Beyoncé Reportedly Pocketed At Least $24 Million For Private 'Atlantis The Royal' Performance — Here's Where She Lands In The Top 10 Most Expensive Private Performances.
Multiple reports have calculated how much Beyonce charges for private appearances, and the sum is pegged to between $3 and $4 million.
The megastar was paid a reported $24 million for the night.
Beyoncé was the talk of the town. She was performing her first live concert in more than four years at a private event for the opening of Atlantis The Royal on January 21.
Dubai got a free Beyonce concert via soundcheck. The show in Dubai will be taking place at Atlantis The Royal resort. You already know Queen Bey will be working hard to make such a high-profile, highly-paid show worth the money.
The singer was reportedly paid $24 million to perform at the grand reveal of Dubai's latest luxury hotel, Atlantis the Royal on January 21. While she performed 19 songs during the invite-only event, none were from her most recent album, Renaissance, which has been hailed as a tribute to Black LGBTQ culture.
Beyonce was paid a reported $35 million for a one-hour show attended by more than 1000 people, including celebrities and “special guests,” as noted in a press release.
Beyoncé earned $24 million for a one-hour concert in Dubai. Here's the hotel room she stayed in that costs $100,000 a night.
Beyoncé May Earn $2 Billion From Her 57-Concert Renaissance World Tour.
Attendees were to adhere to a strict no-phone policy so that they couldn't record during her performance. One fan shared a video showing the pouch in which they were asked to place their phone. The request for keeping the elaborate show under wraps was ignored as videos leaked on the net.
In a since-archived post, the Dancer's Alliance reported in 2019 that a call for a new Beyoncé video shoot was only paying dancers $250 per day for working with the megastar. For context, the Alliance has shared that a $500 per day compensation is more reasonable.
Beyoncé just made $35 million for one hour's work.
Sean Carter, aka Jay Z, reportedly puts a cool $3 million in his pocket per show. Jay Z's prodigy, Kanye West, demands the same ticket price and rakes in $3 million per show as well.
Beyoncé It should come as no surprise that Queen Bey herself totes one of the world's highest-valued diamonds. Weighing in at 24 carats, Jay-Z reportedly paid around $5 million (now worth about $6.89 million) for Bey's flashy emerald-cut ring back in 2008.
Rihanna. Rihanna is one of the most expensive acts to hire on our list. Hiring Rihanna to come and perform at your private event will cost anything from $8million dollars upwards!
Lady Gaga and Adele are right behind with a starting fee of $750,000.
It's thought that Beyoncé was raking in $280,000 per minute for her private concert in Dubai over the weekend - allegedly totalling $24 million in total for the show.
A micro crowd of a select group of 1,500 people were treated to one of the most monumental concerts in history.
Believe it or not, dancing in public is considered to be provocative and if you wish to avoid some serious fines, make sure you dance at licensed clubs or within the four walls of your room. Even listening to some loud music in Dubai is banned in public and can lead to a heavy penalty if found guilty.
For starters, unlike Adele, Taylor Swift or Usher, Beyoncé has no diamond-selling albums (not even her double-album I Am … Sasha Fierce, which would've had to sell only 5 million to earn that certification).
A $50 million deal reported by the NYTimes today between Pepsi and Power Woman Beyoncé Knowles could be a portent of what's coming in the advertising arena of celebrity endorsements as artists angle for more creative control. Or she could just have taken a page from her own husband's handbook.
Question: Who is richer — Beyoncé or Jay-Z? Answer: Jay-Z is richer. According to 'Forbes', he is worth USD 2.5 billion, as of 2023. Beyoncé's net worth was USD 450 million, as of 2022.
Taylor Swift has a net worth of $740 million, and Beyonce is at $540 million. Other big name musicians on the list include Madonna, Dolly Parton, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. Some other female celebrities to make the cut included Oprah Winfrey, Judge Judy and Reese Witherspoon, to name just a few.
Nighttime: Bed by 11PM. Beyonce has a conflicting track record on sleep, as do perhaps most type-A, rock star, super-successful high flyers. She has been quoted as saying “I don't need sleep” in the past, and suggesting that if she doesn't sleep her team should follow suit.