🎼Summer after high school when we first met
We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead
And on my 18th birthday, we got matching tattoos🎼
If those words don’t translate into sound, safe to say you do not know who Katy Perry is. Fret not, the point of this article is to educate you on one of the biggest pop stars ever lived.
Katy Perry has always been an artist I have always adored and she stands to be one of the few musicians who made a chunk of her wealth from music and little influences from other side hustles.
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In the article, we will talk about how Katy raked in a whopping $330 million in the course of her career.
HER ALBUM SALES ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD.
Everyone knows it: she knows it, we know it, and she knows it. However, her entire album sales are enormous. According to the Recording Industry Association of America Katy’s digital singles earned her $106 million, (earning the number six spot after Drake, Kanye West, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Eminem). In addition, at least six of her songs, including “Firework,” “California Gurls,” and “Roar,” have each grossed $5 million.
SALE OF HER TOUR? ADDITIONALLY IMPRESSIVE
Again, the Witness tour isn’t that outstanding. However, Katy’s Prismatic World Tour earned more than $204.3 million, her California Dreams Tour earned $48.9 million (ALSO GOOD), and her Hello Katy Tour earned $1.3 million—which may seem insignificant, but keep in mind that she was a brand-new artist at the time!
Katy does, in fact, profit handsomely from the sale of all that tour merchandise. “She’s averaged an astounding $20 per head per night in item sales,” Forbes wrote in 2015.
FOR HER LAS VEGAS RESIDENCE, SHE WAS PAID A LOT OF MONEY.
Katy’s residency will go from December 29, 2021, to March 19, 2022, and she will be paid $168 million during that time. Wow, I mean wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,
SHE EARNS A LOT OF MONEY FROM ENDORSEMENTS.
Katy has worked with a slew of firms, including H&M, CoverGirl, and Proactiv, all of which are likely paying her well (though, as you know, the exact figures are kept under wraps). She also has her own perfume brand. Y
LET’S DISCUSS HER REAL ESTATE PROFILE.
Katy has a lot of real estate that she owns (and flips!). She spent $19 million on a Beverly Hills property in 2017. She sold one of her two Hollywood Hills properties for $9.5 million in the same year. Not to mention the time she attempted to purchase a convent for $15 million and went to court with a group of nuns. It’s a long story, but Katy was awarded $5 million in damages in the end.
Katy and Orlando Bloom most recently paid $14.2 million for a nine-acre estate in Montecito, California, in 2020.
THEN THERE’S AMERICAN IDOL, OF COURSE.
Prepare to have your mouth drop when you learn that Katy is being paid $25 million to host American Idol. Other judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, who are reportedly paid much less, sneered at her huge salary.
SO, HOW MUCH IS KATY PERRY’S ENTIRE NET WORTH?
A stunning $330 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Her $38.5 million earnings that year put her at #86 on Forbes’ list of the wealthiest celebrities in 2020.
