The year is almost done, and the people at Forbes magazine who calculate these sorts of matters have totted up their tallies and figured out just which musicians might lend you a fiver if you ask nicely.
It'll come as no surprise that Taylor Swift has absolutely raked it in during 2016, despite not touring - she's number one on the list of Highest Paid Musicians for this year, earning a whopping $170 million pre-tax for the period June 2015 - June 2016. Not bad for a year's work, it must be said.
One Direction also feature prominently, earning a massive $110 million for the same period between them - they can afford to go on their 'hiatus'.
Other acts on the list include Adele ($80.5 million), Garth Brooks ($70 million), U2 ($55 million) and rather surprisingly, The Weeknd (also at $55 million). No doubt we'll be seeing Adele's name on the 2017 list, when all of the earnings from her hugely successful '25' world tour are taken into account.
See the full top 30 list of the highest-earning musicians of 2016 below:
1. Taylor Swift - $170m
2. One Direction - $110m
3. Adele - $80.5m
4. Madonna - $76.5m
5. Rihanna- $75m
6. Garth Brooks - $70m
7. AC/DC - $67.5m
8. Rolling Stones - $66.5m
9. Calvin Harris - $63m
10. Diddy - $62m
11. Bruce Springsteen - $60.5m
12. Paul McCartney - $56.5m
13. Justin Bieber - $56m (tie)
13. Kenny Chesney - $56m (tie)
15. U2 - $55m (tie)
15. The Weeknd - $55m (tie)
17. Beyoncé - $54m
18. Jay Z - $53.5m
19. Luke Bryan - $53m
20. Muse - $49m
21. Foo Fighters - $48.5m
22. Toby Keith - $47.5m
23. Bigbang - $44m
24. Elton John - $42m
25. Dr Dre - $41m
26. Katy Perry - $41.5m
27. Jimmy Bufferr - $40.5m
28. Mumford & Sons - $40m
29. Jennifer Lopez - $39.5m
30. Drake - $38.5m
