2015's Highest Paid Celebrities Under 30: 'One Direction' Tops Forbes List!
The band "One Direction's" members, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan are collectively the highest paid celebrity names under 30 years old this year; raking in over $20 million from June 2014 to June 2015, according to Forbes.
Styles and his bandmates are all below the age of 23 and will be coming off $130 million a year. The band grossed seven-figures at each tour stop and played 74 dates during the scoring period. This does not include the millions made from merchandise sold.
Following "One Direction," is 26-year old Taylor Swift who made $80 million with her "1989 World Tour." She grossed about four million dollars per city and only played a handful of dates during the scoring period.
Her fourth studio album "1989" alone sold 3.6 million copies, making it 2014's top selling record, revealed the Daily Mail.
Lady Gaga went big on touring and played 66 shows, earning her $59 million. The 29-year old performed most of her shows with the iconic Tony Bennett. Her endorsements for Versace and Mac have contributed as well to her total earnings.
Grammy nominated musician Ed Sheeran, played more than any artist on the list. The 24-year old played a total of 154 shows during his "X" tour and raked in a cool $57 million, reported Vogue.
"You don't have to go back and play New York, Detroit, Chicago, over and over again," said Gary Bongiovanni. of the money available in touring nowadays. "There are a lot of other territories for artists to play."
Bongiovanni is chief of touring data provider, Pollstar.
Following British singer Ed Sheeran closely is "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence. The 25-year old actress earned $52 million, while rapper Drake, who is the same age as Lawrence, earned $39.5 million.
Now 30-year old Brian Kelly and 28-year old Tylar Hubbard make up the musical duo "Florida Georgia Line." The two shared a cool $36.5 million while "B-tch Better Have My Money" singer Rihanna earned herself $26 million.
27-year old DJ Skrillex, who brought home $24 million and rapper Whiz Khalifa who is 28-years old earned $21.5 million.
From June 2014 to June 2015, Forbes looked at pretax income from films, sales, touring, publishing, endorsements and other business ventures.
Manager, lawyer and agent fees were not deducted and data from Neilsen, IMDB, Pollstar, industry sources and some of the entertainers themselves, were used.
