Queen, Metallica, AC/DC, Tool among Billboard’s highest-paid musicians of 2020

 QUEEN, METALLICA, AC/DC, TOOL, KISS and AEROSMITH are among the hard rock and heavy metal artists who have made Billboard’s list of highest-paid musicians of 2020.

For QUEEN’s No. 7 place at the summit, Billboard estimates the legendary band made $13.2 million, including $5.5 million from streaming, $5.3 million from sales and $2.4 million from publishing. 

AC/DC is in the 13th place with $10.1 million after streaming, sales and publishing earned them $4.3 million, $4 million and $1.8 million respectively. METALLICA raked in $9 million in 2020, $3.9 million of which came from streaming, $3.7 million from sales and $1.4 million from publishing, to come in at No. 18. TOOL ranked No. 32, and $4.2 million of the band’s total $6.17 million income came from touring  an unusually large percentage compared to other artists, and one they amassed with ticket sales for shows that took place before the COVID-19 outbreak.

Revenue from merchandising, synchronization or livestream gigs was not included.