Grande’s impressive music career started in 2011, with the soundtrack from her hit Disney show, Victorious. Grande has gone on to earn three number-one albums on the US Billboard 200. Her album, Dangerous Woman, hit #2 in 2016. She has also gotten six Top 5 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She became the first artist in history to have top ten singles from all 4 of her albums. She also had the most Top 10 singles out of any artist in the same year!
People have compared her enormous range to Mariah Carey. Her accomplishments include three American Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards and six Grammy Award nominations!
$326 Million
George Strait is also known as the "King of Country" and is widely considered one of the most influential recording artists of all time, and is credited for returning country music back to its roots, driving away from the pop country era of the 1980s. His musical style includes a combination of country, bluegrass, western swing, and honky tonk.
Strait has sold over 100 million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His certifications include 33 platinum, 13 multi-platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country (1992), which sold 6 million (6 times platinum). Strait was named as the Country Music Association (CMA) entertainer of the year in 1989 and 1990. He's also has been nominated for more CMA and Academy of Country Music (ACM) awards and has received more wins than any other artist. In 2009 he broke Conway Twitty’s record for the most number one hits.
$75 Million
Selena Gomez is an actress, singer, and songwriter from Grand Praire, Texas. She started her career in 2002 as a child actor on the Disney Channel, with one of her earliest roles being on Barney and Friends.
After her time on with Disney, she went to pursue a singing and songwriting career and has writing credits on over 40 songs. As of today, she enjoys a hefty estimated net worth of $75 million.
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Prince was a masterful multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and songwriter. He was the man that could transform rock, funk, soul, and pop, and give to a Prince sound his own. Throughout his career, he had 30 Top 40 singles, including five #1's.
Exploring all topics and genres, Questlove, of the band Roots, had once said of Prince "He knew the balance between innovation and America's digestive system."
$100 Million
Brian Douglas Wilson was born in 1942, in Inglewood, California. At the age of six, he discovered that he was partially deaf in his right ear, of course, that fact didn't stop him from becoming a world-famous musician.
Brian Wilson is most widely known as a band member and primary songwriter of The Beach Boys. Many may not know that he was also the band's manager and producer.