Justin Bieber Zone News: Third Highest Paid Musician Under 30 on Forbes List
Forbes Magazine has released their always-intriguing annual list of "30 Under 30" across 15 different categories. For their 2014 Music category, some pretty familiar faces made it to the list. Despise his behavior, Justin Bieber has kept his promise of making great music and for that he has earned $113 million in the last two years, landing him on the list.
"I'm trying to make music that's a little bit more mature and that can appeal to all ages," JB said back in 2012 when he made the cover of Forbes. He was then the most famous teenager in the world and his reign has proven to continue. The "Boyfriend" singer has landed on the no. 3 spot at the age of 19 as the highest earning musician of 2014.
Though Justin's Believe film did not do as expected, the rest of Justin's music ventures did beyond great. His Believe music album and world tour earned Justin the whopping $113 million in two years that got him to the no. 3 spot on 2014 Forbes's list. Judging from his increased number of Twitter followers and earnings, it looks like Justin didn't loose not one fan; instead he gained some new ones.
So who beat out JB on Forbes "30 Under 30 in Music 2014"? DJ Aviici and his vast popularity earned him the no. 2 spot and the undeniable talent of Bruno Mars got him to no. 1. These stars are sitting on a gold throne with the highest earnings in the music industry and all before the "you must be somebody at 30-years old" sneaks up on them. Other stars right beneath the Biebs were J. Cole, 28, at the no. 4 spot and Ms. Miley Cyrus, 21, at the no. 5 spot on the chart.
Other big break out stars of the past year have done so well that they made it on the list. Singer Lorde, 17, gets to talk about fellow stars as she secured her spot as no. 15 on the Forbes list. Taylor Swift, 24, was in the top 2 along with Bieber in 2012 but this year she dropped all the way down to no. 26, but hey, you're in there and that's all that matters. Another famous DJ who we love to rock out to, Calvin Harris, 29, took the no. 9 spot just before turning 30.
Congrats to all the great musicians on the list and there's another punch in the stomach from Justin Bieber. And he keeps winning.
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