Forbes magazine has named Rihanna as the world’s richest
female musician.Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty brand business endeavors
have officially made her the richest female musician in the world. Her
worth is estimated at $600m (£472m) which includes revenues made
from her fashion and beauty lines in addition to those from her music career.
Forbes reported that the French
luxury brand LVMH backs Rihanna’s lucrative cosmetics
company, Fenty
Beauty. Fenty beauty was launched in 2017.
It is worth more than £3bn, from which Rihanna has earned $570m.
In 2012, Rihanna founded the Clara Lionel
Foundation. The trust supports health and education
efforts in impoverished communities around the world. Harvard
University, in February 2017, she was named humanitarian
of the year.
Top 5 in Forbes’ list of richest female musicians:
The other singers in Forbes’s list of the top
five richest female musicians are:
Madonna stands second place ($570m)
Céline
Dion stands third ($450m)
Beyoncé
and Barbra Streisand tied
in fourth ($400m)
Taylor
Swift stands sixth ($360m).
Forbes other rankings:
Forbes has also name Kardashian scion
Kylie Jenner as America’s youngest self-made billionaire.
It has named Jay-Z as
the world’s
first billionaire rapper as his worth is estimated at
$1bn.
