How does one become the highest paid musician over all the others? Quite simple really, use your power of influence to pursued your fans and the non-fans to buy your self named product of headphones. Well not just that, then sell it to Apple. For $3 Billion dollars to be precise.

So It’s of little surprise when Forbes announced the Top-30 highest paid musicians, Dr Dre was at the top of that list. The rest is a fun guessing game really. Here is the Top 10 Highest-Paid Musicians of 2014:

1. Dre Dre: $620 million

The superproducer’s payout from Apple’s $3 billion purchase of Beats gave him the biggest single-year payday of any musician in history.

2. Beyonce: $115 million

Queen B’s most lucrative year came courtesy of her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, a surprise album and endorsements with the likes of Pepsi and H&M.

3. Eagles: $100 million

The ageless rockers’ ongoing History Of The Eagles tour helped them earn more last year than Lady Gaga, Kanye West and Miley Cyrus—combined.

4. Bon Jovi: $82 million

The tail end of their Because We Can Tour, which grossed a quarter of a billion dollars, pushed the New Jersey natives into the top five.

5. Bruce Springsteen: $81 million

In yet another tour-fueled bonanza, The Boss justified his name, grossing more than $4 million per night with the E Street Band.

6. Justin Bieber: $80 million

More problems, more money: Despite his despicable behavior, Bieber’s last tour helped him to the biggest payday of his career.

7. One Direction: $75 million

The boy band’s earnings soared to new heights thanks to lucrative live dates, Pepsi commercials and another No. 1 album, Midnight Memories.

8. Paul McCartney: $71 million

The oldest member of the top ten, 72-year-old McCartney rocked his way around the world—and grossed more than $3.5 million per city.

9. Calvin Harris: $66 million

The former stockboy is the world’s top-paid DJ, scoring six-figure nightly fees and millions more producing hits for Rihanna and others.

10. Toby Keith: $65 million

Country’s cash king is a diversified money machine, boasting his own record label, mescal line and restaurant chain.

Full Top-30 list & story via Forbes.