Source: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / Getty Rihanna has been putting in work, a lot of it. Even without a new album, the Bajan singer has been named the world’s wealthiest female artist thanks to a $600M fortune. According to Forbes , Rih Rih has banked more than Madonna, Céline Dion and even Beyoncé. It should be no surprise that music is just a small slice of Rihanna’s healthy financial pie. Says Forbes : Famous first as a singer, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, age 31, has since evolved into a style icon and makeup entrepreneur—and soon she’ll be the first black woman in charge of a major luxury fashion house. All those efforts add up to a $600 million fortune, making her the wealthiest female musician in the world, ahead of the likes of Madonna ($570 million), Céline Dion ($450 million) and Beyoncé ($400 million). Most of that comes not from music but from her partnership with LVMH, the French luxury goods giant run by billionaire Bernard Arnault. Rihanna (pronounced Ri-Ann-ah, not Ri-Ah-nah as she recently clarified) and LVMH co-own the makeup brand Fenty Beauty. It launched in September 2017 at Sephora, another LVMH brand, and online at FentyBeauty.com, quickly becoming a viral success. Fenty Beauty racked up a reported $100 million in sales in its first few weeks, propelled by Rihanna’s fame and 71 million Instagram followers. Congrats to Rihanna. Also, with her new adidas deal , expect Bey to be leaping up that list sooner than later. — Photo: Getty
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Rihanna Is The World’s Wealthiest Female Artist
