Famous pop singers. American singers - owners of the "golden voice"

Every year, authoritative magazines publish ratings, the participants of which are people who have achieved greatest success in any type of activity. In 2016, Forbes calculated the salaries of world-famous singers to determine which of these talented individuals could earn the most.

Nowadays, vocal abilities and the quality of the compositions performed have less and less influence on the singers’ fees. Much big role popularity, theme and participation in various promotions play a role. Therefore, it is not at all strange that the rating 10 highest paid singers in the world 2016 In 2009, the group included media personalities who were “riding” on their past merits, rather than providing unique and original musical content. There were some performers here too legendary hits, such as the soundtrack to the film "Titanic", but much more representatives of pop culture, target audience which are teenagers.

10. Celine Dion (Canada) $27 million

Some people have to travel all over the world several times a year. Earth and pay special attention to Europe and the United States to get an eight-figure sum, but this is not about Celine Dion. The owner of a unique voice, who performed the legendary “My Heart Will Go On,” was able to receive 27 million simply by performing in one of the most popular halls in Las Vegas, the Coliseum. About 15 thousand people agreed to enjoy the live performance of one of the most sensual singers in the world and pay a tidy sum for it.

9. $27.5 million

If the 2016 ranking of the world's highest-paid female singers only included country artists, Shania would have taken first place. In her third album, she still continues to master new techniques. The album sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the most popular of its kind. musical genre, as well as one of the most successful in modern times and in the 21st century in particular. Despite the fact that Twain is a native of Canada, it is quite difficult to get to her concert in her homeland. For this purpose, we recommend visiting Las Vegas, where the singer has lived for the last 15 years.

8. $30.5 million

Britney's story is like a phoenix rising from the ashes. At the peak of her popularity, due to drug problems, she found herself at the bottom, but was able to rise and regain the lion's share of her former greatness. This year saw the release of her latest album, which was warmly received by critics, and Britney was lucky enough to sign a contract with Planet Hollywood, a club in Las Vegas, which will add $35 million to her bank account over the next two years. In addition, Spears appeared in the world of perfumery, launching her own line of perfumes, and also became part of the digital world, participating in the launch of a game for smartphones.

7. $39.5 million

The ageless JLo was able to break into seventh place in the ranking of the highest paid singers in the world in 2016. She is a great example permanent job over herself, because Jennifer is one of the few who was able to survive the crisis of the pop scene at the beginning of the second decade of our century and find the right direction for own creativity. In her compositions you can hear both familiar pop motifs and elements of youth and club music. Her voice is not Lopez’s only source of income; she acts in films and TV series, advertises her own line of jewelry with precious stones and cosmetics from famous company L'Oreal.

6. $41 million

The current year has not been particularly productive, but the success of the “Prismatic World Tour” concert tour, which brought the singer 200 million, will allow her not to think about financial problems for a long time. If you follow news from the United States, you may have repeatedly noticed Katie participating in Hilary Clinton's election campaign, but the singer claims that it was her own choice and she did not receive any material dividends from the campaign. The Claire and H&M brands decided to take advantage of the popularity of one of the most incendiary pop singers of our time and offered excellent advertising contracts that were simply impossible to refuse.

5. Beyoncé Knowles (USA) $54 million.

Another album that blew up the charts and firmly established itself at their top, allowed Beyoncé to get into fifth place in the top ten highest paid singers in the world in 2016. The album "Lemonade" became even more anticipated after a successful world tour, during which some of the new songs were played. It is worth noting that the singer donates part of her own income to charitable foundations, and also, being a resident of the United States, pays huge taxes. We are confident that next year she will be able to significantly improve her results through song sales and performances on the biggest stages in North America.

4. $75 million.

Her songs never leave the airwaves of leading radio stations, her videos receive millions of views, and a ticket to even the most modest performance costs fans a tidy sum. However, this does not prevent the young singer from continuing to be commercially successful outside the stage. A shocking image acts like a magnet for advertising companies. Judge for yourself, in just the first six months, Rihanna was able to conclude four major deals at once: perfumes and clothing from Dior, electronics from Samsung, Puma sports equipment and custom fashion from Stance.

3. $76.5 million

Not the most productive year for the pop diva, but it still allows her to get into the top three with the highest paid singers in the world in 2016. “Rebel Heart,” Madonna’s last tour, turned out to be extremely profitable, with total grosses estimated at $170 million. In addition, no one doubts the dividends from supporting Hillary Clinton during the presidential race. A particular resonance was caused by the singer's shocking statement that she was ready to satisfy orally anyone who would vote for Hilary. Obviously, this was just a publicity stunt aimed at attracting public attention to his own person.

2. $85.5 million

Silver is awarded to a singer who, in most respects, differs from other representatives of the rating. Firstly, she is the author of all her compositions, which indicates that she has remarkable talent. Secondly, the lion's share of her income comes from the commercial success of her albums, the latest of which, “25,” became the best-selling album in the world. And thirdly, she is not at all averse to gathering a whole stadium or large site, because such events are rewarded with seven-digit numbers.

1. Taylor Swift (USA) 170 million.

The highest paid singer in the world in 2016 year - Taylor Swift. The singer’s sole victory comes from her stunningly successful “1989” tour, which brought in 200 million within the United States alone, and another quarter of this amount was received from foreign venues. Album sales also contributed - more than three million copies were sold in a year, and this does not take into account individual tracks on digital services. Swift is no stranger to the advertising business; she has become the face of several Apple projects, the Keds shoe brand, and ideal figure was a great illustration for a Diet Coke campaign.

Modern show business surprises us every year with new faces. New popular Russian singers appear on the starry Olympus more and more often, delighting fans with an original and sometimes rather banal repertoire.

The most popular singers in Russia shine on the largest concert stages, grace glossy magazines, perform at important events and excite fans on TV screens.

Often, popular Russian singers try themselves in a different role, acting in films, or trying themselves as leading grandiose television projects, but at the same time they manage to successfully perform and tour not only in Russia, but also abroad.

Popular singers of Russia, who have long taken their place in the bowels of show business, and already have their own audience of listeners and fans, cannot always boast only impeccable vocal abilities, they have a special charm, charisma, and, to be honest, gorgeous external characteristics that are a defining feature of their development in show business.

Young popular singers of Russia confidently compete with Russian celebrities the older generation, offering the public new songs, new presentation, new creative experiments.

Many popular Russian singers, despite their star status, are very simple and open people, who do not have star fever at all.

But there are popular ones Russian singers, the pathos of which is off the charts. They are stellar in their behavior, in their demands, in their lifestyle.

Such popular Russian singers are not just artists, they behave and present themselves like true stars, which is why they often stand out among the crowd of famous personalities in the world of show business.

Also in our photo top are popular Russian singers from young talents who have been on stage for only a few years, but are already collecting thousands concert halls, delighting his fans with good music.

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They have always been considered one of the most talented in the world. Possible reason This is due to their laconicism and amazing musicality. native language. But, most likely, they are inspired by Britney Spears, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Eminem and many other performers who caught fire in America.

Popular American artists

To determine yourself famous singer America, you just have to look at the level of their sales. Thus, over the entire period, listeners most often purchased musical work performers presented below. To the list of the most popular singers includes:

• Elvis Presley - music. His dynamic music and fiery dances conquered the whole world in their time.
• Michael Jackson is one of the most legendary singers. His melodies are still hummed to this day. Author of the amazing moonwalk.
• Madonna is a singer with stunning looks and figure. Her character and power are felt in every song.

• Mariah Carey is a frequent leader of the American charts. She is the one who is invited to the presidential inauguration, she is the one who sings at the memorial service for Michael Jackson and at a host of others. significant events.
• Eminem is an American rap artist. Awarded an Oscar for the song for the film.

Stars of the American sky of the 21st century

New stars actively began to light up in America after 2000. Until that moment, the bulk American performers were those who started their careers in the 90s or even earlier.

Not long ago in music world America burst in:

• Taylor Swift is a singer working in genres such as country and pop music.
• Selena Gomez is a pop singer who came to music after a successful acting career.
• Miley Cyrus is an incredibly extravagant pop star. Not only her songs, but also her extraordinary outfits always evoke a lot of emotions in the public.

• Justin Bieber is a singer who has risen to the top of his career in a very short time. a short time. At first he was just a YouTube star, and now he is adored by a multimillion-dollar audience.

The singer did what no one could do. got into the “daughter” of the main US chart with a song in Russian. In 2007, the track was placed at number 41 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. “I Will” had a chance to get into the Billboard Hot 100, if not for the rule according to which songs not released in the United States fly past the “Hot 100” in the cradle of show business.

Valeria - Wild!

In 2009, very unexpectedly, the singer’s single hit the Billboard Hot Dance Club. The chart shows the popularity of songs in American nightclubs.

The track debuted at #48 and was a national event. About stunning success not the most popular singer Almost all Russian publications wrote in Russia. To make it clear what kind of musical Chomolungma Valeria conquered, the publications specified that the single “American Dream” by Britney Spears was then ranked 45th. Over time, the track managed to reach number 25 and stay on the chart for more than 10 weeks.

Serebro

The group has several tracks that appeared in various international charts. "Mama Lover" entered the Japan Hot 100 (Japan's national chart) at number 49. And Mi Mi Mi - up to 88th line. The English version of “Mama Lyuba” also appeared in Mexico, reaching 19th place on the Mexico Airplay (radio chart). Residents of the Netherlands liked Mi Mi Mi more: in the Netherlands Digital Songs (download chart), the single peaked at number 8. But most of all Serebro is loved in Italy. Four songs of the group appeared in the download chart: Mama Lover, Mi Mi Mi, Kiss and Gun.

Yulia Kova

Singer Yulia Kova made her debut quite successfully on the international market. In 2008, her single Beep Beep peaked at number 27 on the Hot Dance Club Songs. And the song Sorry appeared on the Japan Hot 100, peaking at number 88. In Japan, the singer enjoyed such success that it was even planned to release a specialized version of the album “This Is Me.” But due to disagreements with the record company, the release was canceled.

Timati - Welcome to St. Tropez (feat. DJ Antoine)

The 2009 single reached number 1 on Billboard Luxembourg Digital Songs, number 2 on the German chart (the video was in hot rotation on local MTV), number 7 in Austria and France, and number 9 on Billboard Global Dance. Songs. 145 million views on YouTube!

"PPK" - Resurrection

The Russian electronic band first conquered the Internet, and then the national charts in Great Britain.

In 2001, the track “Resurrection” was included in the rotation of BBC Radio One. Perhaps thanks to this, the single soon reached third place in the UK Singles Charts. The track was based on a motif from the soundtrack Soviet film“Sibiriyada”, written by Eduard Artemyev.

“Gorky Park” - Try to Find Me

Now let’s remember about the artifact of ancient times that broke out from behind the Iron Curtain immediately after it rusted. The group's self-titled debut disc sold 300 thousand copies in the United States. This was in 1989. In "hot" numbers, it peaked at number 80 and spent two weeks overall on the Billboard 200. Only one song managed to make it onto the Billboard Hot 100. Try To Find Me reached number 81. The group was relatively successful in Norway and Denmark.

In the wake of interest in Russia at that time, many producers tried to find someone and promote them, but it didn’t work out very well. One can only recall the group “Aquarium”, whose long play Radio Silence was on the 198th place on Billboard in the same 1989.

Alsou - Before You Love Me

After a successful performance at Eurovision, the singer began to be promoted as the Russian Britney Spears. But something in the singer’s PR team did something wrong, and her single Before You Love Me was able to debut in 2001 on the UK Singles Chart only in 27th place and stay on the chart for only three weeks. Although it is worth admitting that the track was no different from the endless pop bubble gum that stormed the American and English charts at that time.

Leonid Rudenko - Everybody

The DJ's career began after he, rejected by Russian record companies, began sending his records via e-mail managers of Western labels. Soon he signed his first contract.

In 2009, the single Everybody entered the UK national chart. Having debuted in 24th place, he left the top 100 after just three weeks. The single later ranked second on the Upfront Club Chart's list of the top 100 tracks of the year.

t.A.T.u.

Three singles entered the UK charts: Not Gonna Get Us, All About Us and All the Things She Said, thanks to which she became number one Russian group, which reached the top of this chart. The song was in the lead for four weeks.

The group also achieved success in the USA. The debut English-language album, for example, ended up in 13th place on the Billboard 200.

But most of all t.A.T.u. loved in Japan. Here the record 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane sold 1.8 million copies. At that time, these were record sales among foreign artists. By the way, after the breakup of the group, one of the ex-members again submitted to Billboard. The remix of Lena Katina's single Never Forget managed to reach the top of the magazine's dance chart.

Rounding out the top 20 most influential female pop stars is Gloria Estefan(Gloria Estefan) - 53 years old latin singer and a songwriter who has won five Grammy Awards and sold over 90 million records.

In 19th place - Lily Allen(Lily Allen) is an English pop singer who won the 2010 Brit Awards nomination for best solo artist. The first single of Lily's second album, starting at number one in the British national chart, stayed there for a month, while the album itself became the top seller in the UK in the week of release.

The 18th place is occupied by the Canadian singer, songwriter, music producer and actress. Nelly Furtado(Nelly Furtado)¸ who took part in her first serious show in 2001 and has since sold 25 million of her albums.

American singer, songwriter and actress, Pink(Pink) ended up in 17th position. Popular performer Alecia Beth Moore became a member in early 2000. Having since won 2 Grammy Awards, 5 MTV Music Awards and 2 Brit Awards, Pink was recognized as the best female pop artist between 2000 and 2010 by Billboard magazine. According to the same magazine, she became the 6th highest-paid artist in 2009, earning $36 million in a year - and that’s just in the music industry.

became 16th Emmy Lee(Amy Lee) - vocalist of the group “Evanescence”, whose repertoire includes the album “Fallen” - one of eight albums in the history of rock that spent a whole year in the US Top 50. The band's music sounds at ten feature films And computer games, and behind its composition there are as many as 2 Grammy awards.

On the verge of leaving the top 15 most popular and best-selling - Kylie Minogue(Kylie Minogue) is an Australian singer, actress and songwriter. Since launching her career in 1987, the 42-year-old pop star has achieved record sales of more than $100 million (including sales of 40 million albums and 60 million singles). In addition, Kylie was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her services to music.

14th place went to the Canadian singer, songwriter, producer and actress Alanis Morissette(Alanis Morissette). The star, who began his career in 1984 as a teenager, has since sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.

Shania Twain(Shania Twain) - the Canadian singer, rightfully called one of the most successful contemporary country singers in the world, became 13th. The singer's seven singles reached number one on the US country charts; her third album is in 7th place on the overall list of best-selling albums in Canadian history. Shania is also currently the only performer in the world to have been awarded Diamond albums three times in a row.

On the 12th line is located Amy Winehouse(Amy Winehouse) - English singer, performing soul-pop with jazz influences, recognized by critics as one of the leading British performers of the 2000s. Amy's career includes 6 Grammy nominations and wins in 5 categories.

It turned out to be 11th Shakira(Shakira) - Colombian singer, dancer, songwriter, composer, music producer and philanthropist, who performed 150 concerts in 100 cities in 37 countries in 2005. That year, over 2,300,000 people attended her concerts around the world. In the fall of 2010, Shakira plans to release her seventh studio album, most of the songs of which will be in Spanish.

American pop singer, actress and former model Whitney Houston(Whitney Houston) rounded out the top ten influential women, who conquered the world with their vocals. The star, having sold more than 170 million albums and singles worldwide, was listed by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the 100 greatest performers of all time.

In 9th position - Beyoncé(Beyonce) is an American R&B singer, music producer, actress, dancer and model, declared the most popular by Billboard. successful performer 2000s and the top radio performer of the last decade. Having sold more than 35 million albums and singles in the United States, in 2010 the singer was ranked second in the Forbes ranking of “100 Most Powerful and Influential Celebrities in the World.”

8th place, according to Entertainment Weekly magazine, went to the American pop singer, dancer and actress Christina Aguilera(Christina Aguilera), who, with sales of more than 42 million albums worldwide, is ranked 20th on Billboard's Artist of the Decade list.

Mariah Carey(Mariah Carey) - American pop singer, producer and actress - on the 7th line of the top 20. Having sold over 100 million albums worldwide, Mariah was named the best-selling pop singer of the millennium. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the third most popular singer in the world.

42-year-old Canadian singer, actress, songwriter and businesswoman Celine Dion(Celine Dion) came in at No. 6, thanks to sales of more than 200 million albums worldwide. Celine is also the only female artist to have sold over two million singles in the UK.

Almost left the top five most influential singers Cyndi Lauper(Cyndi Lauper) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress, winner of the Grammy and Emmy awards. 57-year-old Cindy's total record sales, which include 11 albums and more than 40 singles, exceed 25 million copies.

4th position went to Tina Turner(Tina Turner) - American singer and actress, whose music career lasted more than 50 years. With nearly 180 million records sold worldwide, 70-year-old Tina is a multi-award-winning singer whose achievements in rock music have rightly earned her the title of "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll."

Bronze medal awarded Cher(Cher) - American pop singer, songwriter, actress, director and music producer. The 64-year-old singer is one of the few people whose awards include an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy and three Golden Globes for her work in the film, music and television industries.

American singer Britney Spears(Britney Spears) - in honorable second place. She is recognized as the best-selling female artist of the 2000s and the fifth best-selling artist of all time. In June 2010, the pop star was ranked sixth in Forbes' ranking of the world's 100 greatest and most influential celebrities.

Topped the ranking of the most popular and best-selling performers in pop music Madonna(Madonna) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, director and screenwriter, as well as the most commercially successful singer to sell greatest number of their recordings among all female artists: more than 200 million albums and 100 million singles.

According to Madonna's record company Warner Brothers Records, worldwide sales of her albums exceeded 200 million copies in 2005.

In 2008, the artist, who deservedly bears the title of “Queen of Pop,” was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.