{"id":2324680,"date":"2026-03-12T13:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2324680"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:29:22","slug":"forbes-publishes-its-latest-estimates-on-music-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/forbes-publishes-its-latest-estimates-on-music-billionaires\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes publishes its latest estimates on music billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-264703\">\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<p>These are high times for the world\u2019s first double-music-billionaire household. Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z\u2019s combined fortunes are now $3.8bn according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/idonnkanga\/2026\/03\/10\/the-worlds-celebrity-billionaires-2026\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes\u2019 update of its \u2018Celebrity Billionaires\u2019 rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It marks Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s debut in the list after Forbes\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musically.com\/2026\/01\/05\/forbes-says-beyonce-is-fifth-musician-to-become-a-billionaire\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared her to have become a billionaire in January this year<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the sixth musician to have crossed \u201cthe three-comma threshold\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay-Z\u2019s fortune is estimated at $2.8bn, having nearly tripled since he entered the billionaire ranks in 2019. He ranks sixth in the Forbes list, making him the top musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Swift is catching up with him, however. She places seventh in this year\u2019s rankings with an estimated $2bn fortune that has doubled since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forbes breaks this down as $1bn in \u201cwealth amassed from royalties and touring\u201d plus $100m of real estate and a catalogue valued at $900m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce Springsteen ($1.2bn), Rihanna ($1bn) and Dr Dre ($1bn) are the other musicians to make the list of 22 celebrity billionaires, which is topped by Steven Spielberg with his net wealth of $7.1bn.<\/p>\n\n<section id=\"block-35\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"><nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2 wp-block-jetpack-related-posts\" data-layout=\"grid\" aria-label=\"Related Stories\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Stories<\/h3><\/nav><\/section><section id=\"block-32\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"><aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/section><section id=\"block-25\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n\n<\/section>\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n\n\t\n<\/div>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source musically.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are high times for the world\u2019s first double-music-billionaire household. Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z\u2019s combined fortunes are now $3.8bn according to\u00a0Forbes\u2019 update of its \u2018Celebrity Billionaires\u2019 rankings. It marks Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s debut in the list after Forbes\u00a0declared her to have become a billionaire in January this year\u00a0\u2013 the sixth musician to have crossed \u201cthe three-comma threshold\u201d. 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