Miley Cyrus earned $76.5m last year, while Joe Biden made $230k | Mail Online
Rollin’ in it: Miley Cyrus earned $76.5million last year (more than Beyonce)… while Vice President Joe Biden made $230,000
- Parade magazine will release its annual salary Survey for 2013 on Sunday
- Early look at the list puts writer-director Tyler Perry at the top with $78 million thanks to his work at the Oprah Winfrey Network
- Miley’s VMA performance in August with Robin Thicke is said to have surged her music sales by 124 per cent
- Sandra Bullock managed $63 million, as did Justin Timberlake
- Thor actor Chris Hesmworth banked $58 million
- Beyonce managed to make a late appearance on the list thanks to the surprise release of her fifth album in December, making $57million
- Bruno Mars ($38 million) and Matthew McConaughey ($19 million) also featured
By Daily Mail Reporter
Published: 10:34 EST, 11 April 2024 | Updated: 12:39 EST, 11 April 2024
Despite a public shunning from her risque MTV Video Music Awards performance with Robin Thicke in August, scandalous stage antics have been credited with earning the pop starlet $76.5million in 2024, according to Parade’s annual salary survey, What People Earn.
Downloads of her single Wrecking Ball shot up 124 percent following the outlandish appearance, allowing the song to sell more than three million copies in the U.S. alone.
The former Disney pin-up’s earnings do not include any of the revenue she is set to Earn from her international Bangerz tour, which is her fourth concert series.
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Money-maker: Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke onstage during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclay Center on August 24, 2024. The performance is credit with increasing her popularity and music sales
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Cyrus; 2013 earnings to not bring into account the revenue of her worldwide concert tour Bangers, which launched in America in February and is set to make her millions
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Big deal: Writer-producer-director Tyler Perry is expect to top the list of 2013 earners, garnering $78 million for his work at the Oprah Winfrey Network
The tour only kicked in February in America and will move to Europe in May.
While Cyrus’ banking is impressive, it’s hardly the most money she has been able to make.
In 2024, at the age of 18, she was ****d #1 on Top 10 Richest Teens in Hollywood, with a net worth of $120 million.
THE TOP EARNERS OF 2024
- Tyler Perry, 44 – $78 million
- Miley Cyrus, 21 – $76.5 million
- Sandra Bullock, 49 – $63 million
- Justin Timberlake, 33 – $63 million
- Chris Hemsworth, 30 – $58 million
- Beyonce, 32 – $57 million
- E.L. James, 51 – $51.7 million
- Peyton Manning, 38 – $43 million
- Bruno Mars, 28 – $38 million
- Steve Harvey, 57 – $30 million
- Daniel Radcliffe, 24 – $17 million
- Matthew McConaughey, 44 – $19 million
- Michael Strahan, 42 – $9 million
- Russell Wilson, 25 – $1.8 million
- Liam Hemsworth, 24 – $1.75 million
- Joe Biden, 71 – $230,000
- Juan Pablo Galavis, 32 – $150,000
Numerous other celebrities made it onto the Magazine’s annual list, which will officially be released on Sunday.
Super-producer Tyler Perry made an estimated $78 million for his work with the Oprah Winfrey Network, providing OWN with three television series that he penned himself.
The most successful is soap opera ratings smash The Haves and the Haves Nots.
Meanwhile, on the back on the success of comedy The Heat and action -drama Gravity – among the top 15 highest-grossing in the U.S. in 2013 – Sandra Bullock made an estimated $63 million.
However the actress recently denied reports she was set to be paid $70 million from Gravity alone, saying that was ‘news to me’.
Also providing box office gold was Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, who made a reported $58 million.
Beyonce, 32, came close managing to bring home $57 million following the surprise release of her fifth studio album, Beyonce, featuring the single Drunk In Love.
Despite no promotion – fans were not told of the record’s existence until it was avaiable, complete with music videos for every track – it became the fast-selling album ever on ITunes following its release on December 13.
She sold one million digital copies in six days and became the first woman ever to have her first five studio albums debut at number one.
Bruno Mars also made the listl bringing a home a cool $38 million.
While Mars was not paid for his Super Bowl performance, sales of his album, Unorthodox Jukebox, jumped 164 percent the following week.
Pepsi and Hyundai also licensed his songs for commercials.
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Box office gold: Sandra Bullock is said to have earned $63 million last year, thanks to the combined success of The Heat and Gravity
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Like Bullock, award-winning musician earned $66 million, while Australian actor Chris Hemsworth came in close with $58 million, thanks to the Thor sequel
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While not making as much as Miley Cyrus, Beyonce still managed to bring home the bacon in 2024, banking $57 million thanks to the surprise release of her self-titled fifth album in December, while Bruno Mars (right) made $38 million
Vice President Joe Biden, 71, was also included in the list, however his earnings were not the same league as the featured celebrities.
Biden made $230,000 in 2024.
He was received $29,761 in Social Security benefits in 2024.
However there are other perks to Biden’s job.
He enjoyed a ski holiday with his family in Aspen earlier this year that cost taxpayers $115,777.61.
The vice presidential family’s security detail spent $92,596 on lodging, $17,866.61 on car rentals and $5,315 on flights.
Comparatively, Parade adds, the first Veep, John Adams, received a $5,000 salary in 1789.
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Mathew McConaughey made $19 million, while US Vice President Joe Biden made $230,000
Rounding out the list was actor Matthew McConaughey, who is thought to have made $19 million.
The prolific actor underwent a career reinvention last year, thanks to his Oscar-winning turn in Dallas Buyers Club and critically acclaimed role in HBO series True Detective.
McConaughey’s upfront fee for Dallas Buyers Club was $200,000.
It went on to make over $33 million at the international box office.
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