Beyoncé Is Declared a Billionaire by Forbes

Beyoncé has officially joined the billionaire's club — making her the fifth musician to reach the milestone, according to Forbes.

via: Variety

The pop singer joins her husband, Jay-Z, along with Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna, in the billionaire club.

In recent years, Beyoncé has seen major success. Her Renaissance World Tour in 2023 grossed nearly $600 million. In 2024, she released the country album “Cowboy Carter,” which went on to anchor the world’s highest-grossing concert tour of 2025.

Beyoncé founded her own entertainment company, Parkwood Entertainment, in 2008. According to Forbes, Parkwood “manages her career and produces all of her music, documentaries and concerts, fronting most of the production costs in order to capture more of the back-end economics.”

The business publication adds, “In total, the Cowboy Carter Tour grossed more than $400 million in ticket sales, per Pollstar, and another $50 million in merchandise sold at the shows, according to Forbes estimates. And because Parkwood produced it all, Beyoncé was able to secure higher profit margins. Combining what she made touring with earnings from her music catalog and sponsorship deals this year, Forbes estimates she brought in $148 million in 2025 before taxes, making her the third-highest paid musician in the world.”

Forbes also noted other major sources of income Beyoncé has earned as a solo artist, including an estimated $60 million from Netflix for the 2019 documentary “Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé.” She reportedly earned another $50 million for her halftime performance during Netflix’s first Christmas Day NFL game in 2024. The previous year, she produced a concert film of her Renaissance World Tour and distributed it directly through AMC, earning nearly half of the film’s $44 million global box office gross.