Forbes Reveals Top Entertainment Earners In 2022 – And It’s Aging Rockers Who Top The Charts

Aging rocker Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (better known as Sting) and the band Genesis — fronted by musician Phil Collins — topped Forbes’ list of the top ten earners in the entertainment business for 2022.

Forbes List revealed — which included several musicians and several television series creators along with a couple of film actors and directors — in an article that was published on Monday. Their 2022 hauls were between $88 million and $230 million.

Tenth was the Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny (28), who made $88 million through two tours, lucrative endorsement deals and the movie. “Bullet Train.”

Ninth was fan-favorite Taylor Swift, 33, who raked in a cool $92 million in 2022 — most of which came from sales of her older music. Swift was the only female entertainer to reach the top ten in 2022 and has reached the top ten six other times.

James Cameron, Director, 68. His long-awaited film is now available. “Avatar” sequel has topped the box office for weeks, came in eighth with $95 million in earnings — driven primarily by the success of “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

The Rolling Stones brought in over $98 million from a 15-city European tour – which, according to a Report The New York Post reported that Keith Richards’ and Mick Jagger’s nightly earnings came to $8.5million per night. Both are 79-year-old. They landed at number seven.

Sixth place went to actor Brad Pitt, a 59-year old, who made $100 million in 2022 through the sale of his Plan B production business. He also had several film projects. “Bullet Train” And “Babylon.”

“The Simpsons” creators Matt Groening and James L. Brooks ranked fifth after securing a deal to move the series from FX to stream exclusively on Disney+ — a deal that netted them an estimated $105 million in 2022.

Trey Parker, Matt Stone and other cartoon creators are also here (“South Park”With $160 million from a Paramount deal and an HBOMax deal as well as their hit musical/comedy, ), ranked fourth on the list. “The Book of Mormon.”

Number three was writer, director, producer, and actor Tyler Perry — who brought in an estimated $175 million from a number of different projects.

Sting landed in the number two spot after inking a deal to sell his entire music catalog — both as a solo artist and with his band The Police — to Universal Music Group. His 2022 total reached $210 million.

Phil Collins fronted Genesis with $230 million in 2022 earnings. This was due to the sale of much of his catalog to Concord Music Group.

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