Pulling from their 2016 list of World’s Highest Paid Musicians, Forbes is now acknowledging those artists who made the most dough and are nominated for Grammys. At the top of the list is Adele. She earned $80.5 million from June 2015-June 2016 (Forbe’s calculated pretax earnings) and is the highest-paid artist to be featured at this year’s Gammy Awards. The success of her 25 album has landed Adele on the nominees list for Album of the Year. Second spot goes to Rihanna, who earned $75 million from record sales, tour, and endorsement deals (i.e. Puma, Dior). The RocNation artist has been nominated for eight Grammys, one of which is Record of the Year for “Work”. Her collaborator on the record, Drake, is tied with Rihanna for having the second-most nominations this year. Drake ranks in at No. 10 with $38.5 million. He is also nominated for Album of the Year (Views). Beyonce is up for nine Grammy nominations this year. She comes in at no. 7 on the top-paid list for having earned $54 million. Her husband Jay Z sits right beside her at no. 8 with $53.5 million. However, the Brooklyn-native only earned one nomination. Check out Forbes for the complete list.
