As demonstrated by the Drake and Meek Mill feud, songwriters and singers are not all one and the same. That doesn’t mean that musicians can’t be popular songwriters, though. The names you’ll find on this list are all pop-culture favorites that have made themselves popular for their art, both pen to paper and vocally, from Joni Mitchell with her legendary Reprise Records smash “Woodstock” to songwriter Carole King, who has had hundreds of songs enter the Billboard Hot 100. Needless to mention, with both of those royalties, they still earn a nice penny.
Here Are The Richest Songwriters Of All Time
Neil Diamond – $175 million
Greatest Hits: Song Sung Blue, Cracklin’ Rosie
Neil Diamond is an artist who has sold over one hundred records globally, breaking the top 10 billboard charts with thirty-eight songs. He’s one of the bestselling musicians in history. He had ten top-spot songs and was named in 2011 and 1984 respectively in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. Diamond is renowned for its humor as well. Will Ferrell parodied him on SNL and so loved the sketch that he appeared in the comedian’s last May 2002 broadcast alongside Ferrell.
Neil Diamond
