5 highest paid musicians

1. U2

U2, the veteran Dublin rockers are also the top Money Maker of 2017 and also the highest-ranking newcomers to this year's list. Founded in 1976, the band is composed of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen. The music they sang in the beginning period draws their origins from post-punk and after that it was influenced by some pop music style.

2. Gart Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. He earned his popularity by integrating roll and rock elements in the contry genre, in United States. According to RIAA he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 148 million domestic units sold.

3. Metallica

Metallica is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, SUA. The band was founded in 1981, selling more that 100 millions discs all over the world. The commercial success made from Metallica a very controversed musical band.

4. Bruno Mars

Peter Gene Hernandez, known under the scene name Bruno Mars, is a singer, composer and music producer, living in America. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a musicians family, Mars started to create music from a young age. After he singed in his city, he decided to start a music career and moved to Los Angeles after he finished school.

5. Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is a singer and a english musical composer. Born in Framlingham, Suffolk, he movede to London in 2008 to start a musical career. At the beginning of 2011 he launched a musical album named "No. 5 Collaborations Project", that attracted the atention of some artists like Elton John and Jamie Foxx.