Beyonce to Justin Bieber: The highest paid musicians of 2017

The annual year-ender list of the world's highest-paid musicians has been released by Forbes.

The list has been prepared based on the pretax income of the artistes from June 2016, through June 1, 2017, and does not exclude fees charged by agents, managers and lawyers.

The data was gathered from Nielsen SoundScan, Pollstar, the RIAA and interviews with industry insiders.

The musician who topped the list was entrepreneur and rapper, Sean Combs. Popularly known by his stage names, Puff Daddy or P Diddy, the musician turned out to be the highest-earning artiste, pulling in a career-best of USD 130 million this year. His gross income got a boost from the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, Ciroc vodka deal and the sale of one-third of his Sean John clothing line, for an estimated USD 70 million.

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Diddy was followed by Beyonce, whose income was recorded to be USD 105 million, thanks to her Formation World Tour that was wrapped up in 2016 and grossed a quarter of a billion dollars.

The third on the list was none other than the world's most-streamed musician in recent years, Drake, with USD 94 million, with much of the income coming from his Boy Meets World Tour.

Here's the list of the top-25 artistes:

1. Diddy, with USD 130 million

2. Beyonce, with USD 105 million

3. Drake, with USD 94 million

4. The Weeknd, with USD 92 million

5. Coldplay, with USD 88 million

6. Guns N' Roses, with USD 84 million

7. Justin Bieber, with USD 83.5 million

8. Bruce Springsteen, with USD 75 million

9. Adele, with USD 69 million

10. Metallica, with USD 66.5 million

11. Garth Brooks, with USD 60 million, tie

12. Elton John, with USD 60 million, tie

13. Paul McCartney, with USD 54 million, tie

14. Red Hot Chili Peppers, with USD 54 million, tie

15. Jimmy Buffett, with USD 50.5 million

16. Calvin Harris, with USD 48.5 million

17. Taylor Swift, with USD 44 million

18. Kenny Chesney, with USD 42.5 million

19. Luke Bryan, with USD 42 million

20. Celine Dion, with USD 42 million

21. Jay-Z, with USD 42 million

22. Bruno Mars, with USD 39 million

23. Tiesto, with USD 39 million

24. The Chainsmokers, with USD 38 million

25. Jennifer Lopez, with USD 38 million 

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