Dr. Dre beats out Taylor Swift as top music earner of the decade as Forbes announces top celebrity earner

By ADAM S. LEVY

 

King of the hill: Dr. Dre beat out Taylor Swift for the title of music's top earner of the decade, garnering $950 million over the past 10 years with his 20 percent ownership of Beats. He was snapped last year in LA 

 

Nobody forgot about Dre this decade, as Dr. Dre beat out Taylor Swift for the title of music's top earner of the decade.

 

The 54-year-old artist, according to Forbes, was the highest-earning artist of the past decade thanks to his headphone company Beats.

 

The rapper, whose full name is Andre Romelle Young, made $950 million over the past 10 years with his 20 percent ownership of Beats.

 

Dre, whose last album release came four years ago with 2015's Compton, sold the company to Apple in a $3 billion deal five years ago.

 

Full Story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7823877/Dr-Dre-beats-Taylor-Swift-music-earner-decade-Forbes-announces-celebs.html

I just had to visit to see who gives a hoot. 555!

Good to see the battlers managing to keep food on the table.

Thanks Dre for taking us backwards from tiny, modern ear buds back to giant 70s-era ear muffs. ????

Edited December 25, 20196 yr by SiSePuede419

Had to click on the story to see who he is.

 So he gets to be called the best earning performer because he allowed his name to be used on a product?

^^ He co-founded and was a big part of developing the product. Also rakes in huge amounts from multiple albums of course. I'm not a lover of hip-hop, but, at least compared to a lot of the tat around nowadays, he produced some quality stuff. He was also the dude that 'recognized' Eminem... not that the dinosaurs on here could care less.  Anyone who's seen Training Day might recognize him.

Quality fella if you ask me.