Other hip-hop artists included in the 2020 Billboard’s Money Makers list are Lil Baby, Eminem, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Roddy Ricch, Kanye West, Future and DaBaby.
AceShowbiz –Post Malone, Drake and NBA Youngboy a.k.a YoungBoy Never Broke Again still managed to earn big bucks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Billboard’s 2020 Money Makers list, which was published on Monday, July 19, the trio were the three highest-earning hip-hop artists.
Following Taylor Swift, who returned to No. 1, Post moved up to No. 2 after placing No. 6 on 2019’s list. He earned $23.2 million in total, including $12.4 million from touring prior to the lockdown and $8.1 million from streaming. He earned an additional $2 million from publishing.
As for Drake, he took Post’s last year’s spot after taking home $14.2 million. He pulled in $11.7 million just from streaming alone and $1.9 million from publishing. YoungBoy, meanwhile, grabbed the No. 9 overall spot. He earned $10 million in combined streaming royalties including over 1.4 billion in video streams, 6.2 billion in audio streams, and almost 7 billion in overall combined streams.
Securing the 10th rank on the list was Lil Baby. The “Drip Too Hard” spitter raked in $9.1 million from streaming thanks to his chart-topping album “My Turn”, which 12 songs simultaneously charted on the Billboard Hot 100. He earned an additional $2.2 million from publishing and $253,000 from two concerts.
Other MCs included in the 2020 Billboard’s Money Makers list were Eminem at No. 14 with $9.7 million, Lil Uzi Vert at No. 15 with $9.5 million, DaBaby at No. 17 with $9.1 million and Future at No. 22 with $8.2 million. Roddy Ricch, meanwhile, landed at No. 24 with $7.4 million and Rod Wave landed at No. 25 with $7.37M.
As for Kanye West, he ranked at No. 30 with $6.3 million. Travis Scott (II), in the meantime, jumped four spots after ranking 39th last year.
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