10. LeBron James - $86M Basketball star LeBron James did well for himself, earning the tenth spot on this year’s list with $86 million. As the NBA’s four-time MVP to the Cleveland Cavaliers, James earned a career-high $31-million salary from 2016 to 2017, making him only the third NBA player to earn $30 million in a season following Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. The athlete has also inked some sweet deals with companies like Nike and Coca-Cola.

9. James Patterson - $87M As one of two authors on the top ten list this year, America’s richest writer James Patterson dominates with $87 million. Forbes reports that Patterson sold more than 9.5 million domestic copies in a year with a number of his written pieces being adapted for the small screen. The author also scored a reported seven-figure deal for co-writing an upcoming novel with former U.S. president Bill Clinton.

8. Coldplay - $88M Coldplay return to dominate on this year’s highest-paid list with a combined total of $88 million. The British pop-rock band cashed in some serious cha-ching this year with their highly successful A Head Full of Dreams Tour which, Forbes reports, earned the band just over $5 million per city they played in across the globe, making it one of their biggest payday successes thus far.

7. Howard Stern - $90M Radio personality Howard Stern holds the same seventh spot with a proud $90 million. Through the years, Stern has made a name for himself with his thinking-out-loud opinions and strong-willed persona, continuing to build his fortune with an eight-figure contract with SiriusXM. He also has expanded his work into the digital space with a mobile app and video streaming.

6. The Weeknd - $92M Canadians represent in this year’s top ten with singer The Weeknd coming in strong with a whopping $92 million. This year especially, the Toronto-born artist has seen mega-success with his latest “Starboy” album and accompanying performances on his Starboy: Legend of the Fall World Tour. “It’s not really coming in until you hit the stage,” the Starboy tells the magazine about this whopping success.

5. Cristiano Ronaldo - $93M Dropping just one spot this year, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo still hangs in with a large sum of $93 million. Not only was Ronaldo named FIFA’s best player in the world, but he also extended his contract with sports team Real Madrid, who offered to pay the athlete more than $50 million for each of the next four years, and signed a lifetime deal with Nike worth an estimated paycheque of... $1 billion.

4. Drake - $94M Toronto’s favourite rapper Drake came out near the top this year, jumping from #69 on last year’s list all the way to #4 this year with reported total earnings of $94 million. The “6ix God” boosted his fortune this year all thanks to his successful tour and lucrative sponsorship deals with brands like Nike, Sprite and Apple.

3. J.K. Rowling - $95M “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling made it to #3 on this year’s list with a huge paycheque of $95 million. The British novelist continued to reap the benefits of her magical franchise with the film spinoff, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, starring Eddie Redmayne, and her original two-part play, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”, set 19 years after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.

2. Beyonce Knowles - $105M There’s no doubt this was a big year for Beyonce, who jumped from #34 on last year’s list to #2. Queen Bey sits high with a whopping total of $105 million all thanks to her mega-successful Formation World Tour and her praiseworthy visual album “Lemonade”, which featured some chart-topping tunes. With her rapper husband Jay Z sitting at #55 on this year’s list, the money-making couple can reportedly now call themselves billionaires.