Dr. Dre is the highest paid music celebrity in the latest Forbes rich list with a fortune of $110 million (£69.5 million). His main source of fortune was actually not through music but through the sale of his new headphone brand "Beats by Dr. Dre" to HTC.

The Forbes "Highest-Paid Celebrities 2012# ranking is as follows:
1. Oprah Winfrey $165m
2. Michael Bay $160m
3. Steven Spielberg $130m
4. Jerry Bruckheimer $115m