Forbes Magazine is out with its list of the highest paid musicians of 2012 and the person who topped the list didn’t even release any music this year….as an artist. Let’s start with some of your favorites Kanye West #22 made 35 million this year, Beyonce #18 made 40 million, Lady Gaga #13 made 52 million, Rihanna #12 53 million, rounding out the top 10 believe it or not Justin Bieber only made 55 million, …then you got people like Taylor Swift and Britney Spears taking us all the way to the #1 highest paid musician of 2012: Dr. Dre. Dre made 110 million dollars this year most of which coming from the 51 percent stake he has in the Beats by Dre headphone line…collecting 100 mil from that alone.    

Here is Forbes' Top 25 Highest-Paid Musicians of 2012:

1. Dr. Dre ($110 million)
2. Roger Waters ($88 million)
3. Elton John ($80 million)
4. U2 ($78 million)
5. Take That ($69 million)
6. Bon Jovi ($60 million)
7. Britney Spears ($58 million)
8. Paul McCartney ($57 million)
8. Taylor Swift ($57 million)
10. Justin Bieber ($55 million)
10. Toby Keith ($55 million)
12. Rihanna ($53 million)
13. Lady Gaga ($52 million)
14. Foo Fighters ($47 million)
15. Diddy ($45 million)
15. Katy Perry ($45 million)
17. Kenny Chesney ($44 million)
18. Beyonce ($40 million)
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers ($39 million)
20. Jay-Z ($38 million)
21. Coldplay ($37 million)
22. Adele ($35 million)
22. Kanye West ($35 million)
24. Michael Buble ($34 million)
25. Sade ($33 million)