#6 Mariah Carey $510 Million
Mariah Carey is a songwriter and singer and her net worth is estimated at $510 million, so far.
She is the best-selling female artist in the history of the Billboard charts, as well as the 6th richest singer in 2015.
So far, Mariah has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Carey’s debut album, Mariah Carey, reached number one on the Billboard charts and earned her a Grammy for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
In 2005, Carey released The Emancipation of Mimi, which returned her to critical prominence and became the best-selling album of the year.
Then in 2008, her album E=MC2 had the best-selling first week of her career and made her the artist with the second most number-one singles in the history of pop music, above Elvis Presley and second to The Beatles.