Top earning women in music
Measured from June 2015 to June 2016, these are the biggest hitting women in the music industry in terms of money.
As Beyonce once said, "Who run the world? GIRLS" and it is overwhelmingly true if you take a look at the top 5 highest paid women in music for 2016.
These major hitters topped the list thanks to world tours, endorsement deals, and — at least for Adele — actual album sales.
Coming in at number 5 Queen B herself, Beyonce with $54 million. Forbes Magazine has predicted that this year you can expect her to be much higher on the list thanks to Lemonade and the "Formation" world tour.
With a small fortune of $75 million Rihanna comes in at number 4.
The queen of reinvention makes it on to the list at number 3 with $76.5 million
Thanks to her come back album '25' Adele finds herself at number 2 with a total of $80.5 million