0. The album debuted at number one and was certified triple platinum in the US.
Bieber was a part of many successful collaborations, including "Cold Water", "Let Me Love You", "Despacito (Remix)", and "I'm the One". His album and singles sales total an incredible 44.7 million. He has sold 140 million records, which makes him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He also became the second person to gain 100 million followers on Twitter, only after Katy Perry.
$500 Million
With a net worth standing at $500 million to date, Gloria Estefan is one of the most successful musicians of all times. Born in Cuba, Estefan and her family immigrated to American during the Cuban Revolution, where she would eventually become a world famous songwriter, singer, actress and entrepreneur. The majority of her fortune comes from selling over 100 Million records across the world. Music critics widely regard her as the most successful crossover Latin music performer in the history of the industry.
In 1974 she became a naturalized United States citizen, and a few years later she started her music career as the lead singer in a band called the Miami Latin Boys. As a solo artist Estefan has won as many as 7 Grammys Awards, a Hispanic Heritage Award, MTV Video Music Award, Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement and also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fun fact: because of Estefan's prolific language she was once approached by the CIA to be recruited, but declined, after she decided to focus on her music instead.