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The Highest Paid Celebrities Under 30

By Chidirim Ndeche
17 November 2017   |   5:00 am
Forbes has released the list of the highest paid celebrities under the age of 30. Topping the chart is 27-year-old Abel Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd, who started releasing free mixtapes in 2010 under his mysterious moniker. He earned $92 million in the year leading to June 1, 2017, before taxes and fees. The…

Forbes has released the list of the highest paid celebrities under the age of 30.

Topping the chart is 27-year-old Abel Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd, who started releasing free mixtapes in 2010 under his mysterious moniker. He earned $92 million in the year leading to June 1, 2017, before taxes and fees. The Weeknd ranked sixth on the FORBES Celebrity list of 100 highest-paid celebrities in the world.

The Weeknd

Despite clocking 3.2 billion streams in the scoring period, most of his earnings came from an estimated $75 million touring advance.

In second place is 23-year-old Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, who made the Celebrity 100 list with $53 million. He earned a whopping sum of $83.5 million.

Next in the top three is 29-year-old British singer Adele whose album 25 was the bestselling album of 2016 with 1.73 million copies sold out.

Adele

Combined, the 30 highest-paid celebrities under 30 earned $1.24 billion combined before management fees and taxes between June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017.

The ranks of the highest-paid celebrities under 30 is notably diverse with 50% non-white list members, likely due to the high number of athletes. According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, 74.4% of NBA players identify as either African-American or black while African-American players comprise 69.7% of the NFL.

Asides from Adele and Jenner, only three women made the list. Twenty-seven-year-old pop star Taylor Swift ranks ninth with $44 million. Rihanna (No. 15) and Emma Stone (No. 29), both 29, earned $36 million and $26 million respectively. Stone is also the world’s highest-paid film actress. Though this is partly due to the preponderance of professional athletes, the overall list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities is highly imbalanced as well with 84% male list members.

You can check out the top 100 highest paid celebrities here.

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