Bruce Springsteen Was the Biggest-Earning Musician of 2021
After selling his masters and publishing catalog for a reported $550 million, Bruce Springsteen was officially confirmed as the biggest earner of 2021. The report, written by former Forbes editor Zack O'Malley Greenburg, explained how selling valuable music archives heavily skewed the annual chart of artists' incomes. Greenburg explained the incentive for artists to sell their rights, especially during a pandemic era: “There’s a range of factors, some of them arcane and […]
