Top 10 Richest Arab Musicians And Their Net Worth

Talking music and its influence on modern culture can be traced back centuries ago with each of these ancient civilizations being at the fore from pioneering the expansion, although, unlike the old times when Arabian music was almost the world center being a piece of related music where everyone has a place, much has changed to how many generations viewed it and certainly not in this modern world where it is reclusive and the richest Arab musicians are now the one pushing for the visibly of their culture for the world to see, hear and sing.

The richest Arab musicians have shown great interest in reviving almost what can be called a dead musical culture that isn’t popular as it used to be. Unlike the counterpart in the western world, Americas, Europe, and Africa where their music industry is blooming.

Additionally, the richest Arab musicians are using their influence to popularise Arabian music and its musical styles and patterns. Arab countries have rich economies though some of the industries suffer greatly like entertainment, musical industry, movies industry, and more while they prosper in other sectors/industries.

Below is the table of the richest musicians in Japan or the richest Arab musicians, with the name of each singer/musician, net worth, and their country; 

1. Nancy Ajram – $60 million

Nancy Ajram is the richest Arab musician with a net worth of $60 million. Ajram is a Lebanese singer, television personality, and businesswoman. She is recognized as having influenced the renaissance of Arabic pop music in the twenty-first century and has been dubbed the “Queen of Arab Pop” by Spotify.

Meanwhile, apart from being the richest Lebanese musician, she had started performing as a young child, and with her father’s encouragement, she made several early television appearances. Ajram had her first studio album, Mihtagalak, out by age 15, after signing a recording deal with EMI (1998). She was unusually accepted into the Syndicate of Professional Artists in Lebanon despite not being of legal age.

Ajram is one of the best-selling Middle Eastern musicians, with over 30 million records sold worldwide as of 2007. She was named the most successful Middle Eastern female singer of the decade in 2010. Ajram has thus far put out eleven studio albums over the course of her career. With more than 100 million plays of her songs, Nancy was the most streamed Arab female artist on Spotify in 2020, she is the first to appear on this richest Arab musicians list and one of the most famous musicians in the Arab world.

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2. Najwa Karam – $55 million

Najwa Karem is a Lebanese singer and musician who has a net worth of $55 million dollars and she also appears second on this of the richest Arab musicians after Ajram as the second Lebanese singer topping this list.

With more than 60 million records sold worldwide, Najwa, a Lebanese singer, songwriter, producer, and fashion icon, is one of the best-selling recording artists in the Middle East. She is referred to as the “Sun of Lebanese and Arabic Music” and has developed her own style that combines traditional and modern Arabic music while also promoting the Lebanese dialect in the genre.

Najwa Karam had the highest sales among artists from the Middle East in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, and 2017. Thanks to her distinctive fusion of modern sounds and traditional Lebanese music, she has gained a following on a global scale. She is renowned for singing the Mawwal.

3. Amr Diab – $45 million

The next musician on this is one of the accomplished singers in the Arab nation, he is not only among the rich or better put the wealthy, but he is also one of the most famous and most influential who have gained large popularity due to his songs and works.

The internationally renowned recording artist and the author is an Egyptian singer, composer, and actor. He holds several Guinness World Records and is the best-selling Middle Eastern artist. Amr has also won five Platinum Records and seven World Music Awards.

He became the first artist from Egypt and the Middle East to achieve such a feat when his 2014 album Shift El Ayam peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums Charts. Meanwhile, he was the richest Arab singer as well as the richest musician in Egypt.

4. Elissa – $38 million

Elissa is a recording artist from Lebanon whose real name is Elissar Zakaria Khoury. She is a well-known singer in Lebanon and among the most well-known figures in the Arab arts.

Since 2005, she has had the highest sales of any female Middle Eastern artist. She won the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist for the first time in 2005, and she again won the honor in 2006 and 2010 respectively. Currently, she has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Elissa is reportedly one of Lebanon’s wealthiest celebrities, with an estimated net worth of over $40 million. Elissa has more than 50 million social media followers as of 2019. She is the third top richest Arab musician from Lebanon to appear on this list.

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5. Ahlam Alshamsi – $25 million

Ahlam is the fifth on this list of richest Arab musicians to appear on this and she needs a minimal introduction as she is the most famous celebrity and musician in UAE as well as the richest musician in Dubai. Meanwhile, she is one of the most recognized people not only in the Arab world but also in the western world.

Ahlam has released 14 albums in all, along with a lot of singles. Ahlam joined the panel of judges for Arab Idol on MBC in 2011, and she served on it for the first season and the next three.

At the “Lamst Wafa” honoring Event, she received a reward from His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ahlam is the most followed celebrity on social media and is one of the most active users online, and her name has consistently ranked among the top search terms on Google.

6. Mohammed Abdu Othman Al-Aseeri – $20 million

Mohammed Abdu is on this list as the sixth richest Arab musician and the first singer from Saudi Arabia as well as the richest Saudi Arabian musician. Abdu is the most famous Saudi Arabian celebrity and singer, he has helped shape the image of the musical scene of Saudi and the entire Arabian gulf and he is widely referred to as the “Artist of the Arabs”.

Mohammed Abdu was born in Al Shuqaiq on June 12, 1949, to a poor family in Saudi. Mohammed Abdu started performing music at the start of the 1960s. He began singing at a young age, while a student at the Institute of Industrial Jeddah, from which he received his diploma in 1963. Abdu is among the top richest Arab musicians.

7. Georges Wassouf – $20 million

Syrian singer George Wassouf has amassed a sizable following in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and the rest of the Arab world over the course of a career spanning more than four decades and more than 30 albums. He has sold over 60 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful Arab singers.

Altogether, he has released five albums that are a success, the success he enjoyed as the most famous Syria singer can be traced to the fact that he started singing at a tender age and quickly grew his prowess and build a sizable and great recognition.

8. Assala Nasri – $16 million

Assala Nasari who is commonly referred to as Assala is a Syrian singer and musician who has gained wealth and popularity as one the richest Arab musicians and famous singers in the whole of the middle east.

With the Egyptian song hit Law Ta’rafou, Assala made her professional music debut in 1991. Four Egyptian songs in the Middle eastern Melodic Classic Egyptian Tarab style were included on the album. At the time, the album became an instant hit in Egypt. She quickly established herself in the Arabic music scene, which is booming and home to artists like Angham, Najwa Karam, and Latifa.

Altogether, Assala has released 29 musical albums thought her career spanning more than 3 decades. She is one of the richest Syrian musicians who are really making waves in the middle east and the world generally, meanwhile, she is also famous in her home country.

9. Rashed el Majed – $12 million

Coming to the ninth spot on this list is Rashed who is a Saudi singer, actor, musician, and record producer. One of the most well-known singers in the Middle East, Rashed Al-Majed has almost 40 records to his credit. His songs frequently have sentimental and sappy themes.

He has performed and recorded more than eight times with the Saudi national operetta in Jenadriyah. In addition to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, France, and the UK, he has performed at numerous concerts in these countries as well.

He also owns a 50% stake in Platinum Records with MBC Group and owns the Art Jazeera channel, making him one of the biggest producers in the Middle East.

10. Kadim Al Sahir – $10 million

Lastly, on this richest Arab musicians list, Kadim comes as the last with a net worth of $10 million dollars, which is considered also pretty much flipping a whole lot of other singers in the gulf whose net worth is nothing close to his, he is one of the richest singers in the middle east and the richest singer in Iraq.

Kadim is a singer and a composer who performs with an orchestra of twenty to thirty musicians and plays Arabic percussion instruments, the oud, the qanun, the nay, and all the strings (violin, cello, and bass). He uses electronic musical sounds in some of his work, but he does not use backing tracks to simulate acoustic instruments. Iraqi folk melodies, rhythms, and instruments are frequently used in his compositions.

Richest Arab Musicians

Here is a list of the richest Arab musicians in all of the Arabian gulf listed below;

1. Nancy Ajram – $60 million
2. Najwa Karam – $55 million
3. Amr Diab – $45 million
4. Elissa – $38 million
5. Ahlam Alshamsi – $25 million
6. Mohammed Abdu Othman Al-Aseeri – $20 million
7. Georges Wassouf – $20 million
8. Assala Nasri – $16 million
9. Rashed el Majed – $12 million
10. Kadim Al Sahir – $10 million