13 of the richest music stars in 2025 and their net worths - from label founders to pop superstars

We’re in the final quarter of the financial year for businesses around the world, as September means the completion of what is referred to as Q3.

While the last three months (July - September) is a period that takes into account the peak of the summer festival season and the release of new material to build momentum before the end of the year, this final quarter (Q4) is a pivotal moment for the music industry.

It includes the holiday shopping season, regarded as one of the biggest times to drive album sales, merchandise, and licensed music-related gifts as fans look for the perfect presents for loved ones - and one final push before the end of the financial year.

It also means speculation as to who has “made bank,” for lack of a (much) better term, before the annual Forbes and Sunday Times lists are revealed in the new year (usually May in the case of the Sunday Times, and around March and April for Forbes), accounting for who are the richest people in the world. So, from the world of music, who is topping those lists?

We’ve taken a look at both the most recent Sunday Times Rich List and combined that with the current Forbes Real Time Billionaires list to find out who, currently and based on that information, are the richest music industry figures in 2025.

In the case of those that appeared in the Forbes list, we’ve gone to the added measure of converting those figures from USD to GBP at the current exchange rate - so as ever, treat these as an estimate rather than the gospel at this time of the year.

Here are the 13 figures who topped those lists - and their staggering net worth.