Ever wonder which artists really make the biggest bucks in the music industry? Think you know the strongest selling genre of 2013? Is it solo artists or bands that profit the strongest?

The crew at Billboard have created their own index to calculate the greatest earners of the year that was 2013. How? By simply adding earnings calculated from touring, recorded- music sales, publishing royalties and revenue from digital music and video streaming.
Without much further ado, ladies and gentlemen, we reveal the top 25 musicians who are definitely worth pinching a pretty penny from. (Spoiler alert, you won’t find Kanye West in this list!)

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