Celebrity Biographies
World’s Highest Paid Celebrity Couples 2015
Since dating almost 15 years ago, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have consistently and consistently maintained their presence on this list. Year after year they have established themselves as a successful and efficient money-making business. The rumors and doubts, including the cheating allegations, have always lingered on Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s relationship, but there’s no doubting their strong market presence and ability to rake in the moolah year after year.
And this year nothing has changedher moneymaking is going on. However, they were dethroned from their first position by the new young musical couple. Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris only ended their relationship a few months ago. However, the effect is already evident. So here are the highest paid celebrity couples of 2015.
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Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, $146 million
After playing hide-and-seek with the media and teasing their fans with the possibility for months, they finally made their relationship official at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17. And within months, they’ve quickly climbed the pair’s power rankings. The pop singer was in the news recently for taking on Apple for not paying singers to use their music during the free trial of his new streaming service. As we all know, Taylor has an immense following and clout that ultimately forced the company to turn around.
Taylor’s massive 2014 earnings were fueled by the immense success of her studio album 1989, which had sold over 8.6 million copies worldwide as of February 2015. However, she had already started making money from the album prior to its release. During the album’s promotion, she raked in massive amounts of money from her advertising campaigns with Subway, Keds, Target and Diet Coke.
Your friend is one of the highest earning DJs in the world. Though he hasn’t released an album since 2012, he’s saved massive amounts of money by collaborating with the likes of Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Ellie Goulding. His main source of income is the numerous performances in which he performs all over the world. As of June 2013, he is reported to have performed at more than 125 gigs. He continues to play regularly in Las Vegas, where he has a multi-year contract at America’s largest nightclub, Hakkasan. He also has endorsement deals with Giorgio Armani and Sol Republic headphones.
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Beyoncé and Jay Z, $110.5 million
Having to do without the number one spot, however, they still earned enough to ensure the sled only has one position. The couple, who recently celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary, have had a successful year, both in terms of commercial earnings and critical acclaim. They opened for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, where Beyoncé was nominated for six awards and ultimately won three: Best R&B Performance, Best R&B Song for “Drunk in Love,” and Best Surround Sound Album for Beyonce. They also worked together that year for their co-headlining On the Run tour was the fifth-highest-grossing excursion of 2014, despite Forbes only denying 22 shows.
That year, Jay-Z acquired the music streaming service ‘Tidal’ and launched it at an event also attended by some of the top music artists like Kanye West, Rihanna and Chris Martin. His other earnings include earnings from his alcohol brands Armand de Brignac Champagne and D’Ussé Cognac, an upscale sports bar, the 40/40 Club, which was founded in New York City and has since expanded to Atlantic City and Chicago, and an entertainment company. Roc Nation. Beyoncé must not be overshadowed. She launched her own fragrance line and endorsed it with Pepsi, H&M and others.
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Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, $57 million
Couples grossed $28.5 million for each half of this country music. Over the past year, Lambert and Shelton have made big bucks for their music and garnered millions of fans. Shelton has had quite an eventful year, in addition to touring 40 concerts across America, he has also found success as a coach/judge on the music reality show The Voice, which his team member placed second on last season. The Nashville native has reportedly paid around $13 million from the show’s producers for his contributions.
Lambert had the most successful year of her career. For the immense success of her fifth album, Platinum, she won multiple Academy of Country Music Awards , including Female Singer, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year for her hit album, Platinum. She complemented her musical success with non-musical projects such as Red55 Wine, Pink Pistol and Dixie Darlin.
That’s it folks. This year’s list has only three couples. This is because the list has been compiled based on annual earnings only with the top entertainers in the world. And there are only three couples where both members make the cut. So it remains to be seen if Hollywood can create serious competition for the music industry over the next year. Will Brangelina Lead Hollywood’s Charge? We’ll see next year.