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Top 10 Richest Male Singers in The World

1. Toby Keith-$500 million

The joint richest male singer of 2018 is a bluegrass singer in the name of Toby Keith.
Debuting into the music scene with ‘’Should’ve Been a Cowboy’’, the singer and actor can sing, but also can do business.
He owns a chain of restaurants known as ‘I Love This Bar and Grill’.
Talk about taking his love for alcohol to the next level.
Keith is a self-made multi-millionaire having worked odd jobs in oil fields and clubs and joining bands on stage to sing.
Keith was so determined to succeed that he made a pact with God and himself that he would have a recording contract by the time he hit 30, or otherwise quit singing as a career for good.

John Royce Mantis is a well known American singer of Jazz.
His impressive record of discography includes Jazz, traditional pop, Brazilian music, Spanish music and soul music.
Some of the block buster albums of Mathis have recorded sales of over 350 million records.
Mathis has been awarded Grammy Hall of fame for three separate recordings. Mantis also owns hotels, fashion companies around the globe.

Country legend George Strait is rich.
Since his debut hit single ‘’Unwound’’ (1981), he has not disappointed the Country community worldwide.
He has a very reserved persona and prefers his personal life very private.
The US Army veteran started singing in the Army with the group Rambling Country.
The Southwest Texas State University graduate married Norma, his wife to date. He lost a 13 year old daughter Jenifer in 1986.
He played a role in a Terror film ‘’The Soldier’’ (1982) a part he loved having previously served for the United States.
The movie grossed over $6 million, not bad for a country singer cum action movie actor.

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is a globally acclaimed American singer and songwriter.
He is widely acclaimed for his extraordinary poetic lyrics, satire and political sentiments.
Springsteen produces commercially hit rock albums and folk oriented works.
He has sold more than 120 million records worldwide.
He has been awarded many prestigious awards including 20 Grammy Awards, Two Golden globes and an Academy Awards.
He also has been inducted into Song writer Hall Of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Tied in earnings with Elton John and better known as the King of Country (a nickname shared with Roy Acuff, George Strait and Bob Willis), Brooks started his career singing and playing the guitar at local clubs and bars in his native Oklahoma in the 1980s.
His breakthrough came in 1989 upon the release of his first record, simply named Garth Brooks, which peaked at No 2 on the Billboard.
Top Country Albums chart and reached No 13 on the Billboard
Brooks is the only artist to have seven albums achieve diamond status in the US. Moreover, he is the second highest-certified music artist in the States with 148 million units in sales (behind the Beatles’ 178 million units).

Julio Iglesias, father of very famous singer Enrique Iglesias, is a renowned Spanish songwriter and singer.
His list of achievement is never-ending and boasts of Three Guinness Record.
In 1983, He was declared the most recorded artist in the world.
And by 2013, he was the prime Latin artist to have sold most numbers of records in history.
He easily makes into the list of Top Ten record seller in music history with unbelievable stats of having sold more than 150 million records worldwide in 14 languages along with More than 2600 certified gold and platinum albums.

Johnny Hallyday or originally Jean-Phillippe Smet is an unknown entry to the list. Johnny is a French actor and singer and is considered as French Elvis Presley.
His majority of works has been in French, making him popular in a restricted vicinity of Quebec, Belgium, Switzerland and France.
John Hallyday is probably one of the “biggest superstar of all times” .
He has completed over 181 tours, sold over 110 million records and had 18 platinum hit albums to his name.

Kenny Rogers is an American singer, vocalist and actor, widely popular for his classic country music.
The Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, has 120 hit singles, 120 million records sold worldwide, more than 20 acting parts, 24 number 1 billboard hits and is close friends with Dolly Parton.
The 77 year old Houston native is a former pro- tennis player and spent 10 years at national level.
He has married five times, and who can blame him? Playing country and being that famous at the same time? You have to be served.

Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s fast rise to fame and fortune amazed many.
He owes Youtube for the exposure and Usher for launching his singing career.
The celebrity is no short of controversy, but he has a soft side too, a big one. He once auctioned his hair on eBay and sold it for $40,000 for charity.
he was once late for a concert, because he was visiting a 7 year old cancer patient.
If Bieber was not making hits he would be an architect.
Justin loves toys. His car collection includes an bat-mobile themed Mercedes and a gold plated Ferrari.
He takes his whole crew of 9 friends wherever he goes, sparing no expense with first class tickets and five star hotel rooms for everyone.

Robbie William is a famed singer, songwriter and actor of British Origin.
According to various sources, Robbie sold around 80 million albums in total.
Robbie was spotted by Nigel Martin – smith and selected in band Take that in 1990.
The group was an instant hit and released several hit albums like Back for Good, Never Forget, Shine, Pray and Kidz.
William parted his way from the band in 1995 to pursue his career as solo artist.
His solo stint as singer was remarkably successful as he produced numerous charts topping hits like Angels, Freedom, Rock DJ, Shame, Go Gentle and Let me entertain you.
For his contribution in music industry he has been awarded a record eighteen Brit Awards and 8 Echo Awards from the German music Industry.