Who is the highest paid singer. Fees of Russian stars: the highest paid personalities in show business

Show business stars constantly compete with each other. Musicians and artists receive impressive fees that amount to millions. But who is the most expensive singer in Russia?

This is the law of the industry: either you are the best or your name is quickly erased from the memory of the listeners, and everything “acquired by back-breaking labor” slowly but surely fades into oblivion.

But positions in the charts are far from the only thing in which hit singers try to outdo each other. A sign of popularity is not only high places in the charts, but also the colossal fees that performers receive: “in demand means paid.”

The most expensive singer in Russia according to Forbes

According to the results of the past year, the most dear singer Russian pop singer named Grigory Leps. The owner of a recognizable voice, hot appearance and exclusive dark glasses, according to Forbes magazine, has surpassed even Philip Kirkorov, who has not lost ground in terms of the cost of his performances for many years. Leps's only competition was Sergei Shnurov, the frontman of the Leningrad group, who outperformed his pop colleagues on the stage after the release of the hits "Exhibit" and "Drinking in St. Petersburg."

Stage and business

If we talk about one-time fees (the singer is often invited to perform at weddings, corporate parties, and private events), then Grigory estimates an hour of his performance at between 90-100 thousand euros. Philip Kirkorov and Stas Mikhailov perform in the same “weight category”. The tenor of Russia, Nikolai Baskov, asks a little less. His appetites reach only 85 thousand euros, and Valery Meladze estimates his hour at 55 thousand.

Grigory Leps, in addition to earning a lot of money on stage, runs his own business. Part of his stage image has also become a good source of profit. The singer owns a store selling designer sunglasses and two karaoke bars - in Kyiv and Moscow.

All the singer’s activities, according to Forbes analysts, bring Leps about $12.5 million. This is almost $2 million more than Philip Kirkorov, who, in turn, overtakes Grigory in the number of search queries in Yandex almost six times.

Dear singer - dear hobbies

In the world of show business, the property of stars can also say a lot about their status. Grigory Leps does not waste time in this regard. Not so long ago he celebrated the purchase of a house on Rublyovka, then he celebrated a wedding in a palace in Paris, and now he purchased an apartment in the tallest building in Moscow, known as the “House on Mosfilmenskaya”. At the moment, Leps's entire property is valued at millions of dollars.

However, in terms of the “prestige” of housing, Leps is still ahead of Philip Kirkorov, Maxim Galkin and the prima herself, Alla Pugachova.

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Working as a vocalist has always been a very profitable and highly paid occupation (of course, with proper promotion and presentation). The performance of vocalists and singers is nothing more than a business, a real one, where singers, as well as their producers, strive to earn money. So, let's look at the top ten, where they are presented the richest singers in Russia.

It's no secret that some singers (as well as musical groups) soar at the height of fame, while others cannot properly promote themselves and gain wide popularity. Let's see who managed to rise to the top of fame and make a fortune from singing. We will consider only Russian singers. And perhaps we will consider foreign ones in another article - if you are in favor, write in the comments.

Of course, the figures given in this article may have already changed, and the singers may have stopped performing. But we know one thing for sure: these performers will forever remain in the history of Russian show business.

The numbers show the singer's condition.

1. Grigory Lepsveridze (Leps). $9 million
   Grigory Leps at the beginning of his creative career was not any outstanding singer, he had problems with money, with alcohol and with drugs.

   

   Now Leps is one of the highest paid stars in Russia. Moreover, Grisha also manages his money very smartly: in addition to his performing career, he is engaged in business.

2. Sergey Shnurov. $11 million
   Sergei Shnurov (Shnur) is known for his scandalous obscene songs, which he sings as part of the Leningrad group.

   

   In addition to the fact that the Cord is famous performer his songs, he also manages to engage in other activities: he voices movie characters, was a TV presenter, and was even noticed in painting. By the way, his works are periodically exhibited in various galleries.

3. Philip Kirkorov. $7.6 million
   Famous singer - Philip Kirkorov was born in Bulgaria. I first visited Moscow at the age of 5 with my father.

   

   Philip is not only an excellent singer, but also recently became the father of two children - a boy and a girl - through a surrogate mother. Alla Pugacheva, his ex-wife, had a great influence in Kirkorov’s development as a singer.

4. Nikolay Baskov. $4.7 million
   Singer and showman Nikolai Baskov began his career as an opera singer.

   

   Now he attracts huge halls, and, accordingly, large fees. No wonder he is called the “golden voice of Russia.” In addition, Nikolai periodically hosts television shows.

5. 
   The famous Russian singer Valery Meladze, in addition to his concert activities, also owns a restaurant business.

   

   He is also a producer and TV presenter. In general, life is in full swing :)

6. 
   Dima Bilan is a Russian singer, and not only Russian. The real name of the vocalist is Victor Belan.

   

   Dima once became the winner of Eurovision, which also affected the artist’s popularity.

7. Stas Mikhailov. $3.6 million
   Stas Mikhailov began his career by singing in restaurants.

   

   Stas is a Russian singer and also a songwriter.

8. 
   Charming Russian singer, a favorite of girls. He started his career in 2011.

   

   Until now no one famous singer In 2011, Yegor Creed posted the track “Love on the Net” on his social network, which became very popular in a matter of weeks. After that, Egor began filming videos for his songs and advertising them on the Internet. In 2012, Yegord Creed signed a contract with the center " BlackStar Inc"(the owner of this center is Timati).

9. 
   Zemfira is a mysterious star. Fans love her for her performance style, which is unlike anything else.

   

   In addition, fans passionately discuss Zemfira’s personal life, which is no less mysterious.

10. 
    Timati became famous and popular thanks to “Star Factory 4”. After this show, he began to pursue a solo career.

    

    Now, in addition to performing activities, he is engaged in business and produces his own clothing line.

Conclusion

These were the richest singers in Russia. Of course, the numbers are constantly changing, but we can still understand the approximate state of the stars.

Who else do you think should be on this list? Write in the comments! 🙂

Valery Gergiev

Income$16.5 million

Concerts In less than a year - from December 21, 2012 to November 29, 2013 - Gergiev, according to his schedule, will have to lead 211 concerts in Russia and abroad. In 2010, the Internet portal Bachtrack named Gergiev the most sought-after conductor in the world.

Opera In 2003, Gergiev returned Wagner’s tetralogy “The Ring of the Nibelungs” to the Mariinsky repertoire; more than a century ago, it was the St. Petersburg theater that staged the first Russian production of these operas.

Scandal In November 2012, the union of the ballet troupe Mariinsky Theater sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture, where he accused the theater management of violating labor laws and being biased towards artists. Gergiev called the letter an “emotional act,” but promised to look into it.

Titles People's Artist of Russia, Ukraine, North Ossetia, five-time winner of the theater award " Golden mask", Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation.

Business Owns 15% of Eurodon, Russia's largest producer of turkey meat.

Hobby President of the Finnish Black Sauna Society.

Grigory Leps

Income$15 million

Patrons Grigory Lepsveridze, a former restaurant singer from Sochi, became friends with billionaires and regulars on the Forbes list, Iskander Makhmudov and Andrei Bokarev, in the 1990s; the partners helped the artist “get promoted” by spending $8 million.

Best disc The album “Pensnez” became the best-selling album in Russia in 2011 (according to the 2M company), ahead of the collections of songs by Elena Vaenga and Stas Mikhailov.

Scandal In the winter of 2013, together with Stas Mikhailov and Valery Meladze, he spoke at an extended meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the protection of personal rights in the information sphere. “I’m an impulsive person, I’ll break someone, they’ll put me in prison, and let me serve it! Some creature comes to my house, I’ll get him anyway! We are starting a fight with you! My darling can’t stand it, I’ll soon calm them all down, the freaks!” - Leps addressed journalists (“Moskovsky Komsomolets”, 2013).

Fees Last year, Leps became the main pop star in Russia: for each of the four anniversary concerts at Crocus City Hall in December 2012, according to expert estimates, he received $500,000, and for two concerts in St. Petersburg - $750,000. This is record amounts of fees for Russian performers.

Stas Mikhailov

Income$9.8 million

Career In his native Sochi, he sang in restaurants, sold cassettes with his songs, in 1992 he moved to Moscow, worked at the Variety Theater, and in 1997 he released his first album “Candle”.

Hit The song “Well, that’s all” has collected more than 16 million views on YouTube.

Scandal In the spring of 2013, the court rejected Mikhailov’s claim for 10 million rubles, which he demanded as compensation for damage caused to him by the film “The Understudy.” Mikhailov believed that the image of the main character of the film, singer Mikhail Stasov, was completely copied from him, only “offensive behavior was added to him.”

Titles Honored Artist of Russia (2010), “Artist of the Year” according to the Chanson radio station (2009), laureate of the National Golden Gramophone Award (2009).

Philip Kirkorov

Income$9.7 million

Quote“I was actually the first person in this country to wear rhinestones, then everyone around me started wearing them, and only I was blamed for this” (OK! magazine, 2010).

Family The son of the Bulgarian singer Bedros Kirkorov met Alla Pugacheva at the age of 11, at the age of 27 he married the 45-year-old diva, and 14 years later the couple divorced.

Business Owner of two small second-hand clothing stores selling clothes of Russian celebrities. Advertising for LG smartphones in a Euroset video.

Scandals In 2004, Kirkorov insulted Rostov journalist Irina Aroyan during his press conference. In December 2010, at a rehearsal for the Golden Gramophone award, he beat assistant director Marina Yablokova. She contacted the police, and two weeks later the conflict was settled in the magistrate's court.

Achievements He received the annual World Music Award five times as the singer who sold the most records in Russia.

Titles People's Artist of Chechnya (2006), Ingushetia (2006), Russia (2008), Ukraine (2008).

Nikolay Baskov

Income: $8.9 million

Career At the age of 22 he won the All-Russian competition young opera singers.

Family In 2001, he married the daughter of his producer, businessman and former member of the Federation Council Boris Shpigel, and divorced in 2008.

Titles People's Artist of Ukraine (2004), Chechnya (2005), Ingushetia (2007), Russia (2009), Moldova (2011).

Detail In the spring of 2012, he became the host of the TV show “Nikolai Baskov’s Marriage Agency” on the Russia-1 channel, but a few months later it was closed.

Income$5.6 million

Career In 2001, due to a conflict with her second husband and producer Alexander Shulgin, she stopped her creative activity and returned to the stage in 2003, signing a contract with producer Joseph Prigozhin, who became her third husband. At the end of 2012, Valeria became the highest paid Russian singer (in terms of royalties).

Event In 2013 she received the title of People's Artist of Russia.

Valery Meladze

Event In February 2013, together with Grigory Leps and Stas Mikhailov, he criticized journalists at an extended meeting of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, where the issue of protecting personal rights in the information sphere was discussed.

Hits The song “Heaven” (2010) has received almost 9 million views on YouTube. The song “Light of the Setting Sun” (2012), performed with Vakhtang Kikabidze - almost 7 million views.

Business Together with musicians Andrei Makarevich and Stas Namin, he owns a share in the Rhythm Blues Cafe.

Oleg Gazmanov

Quote“My songs, the same “Officers”, are sung by men in karaoke with vodka 3-4 times a day. I should get decent interest. But there is none of this” (“RIA Voronezh”, 2013).

Career Gazmanov’s first famous hit was the song “Lucy” (1988) about a missing dog, which he performed with his little son Rodion. He wrote the unofficial anthem of Moscow, which the former mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov really liked. The new authorities have different tastes. In the summer of 2013, they turned to Russian Railways with a request to stop playing the song “Moscow, the bells are ringing” on trains arriving at the capital’s stations.

Dima Bilan

Career The start of his career in the early 2000s was given by producer Yuri Aizenshpis, former director group "Kino". After the death of Aizenshpis in 2005, Yana Rudkovskaya, at that time the wife of businessman Viktor Baturin, became Bilan’s new producer.

Achievements He took part in the Eurovision music competition twice: in 2006 he took 2nd place, in 2008 - 1st place with the song Believe. Honored Artist of Ingushetia and Chechnya (2007), People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2008).

Detail In 2012, he announced his intention to start a new musical project under the name he was given at birth - Victor Belan.

Income$3.8 million

Family Daughter of former member of the group “Tender May” Vladimir Shurochkin. The father is the singer's producer. At the age of 17, she changed the name in her passport from Anna to Nyusha.

Career Since winning the television show “STS Lights a Superstar” (2007), the singer has won music awards 33 times, including “Muz-TV 2013” ​​(best song - “Memory”), RU.TV 2012 (best singer), “ Glamor - Woman of the Year 2012" (singer of the year), "Golden Gramophone - 2012" (single "Memory"), "Golden Gramophone - 2011" (single "Choose a Miracle"), "Muz-TV 2012" (best song - "Higher ").

Event In August 2012, she gave birth to her first child and named her son Ivan. She plans to adopt a girl from an orphanage so that Ivan will have a sister.

Career She performs songs of her own composition, more than 800 in total. On the 2011 tour she gave more than 150 sold-out concerts, including in the USA, Germany, and Israel.

Awards“Chanson of the Year - 2013”, laureate of “Song of the Year - 2012” (song “Where Was”), “Golden Gramophone - 2012” (“Where Was”), laureate of “Song of the Year - 2011” (“Chopin”), “Golden Gramophone - 2011" ("Keys").

Yuri Bashmet

Quote“I really love the word “ambition”... I still have the ambition to make my orchestra the best. If I don’t think like that, then there will be no movement forward” (“Snob”, 2008).

Career For the first time in history classical music made the viola solo musical instrument. Performs with an instrument made by master Paolo Testore. With the Moscow Soloists ensemble, in 15 years, by his own estimate, he traveled around the globe 34.5 times (by distance).

Alla Pugacheva

Income$2.5 million

Event In February 2013, the singer closed her official website. The reason, according to media reports, was Pugacheva’s new songs, which she performed at the “Christmas Meetings,” leaked onto the Internet. The singer intended to record a disc and sell it, but pirates prevented these plans.

Best Album The disc “Mirror of the Soul” (1977) was released in a circulation of about 10 million, including reissues.

Business Owns 17% of the Alla Pugacheva Song Theater concert complex under construction.

Income$2.5 million

Business Head of the production center Black Star Inc., founded in 2006. Owns fashion stores Black Star by Timati.

Clips He starred in music videos with rap stars Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and Diddy, as well as Grigory Leps.

Income$2.5 million

Event New album“Live in Your Head” (2013) was posted for free listening on Yandex the day before its release, and within the first 14 hours it was listened to more than 1 million times. On Russian iTunes, the album was sold for 149 rubles and topped the music sales chart for several weeks.

Detail Together with director Renata Litvinova, she became a co-producer of the film “Rita’s Last Fairy Tale” (2012).

Fans Billionaires Roman Abramovich, Alexander Mamut, Pyotr Aven, Vadim Belyaev invite Zemfira to perform at their events.

Quote“When I turned 16, I said: “Thank you everyone for your clear life plans, my own is fuzzy” (Colta, 2013).

Career Rapper from Rostov-on-Don Vasily Vakulenko is known not only as Basta, but also as Noggano and N1NT3ND0. I became interested in hip-hop while studying at the conducting department of a music school.

Business Founder of the Gazgolder record label, publishing Russian rap and hip-hop.

Start The group was founded in 1989 by producer Igor Matvienko and vocalist Nikolai Rastorguev; on February 14, the first hit “Batka Makhno” was recorded in the studio of the Moscow Youth House.

Solo In 1996, Rastorguev released the collection “Four Nights in Moscow” of The Beatles songs in his own performance.

Awards Nikolai Rastorguev - People's Artist of Russia (2002), holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2007), Order of Honor (2012).

Denis Matsuev

Income$1.7 million

Career He became a soloist of the Moscow State Philharmonic while studying in his third year at the conservatory. In 1998, at the age of 23, he won the Tchaikovsky Competition. Since 2004 it has been holding the Stars on Baikal festival, and since 2009 the Crescendo festival. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, National Orchestra of France, London symphony orchestra, La Scala Theater Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

Income$1.5 million

Family She is married to tennis player Dmitry Ivanov, who is 12 years younger than the singer. This is her fifth marriage.

Album The album “Format” (2005) sold 700,000 copies.

Toy Maserati Spyder car.

Sergey Lazarev

Income$1.4 million

Quote“Gays are the same people, no different, talented, bright in completely different areas: civil servants are gay, as are politicians. It's everywhere around us. Not accepting gays is stupid, denying it is too” (Heat.ru, 2013).

Conflict In December 2012 he demanded from social network VKontakte removes pirated copies of its tracks posted before the official release. In response, Pavel Durov published a message: “I deleted all Sergei Lazarev’s tracks from VK. The cultural value of VKontakte audio recordings has increased dramatically.”

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