#4 One Direction – $130 million
One Direction, or 1D as the fans call them, are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London. The members of the band are Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
Previously, Zayn Malik was a member until his departure from the band in March 2015.
The group signed with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010.
Their achievements include five Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards, and nineteen Teen Choice Awards out of nineteen nominations, among many others.
In 2014, Forbes listed them the second-highest earning celebrities under 30, with the group earning an estimated $75 million from June 2013 to June 2014.
Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the biggest-selling album worldwide of 2013 despite being released in late November. The same year, Billboard named the band Artist of the Year.
