Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Rihanna’s net worth of $1.7 billion is largely the result of the singer-songwriter’s ownership stake of several very popular fashion lines. While Rihanna has largely stepped away from music in recent years, she currently earns an estimated $40 million to $50 million a year from her various businesses, and she is among the richest self-made musicians in the world.
Let’s dive into Rihanna’s net worth machine to explore how she’s built an incredible moneymaking machine.
Fenty And Savage X Fenty Drive Have Built Most Of Rihanna’s Net Worth
Rihanna is a multi-platinum-selling artist, and she’s certainly earned millions from her music. However, it’s her foray into the fashion world that has skyrocketed her wealth and allowed her to become a billionaire.
The biggest business venture for Rihanna is her Fenty Beauty Line. Fenty is a partnership between Rihanna and LVMH, which owns such renowned brands as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Sephora, Hennessy, and others.
Rihanna owns 50% of the Fenty Beauty Line,, which generates around $100 million in revenue per year. Fenty is said to be valued between $2 billion and $3 billion, adding $1 billion to $1.5 billion to Rihanna’s net worth.
Rihanna also owns 30% of Savage X Fenty, a high-end lingerie line estimated to be worth $1 billion.
Those companies are largely responsible for Rihanna, in some years, earning up to $80 million.
Rihanna Is The Best Selling Digital Music Artist Of All-Time
arp / Depositphotos.comWhile Rihanna has transformed into a fashionista powerhouse, her music pushed her into the public mindset and turned her into the best-selling digital music artist of all time.
At the time of publishing, Rihanna has sold 257,560,000 digital tracks. The next closest artist is Eminem at 204,920,000, and Drake followed Eminem at a distant 169,530,000.
While we don’t have the full totals from her music, TheThings notes that in 2016 alone, Rihanna earned “$7.6 million in revenue from streaming, $2.5 million in sales, and $10.1 million in royalties.”
According to Billboard, on January 3, 2023, Rihanna became the first female artist to have ten songs reach 1 billion streams each on the platform. Based on Spotify’s $.0004 average payout for top-performing artists, those streams have likely earned Rihanna $40 million.
The songs that have reached 1 billion views on Spotify are “Diamonds,” “We Found Love” (with Calvin Harris), “Love on the Brain,” “Stay” (with Mikky Ekko), “This Is What You Came For” (with Calvin Harris), “Needed Me,” “Four Five Seconds” (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney), “Work” (with Drake), “Umbrella” (with Jay-Z) and “Love the Way You Lie” (with Eminem).
With other platforms like Apple Music, Pandora, and Tidal (which Rihanna partially owned before its sale), the singer has likely increased her music revenue by millions more.
Rihanna’s Samsung Endorsement Earned Her A Small Fortune
Samsung and Rihanna spent seven months negotiating terms of a sponsorship agreement worth $25 million.
The “Umbrella” singer agreed to endorse the company’s products during her 2016 Anti-World Tour.
According to the New York Post, the deal took so long to complete because Rihanna was negotiating while simultaneously making tweaks to her newest album at the time.
Rihanna has also sponsored products from MAC Cosmetics, Dior, Louis Vuitton, CoverGirl, luxury jewelry line Chopard, and others.
Rihanna even signed on as the creative director of Puma in 2014, and her line apparently performed above expectations.
We’d conservatively estimate that Rihanna has made over $50 million just from her sponsorship deals.
Rihanna’s Tours Added Big To Her Net Worth
Jean_Nelson / Depositphotos.comWhen you’re the best-selling digital music artist of all time, you’re going to sell out some concerts. In Rihanna’s case, you’re going to sell out a lot of tours.
In 2010 Rihanna had her first big success on the concert tour circuit when she headed out to promote her “Rated R” album. The Last Girl On Earth Tour brought in $40 million.
Rihanna rode the wave of that tour success, and in 2011, she promoted the Loud Tour. According to BET Rihanna earned an estimated $90 million during the Loud Tour.
Rihanna then embarked on the Diamonds World Tour, which Billboard reported earned $140 million worldwide in 2013.
Eminem & Rihanna Earned $36 Million For 6 Shows
When you put the best-selling digital artist of all time on the same ticket as the second-best-selling digital artists of all time, you’re going to sell out shows. That’s exactly what happened when Rihanna and Eminem teamed up in 2014 to co-headline a six-show tour.
At the time, $6 million per show was an incredible amount of money. In 2013, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour surpassed that total by a wide margin, bringing in more than $13 million per show.
While Rihanna has hinted at new music being released for several years now, it’s very apparent that much of her time is being spent on numerous projects outside of her music career. Despite not releasing a new album since 2016’s “Anti” she remains the best-selling digital music artist of all time.
