James Taylor – $60 million
Greatest Hits: Paint It Black, Night Owl
Singer James Taylor received five Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is a prolific musical artist, selling over 100 million records worldwide. He experienced breakthrough success with the “Fire and Rain” album, preceded by Carole King’s cover of You’ve Got a Friend.” He also covered many other hit music, including “How Sweet It Is,” “Handy Man,” as well as “Sweet Baby James.”
James Taylor
Carole King – $70 million
Greatest Hits: It’s Too Late, Nightingale, Jazzman
In the 50s-2000s, Carole King was one of the most famous and lucrative female songwriters in history. She has 118 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100. And that’s just the US. She wrote over sixty-one hits, including many that charted on the UK’s most popular singles chart. She debuted several albums, but her debut album, Writer, was the most significant. The recording was in the charts for nearly four months and remained in the charts for six years. She received a Hollywood star in 2012.
Carole King
