Bit silly to have Selena Gomez in that list.
90% of her worth comes from her make-up business and acting/producing in TV.
That list is a bunch of make believe.
It's an estimate based on things like gross sales which are known. Much the same way other rich people's wealth is estimated.
Sorry your Boys in Led Zeppelin don't quite make this list, but their doing pretty good.
If you have a more accurate list, please post it with its source.
I know you love lists Wons, but you got to be a fool to think this is even close to real.
All these sites know is potential revenue, that’s it. Do they know the expenses of touring? The split? How much is kept for company expenses - staff, offices, etc? How much is invested? How those investments have done? Personal expenses - clothes, cars, drugs, parties, alimony, kids? Do they have tax statements, bank statements, financial statements?
None of that is known. Pretty basic to know revenue does not = net worth.
It can be estimated, you'd be a fool to claim that it can't be. How accurate is it, no one knows. But when the gross sales of a product or service are known, you can estimate net worth, and make a list like this.
There is a reason that Colin Hay of Men At Work is not on the list, let alone at the top ahead of Jay-Z. But can I prove that Colin Hay is not wealthier that Jay Z? No.
Celebrity net worth says Colin Hay is worth $8 million, although many years ago they claimed $15 million to $20 million. Colin Hay got most of his money during the years 1982-1983 with the sales of Men At Work's first two albums, and whatever was made from touring and merchandise. Most of his money these days probably comes from streaming and airplay from Men At Work's #1 hits from the 1980s.
Overall I'd say its pretty accurate that Colin Hay is not worth enough to be on this list and certainly not worth more than Jay-Z. I can't prove that though. Maybe he won the lottery or has an unknown women cosmetics line that is doing really well.
This is an attempt to estimate such things, not prove them.
When you know gross sales, the other stuff can be estimated.
Economist and statisticians make these estimates about individuals, groups of people, lower class, middle class, upper class, in every country around the world daily.
There are 3,000+ Billionaires in the world.
Nearly 30,000 with $100 million or more.
Nearly 70 million millionaires worldwide.
It's not unreasonable to estimate that Harrison Ford has a much greater net-worth than Florence Pugh.