Justin Bieber tops list of highest-earning celebs under 30 in the world

The Canadian pop star raked in $80 million according to Forbes - see the who else made the top 10…


by Laurence Mozafari |
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Justin Bieber has had a tumultuous few months, when he wasn't abandoning his beloved monkey, we was getting embroiled in race rows thanks to leaked footage or facing charges of assault.

However, this hasn’t stopped him from raking in a massive $80 million - which is about £51 million - between June 2013 and June 2014 according to Forbes, which makes him the highest earning entertainer in the world.

One Direction came in at a close second in Forbes' list, earning $75 million, however you have to add all five of them up, so Justin is really rolling in it by comparission.

You might remember heat ran our very own British rich list for stars under thirty earlier this year. which was topped by the One Direction boys who pulled in $77.5 million.

Here's the full list of the highest-earning entertainers under 30, according to Forbes:

  1. Justin Bieber, 20, $80 million

  2. One Direction, 21 (average age) $75 million

  3. Taylor Swift, 24, $64 million

  4. Bruno Mars, 29, $60 million

  5. Rihanna, 26, $48 million

  6. Miley Cyrus, 22, $36 million

  7. Jennifer Lawrence, 24, $34 million

  8. Lady Gaga, 28, $33 million

  9. Avicii, 25, $28 million

  10. Skrillex, 26, $18 million

Here's a list of the UK's richest celebrities under 30 from* heat*...

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30. Lily Cole, 26: £6.21m1 of 30

30. Lily Cole, 26: £6.21m

New entry! All that modelling made her a few bob, and her acting jobs include Snow White And The Huntsman and Doctor Who.

29. Duffy, 30: £6.26m2 of 30

29. Duffy, 30: £6.26m

Down 3. Rockferry was huge. Endlessly wasn’t. We’re all still waiting for that difficult third album…

28. Paolo Nutini, 27: £6.28m3 of 30

28. Paolo Nutini, 27: £6.28m

Re-entry! We’d almost forgotten about Paolo, but his album Caustic Love was a big hit – and brought him back on to the list.

27. Jamie Bell, 28: £6.73m4 of 30

27. Jamie Bell, 28: £6.73m

Re-entry! He may be best known for Billy Elliot still, but he also made King Kong, Tintin, and just signed up for the Fantastic Four reboot.

26. Lily Allen, 29: £6.97m5 of 30

26. Lily Allen, 29: £6.97m

Down 1. Most of her money comes from her first two albums.

25. Mumford & Sons, £6.99m6 of 30

25. Mumford & Sons, £6.99m

New entry! There’s a lot of money in banjos, beards and fiddly-de-dee. And Marcus Mumford has even married Carey Mulligan. (Spoiler: she’s richer than him – at Number 16)

24. Jamal Edwards, 24: £7.14m7 of 30

24. Jamal Edwards, 24: £7.14m

New entry! The founder (and chief presenter) of urban music channel sb.tv, Jamal’s fortune is predicated on the estimated value of his expanding media empire.

23. JLS, £7.18m8 of 30

23. JLS, £7.18m

Up 7. They split up ages ago, but they didn’t really, did they? They kept touring for ages.

22. James Morrison, 30: £7.35m9 of 30

22. James Morrison, 30: £7.35m

Up 2. He’s had a quiet year, but That Songs For Me… album in 2008 was huge.

21. Cara Delevingne, 22: £7.49m10 of 30

21. Cara Delevingne, 22: £7.49m

New entry! Most of that money comes from modelling and being the face of, for example, Tom Ford’s fragrance, but she also acts. Look out for the forthcoming London Fields and Pan.

20. Gemma Arterton, 28: £7.98m11 of 30

20. Gemma Arterton, 28: £7.98m

Up 3. Her peak earning years may be behind her (Clash Of The Titans and Prince Of Persia were the major pay days) but there’s plenty of new work in the pipeline.

19. Nicola Roberts, 29: £8.01m12 of 30

19. Nicola Roberts, 29: £8.01m

Up 3. Not been too busy lately, but she does write songs for Little Mix.

18. Nadine Coyle, 29: £8.10m13 of 30

18. Nadine Coyle, 29: £8.10m

Up 3. Clack your heels rhythmically, because Nadine has just finished appearing as the goddess Erin in Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games in the West End.

17. Florence Welch, 28: £8.88m14 of 30

17. Florence Welch, 28: £8.88m

Up 3. Nice quiet year for Flo, though she’s due to make her movie debut next year in Terrence Malick’s as-yet-untitled new film.

16. Carey Mulligan, 29: £9.41m15 of 30

16. Carey Mulligan, 29: £9.41m

Up 3. The A-list promise of The Great Gatsby has so far only translated into respectable, low-key dramas. Fair enough, it’s not all about money.

15. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 24: £9.6m16 of 30

15. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 24: £9.6m

Up 1. Expect his star to rise next year when The Avengers 2 comes out…

14. Charlotte Church, 28: £9.67m17 of 30

14. Charlotte Church, 28: £9.67m

Up 1. To be fair, she made most of this money before she could even vote, but she still put out two EPs this year.

13. Joss Stone, 27: £10.02m18 of 30

13. Joss Stone, 27: £10.02m

Up 1. Joss claims she spent most of her fortune buying out her record contract. Still had a world tour this year, though, to keep body and (blue-eyed) soul together.

12. Coleen Rooney, 28: £11.74m19 of 30

12. Coleen Rooney, 28: £11.74m

Up 5. She’s got five fragrances, don’t you know. Five ways to smell like Coleen!

11. Katie Melua, 30: £12.63m20 of 30

11. Katie Melua, 30: £12.63m

Non-mover. Her sixth studio album, Ketevan (that’s her real name, BTW), was top ten across Europe. And your dad totally fancies her.

10. Alex Turner, 28: £13.56m21 of 30

10. Alex Turner, 28: £13.56m

Up 3. Mr Arctic and his Monkey pals chugged through 78 arena dates around the world this year.

9. Leona Lewis, 29: £15.51m22 of 30

9. Leona Lewis, 29: £15.51m

Up 1. Her Christmas album sold a respectable few hundred thousand copies this year, but she used to sell millions. Then more millions.

8. Rupert Grint, 26: £27.33m23 of 30

8. Rupert Grint, 26: £27.33m

Down 1. Still hasn’t managed to grasp that slippery pole out of the Potter swamp like Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, but he seems happy. Why wouldn’t he be? He owns an ice cream van.

7.Calvin Harris, 30: £28.99m24 of 30

7.Calvin Harris, 30: £28.99m

Up 1. He made a fortune from his residency at Hakkasan in Vegas (plus other lucrative gigs), but he split up with Rita Ora. Swings and roundabouts…

6. Emma Watson, 24: £31.66m25 of 30

6. Emma Watson, 24: £31.66m

Down 1. What with The Bling Ring and Noah, and her burgeoning side-career as a women’s rights campaigner, Emma seems to have done even better than Dan-Rad at shaking off Harry Potter.

3. Robert Pattinson, 28: £51.4m26 of 30

3. Robert Pattinson, 28: £51.4m

Non-mover. Can you see him as anything other than a sexually-repressed vampire, though? He’s trying really, really, hard, but…

2. Daniel Radcliffe, 25: £63.5m27 of 30

2. Daniel Radcliffe, 25: £63.5m

Non-mover. Coming soon: Horns, in which he has a pair of horns, and Frankenstein, in which he plays Igor the hunchback. Not that he’s trying to transform our perception of him or anything.

1. One Direction, £77.5m28 of 30

1. One Direction, £77.5m

Non-mover. Not to be crude, but they’ve been selling truckloads of records and touring enormodromes around the world since their balls dropped. That kind of thing will make you very, very rich.

5. Adele, 26: £36.2529 of 30

5. Adele, 26: £36.25

Up 1. God, she’s good, isn’t she? Isn’t she though? She’s just really GOOD.

4. Keira Knightley, 29: £39.9530 of 30

4. Keira Knightley, 29: £39.95

Non-mover. It’s worth remembering that despite only being 29, Keira has made 28 films, including three extremely lucrative Pirates Of The Caribbean ones.

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