Sentence examples for wealthy musicians from inspiring English sources

There are tremendously wealthy musicians, of course, but a lot of them are at best, yes, middle class.

JLS: You know, when I started doing this, there were few wealthy musicians, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley..

The former frontman of The Police grew up in a working-class family in Wallsend, North Tyneside, and has gone on to become one of Britain's wealthiest musicians.

"Prince was one of the wealthiest musicians alive.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List, by April 2013, they had an estimated personal combined wealth of £25 million ($41.2m) making them the second-wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of age.

Since the Rich List began in 1989, McCartney has been the UK's wealthiest musician, with an estimated fortune of £680 million in 2013.

This sum comes from the K Foundation, a prank outfit run by wealthy pop musicians aiming to stir up mischief in what they see as the grossly materialistic art world.Materialism of another kind is at the root of the controversy over the Turner prize.

Framed this way, the biggest financial issue for wealthy artists — from musicians to painters to writers — is much the same as for people who earn the bulk of their income in bonuses or find themselves with a windfall of money from an inheritance.

Wealthy men acquired slave musicians, who were often liberated and became the pillars of musical life.

Among people my age, from wealthy lawyers to struggling musicians, I never attend a party where the subject doesn't come up.

Do they really need to gut famous left-wing protest songs by exploiting them for commercial interests while the musicians, already wealthy beyond reason, literally laugh all the way to the bank?