10 richest stars in Russia 2020: Forbes rating

Counting money in other people's wallets is an exciting experience. This process becomes even more interesting if the wallet belongs to a singing and (or) dancing celebrity, constantly flashing on the screen and on the Web. And experts of the Russian Forbes will tell you everything, everything about the richest stars of Russian show business in 2020.

10. Ivan Urgant

Earned: $ 5.1 million

The overwhelming majority of highly paid workers of the entertainment industry in the Russian Federation sing and dance, but Ivan pleases the audience in a different way - leading the show "Evening Urgant" on Channel One. This program has been published 5 times a week for 8 years in a row and enjoys constant attention from viewers.

Ivan began his movement to fame and money as a toastmaster in nightclubs. All-Russian fame was brought to him by the program "Cheerful Morning" on MTV, then Urgant moved to the "First", where he was looking for himself for a long time, participating in various programs. Until I found my niche, having copied the format of a television night TV show from a distant overseas.

The first issues were not very popular, but soon Ivan adjusted and found his own style, which eventually led him to income of $ 5.1 million.

9. Timati

Earned: $ 5.1 million

Timati started, and in the world Timur Yunusov, on the backing vocals of the most promoted rapper of Russia at that time - Decl. The fourth version of "Star Factory" brought him to the big stage, and after a couple of years he began to plan hits, as if from under a conveyor belt.

True, venerable critics pointed out that he clearly borrowed some of the melodies from his Western colleagues. Timati did not hesitate to "adapt" Western texts for the Russian audience - why invent something that has already been invented and is selling well?

But, despite suspicions of being secondary, Timati continues to sing, work and earn money. He recently recorded a joint video with the participation of artists from the Boris Eifman Ballet Theater.

8. Grigory Leps

Earned: $ 5.3 million

The oldest participant in dozens of Russian show business stars with the highest incomes and the author of the popular karaoke hit "A Glass of Vodka on the Table", Grigory Leps made a name for himself on chanson and a genre close to him - romances.

Thug romance cost the singer dearly, due to alleged connections with the criminal world, he is banned from entering the United States, Great Britain and Israel. Our Baltic neighbors, Latvia and Lithuania, do not like Leps either. But, as we can see, the prohibitions, if they do affect the welfare of Gregory, are insignificant.

7. Group "Bi-2"

Earned: $ 6 million

In seventh place among the richest Russian showmen are two representatives of Russian rock - Alexander Uman and Yegor Bortnik. Before becoming Russian, their rock was first Belarusian, then Israeli, then even Australian, but in the end the musicians returned to their native Russian-speaking environment.

Where they thundered, acting as themselves in the nationwide cinematic hit "Brother-2" and recording for him the famous "Colonel", who suffers from the absence of mail in his life.As it turned out, the depressive vocals traditional for Russian rock, lyrics full of allusions and the general atmosphere of intellectual alcoholism are monetizing well. The next, already eleventh album "Bi-2" is being prepared for the release.

6. Polina Gagarina

Earned: $ 6.4 million

And here is the only woman in the list of the richest representatives of show business in Russia in 2020. The winner of the second year of the "Star Factory", the silver medalist of "Eurovision", recently divorced Polina Gagarina does not respect the album format too much. In just 15 years of her music career, she has released 3 albums.

The singer prefers to publish 2-3 clips a year, apparently, this is how music does not interfere with her political career as a confidant of Vladimir Vladimirovich, participation in music competitions and mentoring in the show "Voice".

5. Philip Kirkorov

Earned: $ 6.6 million

A veteran of the Russian stage, whose musical career has lasted for 35 years, everything does not give up. Although from an honorable second place among the top rich in domestic show business this year, he fell to the middle of the list.

The Russian "king of pop" is trying to revive his career with an influx of fresh blood. Now he performs with thirty-year-old Julia Sievert, and previously recorded joint videos with Russian rappers, Timati and Creed, as well as with the favorites of young people - video bloggers.

4. Basta

Earned: $ 6.6 million

This popular Russian artist began his career with a mixture of chanson and hip-hop, from which the critics' hair stood on end, but the people appreciated, fell in love and began to buy. The names of the albums did not differ much - from "Basta 1" the singer moved on to "Baste 2", and three more followed him, named in the same austere and laconic style.

The singer himself is constantly experimenting and looking for something new and interesting. So, after “Basta”, “Noggano”, different from it in musical terms, appeared, softer and more lyrical, and then - a down-to-earth mixture of dubstep, brutal rap, techno and electronics, imposed on Rostov-on-Don sample of the 90s, under called N1NT3ND0.

According to the singer, he is not engaged in planning, development, strategy and other boring things. He simply implements all sorts of interesting ideas that come to mind both to himself and to the team members. In the meantime, Basta has realized the age-old dream of producers - the creation of music, which practically does not require promotion. The people themselves will pick up, fall in love and begin to twist so that it is pleasant to watch.

3. Dima Bilan

Earned: $ 6.8 million

The top three are opened by the permanent record holder of the MTV Russia Music Awards and the only Russian singer who still managed to win Eurovision. Dima's career began with the video "Autumn", where the singer took beautiful poses on a deserted beach.

Since then, Dima has grown somewhat both professionally and in size, but he has not lost his powerful charisma. I recently released my next, already tenth album. And one of his last videos, "About White Roses", counted more than a million views in just a day, and was also awarded another "Golden Gramophone".

2. Egor Creed

Earned: $ 6.9 million

Yegor started as one of Timati's wards under his Black Star label and spent seven years under the light of a black star. Timati Yegor managed to leave the team with minimal losses, retaining both the rights to the pseudonym and to his songs. Others - Christine Si and LʼOne - were less fortunate: they lost both.

Perhaps the reason for such an easy parting of the two stars lies in Yegor's close friendship with the billionaire Rotenberg and his family. True, evil tongues still cannot agree on how much Rotenberg paid Timati, naming amounts from 105 to 205 million rubles.

Whatever it was, it seems that the break with Timati was good for Egor, since he managed to reach the second line in the ranking of the largest incomes for Russian musicians and showmen. As stated, his income has grown by one and a half times, and by this amount one can understand how much Black Star earned on the singer earlier.

1.Sergey Shnurov

Earned: $ 8.8 million

Sergey's biography is motley, he, as they say, experienced life in all its manifestations: he worked as a watchman, a blacksmith, wrote naked maidens for connoisseurs of art, and since 1998 he has become the permanent frontman of the Leningrad group.

The group spent the first couple of years of its existence in obscurity, until several of its songs sounded in the popular hit “DMB-2”. And then everything started spinning!

It is interesting that the promotion of "Leningrad" and Shnurov, unwittingly, helped the mayor Luzhkov. His tender soul could not bear the thought that in his hometown at the Luzhniki stadium some Petersburger would shout obscene words to the music. Therefore, the power given to him by Luzhkov canceled the concert of "Leningrad" in Moscow - and thereby advertised the group throughout the country.

Now, after 20 years of popular love for “Leningrad”, Shnurov has earned the respectful nickname “oligarch” from fellow musicians. On average, for one small corporate party or someone's birthday, Sergei companions receive (according to various sources) from 150 to 300 thousand dollars.

As a zealous housewife, Sergei prefers to keep the hens that lay the golden eggs in different baskets. In addition to songs and dances, restaurants bring him income (however, after the divorce, only one restaurant remained) and advertising (recently he took part in an advertising campaign for MegaFon). How much being a producer brings (at the beginning of the summer Shnurov took this position on the RTVI channel) is still unknown. But we are sure that Forbes will certainly inform us about it.