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The world's highest-paid entertainers according to Forbes

There has never been a better time to sell out, especially if you are a superstar who owns the rights to decades of hits. Nearly half of the top 25 entertainment personalities on the earnings list, including Peter Jackson the director of "Lord of the Rings" and the rocker Bruce Springsteen, have secured a place on this list by selling all or part of their studios or music catalogs.

In December, Bruce Springsteen sold the masters and publishing rights to all of his recorded music and songs, including 11 multi-platinum albums and five gold singles, for what sources said was nearly $500 million.

The buyer was Sony Music, parent company of his longtime label, Columbia Records.

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The world's highest-paid entertainers in 2022
Source: Forbes
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Bob Dylan
Earnings: $130 million. The 80-year-old Nobel award winner sold his recorded music and some future recordings to Sony in July 2021 for $150 million.
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Ryan Tedder
Earnings: $160 million In addition to the more than 500 songs he has written for his band, the OneRepublic frontman has written hits for Beyoncé, Adele and Ed Sheeran. He sold part of the catalog to the investment company KKR in January 2021.
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Tyler Perry
Earnings: $165 million. The billionaire creator and all-around actor is reviving the Madea franchise that made him famous, but everything he has built around it is what brings in most of his earnings, from a multi-year production deal with BET to the 330-acre production studio where he works in Atlanta.
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Paul Simon
Earnings: $200 million. The folk rock musician, in 2021 sold hundreds of song compositions, including "Mrs. Robinson", "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" and "The Sound of Silence" to Sony Music Publishing for about $250 million to Sony Music Publishing.
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Earnings: $210 million. The creators of South Park -- and its offshoots -- oversee a cottage industry that now earns more than $80 million a year and, last August, signed a six-year, $900 million contract with Paramount +.
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Kanye West
Earnings: $235 million. The billionaire rapper-producer now earns most of his money from a multi-year contract to design  Yeezy sneakers for Adidas.
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Dwayne Johnson
Earnings: $270 million. One of the few actors to make the list this year, The Rock got only about a quarter of his earnings from roles in films such as Jungle Cruise and Red Notice, with most of his payday sized Jumanji coming from his lively brand of tequila Teremana .
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Jay-Z
Earnings: $340 million. hip-hop's first billionaire showed his business prowess in 2021 when he cashed in shares in music streamer Tidal and champagne brand Armand de Brignac.
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Bruce Springsteen
Earnings: $435 million. The Boss sold his entire catalog to his longtime label the Sony Music Group, in December 2021. The sale, estimated at nearly $500 million, included five decades of iconic songs, recordings and songwriting rights to 20 studio-recorded albums, live performances and multiple box sets.
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Peter Jackson
Earnings: $580 million. The "Lord of the Rings" director sold part of his visual effects company Weta Digital to Unity Software for $1.6 billion in November, becoming the third person in history to become a billionaire (after Steven Spielberg and George Lucas) by making movies.
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