Michael Bublé ($60 million)
Michael Bublé has a strange success story. He started as a struggling wedding singer until there was one particular wedding where Brian Mulroney, the aid to the former Canadian prime minister, watched him perform. Mulroney was so blown away by the performance that he gave Bublé’s CD to the prime minister himself, who hired Bublé to sing at his daughter’s wedding. Lo and behold, Bublé met his producer, David Foster, at that wedding and the rest is history. Due to his widespread commercial success, Bublé has earned himself roughly $60 million over the course of his short career.
Trent Reznor ($70 million)
Reznor wasn’t always on the fast track for musical success, but the path that brought him here helped him develop a unique sound that drove Nine Inch Nails through the 90s. Reznor showed an interest in playing music when he was 5 years old although he did not pursue music professionally until later in his life. He studied computer science in college and played in synth-driven bands until he eventually got a job at a recording studio and made his own music after hours under the name Nine Inch Nails. Since then, Reznor has published 5 albums and wrote three movie scores, netting him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award in 2010 for his work on The Social Network.
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