We reported a couple of days ago that Jay-Z is the first hip-hop artist to join the billionaire club. While Jay-Z is enjoying his billionaire status, singer Rihanna is now the highest paid female musician with a net worth of $600 million!
The 31 year old singer turned beauty entrepreneur is now ahead of Beyoncé and Madonna. So how did she do it?
As many of her fans have noticed, the singer has slowed down on her music career and has not released any new music in recent times.
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Although she has not officially stopped making music, right now she is more focused on building her 1.5 year old successful cosmetic line called Fenty Beauty which brought in approximately $100 million in sales on its launching week.
Rihanna also owns a clothing line and still makes money from her music, endorsement deals as well as other investments. She is definitely an well rounded entrepreneur. Who knew she would beat Madonna and Celine Dion with respect to net worth? Dion?
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In case you are wondering which female artists rank as the top three highest paid female artists in 2019, we have it here:
