Top Earning Females in Music Industry

Ever wondered what it is like to be a female in the music industry; well, it must be pretty good feeling…at least in terms of money earning potential. There aren’t many female as much as male there is in the music entertainment industry, so their chances of making a bunch of money is higher.

Madonna made $72 million. She is an ever-morphing singer still outsells artists half her age. She tops the Cash Queens list thanks largely to her record-breaking Confessions tour, plus income from album sales, an apparel line with retailer H&M and a deal with NBC to air concert footage.

Barbra Streisand made $60 million. She is a 65-year-old legend, with 145 million albums sold worldwide to her credit, drew legions of die-hard fans to her short (and rare) concert series that wrapped in Europe last summer. Some tickets sold for upward of $1,000 apiece.

Celine Dion the Canadian diva made $45 million. Her landmark Las Vegas concert drew some 3 million fans and grossed upward of $450 million during its five-year run, which ended in December.