Who run the world..? Beyoncé, as the US megastar has officially reached billionaire status after her bold move into country music.
The Texas Hold ‘Em hitmaker, 44, has enjoyed over 30 stadium shows in celebration of her eighth studio album Cowboy Carter – which was the highest-grossing concert tour of 2025 – meaning Queen Bey has officially entered the billionaire club, according to Forbes.
The outlet estimates Beyoncé’s pre-tax income this year was $148million (£109m), making her the third highest paid musician in the world, with her Cowboy Carter mini-residencies grossing $400m ($296m) in ticket sales.
Beyoncé is now the fifth musician to become a billionaire, alongside her husband Jay-Z – worth $2.5billion (£1.85b) – Taylor Swift, who has a $1.6b (£1.03b) net worth, as well as Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen who also just make the list.
In 2010 Beyoncé took control of her business empire, founding Parkwood Entertainment, which manages almost all aspects of her career from concerts to documentaries.
Talking in a 2013 interview the Single Ladies hitmaker said she wanted to manage herself to ‘follow the footsteps of Madonna and be a powerhouse and have [her] own empire’.
She wanted to ‘show other women when you get to this point in your career you don’t have to go sign with someone else and share your money and your success—you do it yourself’.
As well as her music, Beyoncé has a hair care brand called Cecred, a SirDavis whiskey label and her discontinued clothing line, Ivy Park.
In conjunction with her 32 concerts in 2025 – spanning nine stadiums – Beyoncé is thought to have collected an estimated $50m (£37m) from Netflix’s first Christmas Day NFL halftime show and pocketed an estimated $10m (£7.4m) via her Levi commercials, which also promoted her Western era.
Billionaire musicians
Jay-Z – $2.5b (£1.85b)
Taylor Swift – $1.6b (£1.03b)
Rihanna – $1b (740million)
Bruce Springsteen – $1.2b (890m)
Beyoncé told GQ earlier this year: ‘I have made an extreme effort to stay true to my boundaries and protect myself and my family.
She added: ‘No amount of money is worth my peace.’
Other famous billionaires include US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
While many congratulated Beyoncé’s new title on social media, others were reminded of the 2016 controversy with her joint fashion venture with Topshop’s Philip Green, in Ivy Park.
The sportswear label was accused of producing clothes in ‘sweat-shop conditions’ in Sri Lankan factories, where workers were paid £4.30 a day, according to an investigation by The Sun.
‘This is a form of sweat-shop slavery,’ Jakub Sobik, of Anti-Slavery International, told The Sun at the time.
‘There are a number of elements here that tick the boxes in terms of slavery, the low pay, restriction of women’s movement at night and locking them in. Companies like Topshop have a duty to find out if these things are happening, and it has long been shown that ethical inspections by these companies are failing. They should be replaced by independent inspections.’
‘Ivy Park has a rigorous ethical trading programme,’ the company said in response to the claims.
‘We are proud of our sustained efforts in terms of factory inspections and audits, and our teams worldwide work very closely with our suppliers and their factories to ensure compliance. We expect our suppliers to meet our code of conduct and we support them in achieving these requirements.’
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