Country Music is every bit as big as Rap or Hip-hop is. Heck, Taylor Swift's "Red" sold over 5 million albums since it's October 2012 release. In fact, country is slowly becoming the new "Pop". Country music these days is nothing like the classics (Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, etc.) and is much more up-beat / pop-ish.

 

2013 Earnings

Toby Keith $65 million

Taylor Swift $55 million

Kenny Chesney $53 million

Tim McGraw $33 million

Carrie Underwood $31 million

Brad Paisley $30 million

 

The only three rappers to make over $30 Million in 2013 are Puff Daddy, Jay-Z, and Dr. Dre (Puff Daddy being the highest at $50 million). The irony is that those rappers all become famous in the 80s and 90s. On top of that, a lot of their net worth is fueled by things other than music (ie. Beats by Dre headphones).

 

Furthermore, here are all of the non-Rap singers that netted more income in 2013 than the #4 earning rapper (Nicki Minaj).

1. Madonna $125 mil

2. Lady Gaga $80 mil

3. Bon Jovi $79 mil

4. Toby Keith $65 mil

5. Coldplay $64 mil

6. Bruce Springsteen $62 mil

7. Justin Bieber $58 mil

8. Taylor Swift $55 mil

9. Elton John $54 mil

10. Beyonce $53 mil

11. Kenny Chesney $53 mil

12t. Puff Daddy

12t. Paul McCartney

14. Calvin Harris

15. Jennifer Lopez

16. Roger Waters

17. Muse

18. Rihanna

19. Jay-Z

20t. One Direction

20t. Dr. Dre

22. Red Hot Chili Peppers

23t. Rolling Stones

23t. Katy Perry

25t. Tim McGraw

25t. Pink

 

 

People saying things like "nowadays, its mainly either hip hop, rap, dance, or growl metal. and thats pretty much it. Anything else is seen as "uncool" or corny by the sheep in that generation" are blatantly ignorant.

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