Rihanna, the richest female singer in the world according to Forbes
Has surpassed Madonna, Celine Dion and Beyoncé
It's official: Rihanna is the richest singer in the world. This has been determined by Forbes magazine, who places Barbados on the list above great female music legends such as Madonna, Celine Dion and Beyoncé. The artist has managed to expand her business beyond music by creating an industry of her own that has provided her with a net worth of more than 600 million dollars.
Rihanna released her first album at age 21 and it was thanks to the mega hit Umbrella that her name topped the charts around the world. Since then, her career has been unstoppable and she has managed to become one of the divas of pop music.
However, Rihanna has not released an album for three years. The last was Anti, an album that came after a four-year hiatus after releasing Unapologetic, the work that included her great success Diamonds. But let no one believe that Rihanna hasn't been working all this time.
The Barbados artist has focused her efforts on the underwear and makeup line that she has presented under the names Savage X Fent and Fenty Beauty, thus playing with her surname in real life. And the profits she has made from these businesses have been so high that they have helped put her at the top of Forbes' list of richest female singers.
At 31, Rihanna has managed to amass a fortune of 600 million dollars that exceeds the 570 of Madonna, the 450 of Celine Dion and the 400 of Beyoncé whose husband, Jay-Z, has just been named the first billionaire rap star .
