What Music Stars Earn Per Second

Using data from the annual year-end Forbes magazine story that reports
what the world’s highest paid musicians made over the year, the
website Sky Range has done the math and calculated what those stars
made per second in 2014.

– Dr. Dre, thanks to the deal his Beats Electronics company made with
Apple, Dre made $620 million last year, or $19.66 per second.
– Justin Bieber made $80 million in 2014, or $2.54 a second.
– Beyonce made $115 million, $3.65 every second of the year.
– Taylor Swift earned $2.03 a second, or $64 million for the year.
– Bruce Springsteen earned $2.57 a second last year, or $81 million.
– Celine Dion pulled down $36 mill, which is $1.14 per second.
– Paul McCartney made a jaw-dropping $71 million, or $2.25 a second.
– Kenny Chesney made $44 million in 2014, or $1.40 per second.
– Toby Keith earned $65 million, or $2.06 per second.
– Jason Aldean – $37 million, or $1.17 per second.
– Luke Bryan made $34 million, or $1.08 per second.
– P. Diddy made $1.90 a second.
– Jay Z also made $1.90 a second.
– Drake made $1.05 per second in 2014