Taylor Swift and Post Malone have topped Billboard's list of the biggest money makers in music for 2020.
The two were the only artists to bring in more than $20-million during the pandemic year in the four categories looked at by the music trade -- streaming, sales, publishing and touring. Swift, at $23.8-million, topped Malone's figure by $600,000. Celine Dion and the Eagles were the only other artists to top $15-million.
•Swift and Malone led a large contingent of high earning pop, hip-hop and R&B artists that also included Billie Eilish (number-five), Drake (number-six), Young Boy Never Broke Again (number-9) and Lil Baby (number-10), The Weeknd (number-11), Eminem (number-14), Lil Uzi Vert (number-15), Da Baby (number-17) and BTS (number-19) in the Top 20.
•Among classic rock and pop artists, the Eagles beat out Queen (number-seven), The Beatles (number-eight), AC/DC (number-13), Metallica (number-18), Pink Floyd (number-20), Fleetwood Mac (number-29), KISS (number-33), The Rolling Stones (number-34), Billy Joel (number-39) and Aerosmith (number-40).
•Luke Combs (number-16) was the top earning country artist, with George Strait (number 26) and Blake Shelton (number-28) the only others in the Top 40.
Billboard's Top 40 2020 earners (in millions) are:
1.Taylor Swift - $23.8
2.Post Malone - $23.2
3.Celine Dion - $17.5
4.Eagles - $16.3
5.Billie Eilish - $14.7
6.Drake - $14.2
7.Queen - $13.2
8.The Beatles - $12.9
9.Young Boy Never Broke Again - $11.9
10.Lil Baby - $11.7
11.The Weeknd - $10.4
12.Aventura - $10.2
13.AC/DC - $10.1
14.Eminem - $9.7
15.Lil Uzi Vert - $9.5
16.Luke Combs - $9.2
17.Da Baby - $9.1
18.Metallica - $9.0
19.BTS - $8.9
20.Pink Floyd - $8.8
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