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Rapper, music mogul and wildly popular headphones creator Dr. Dre has been named Forbes highest-paid musician of the year, topping the magazine’s annual list of the top 25 highest earning artist. Dre, who banked $110 million, unseated last year’s biggest moneymakers U2, who fell to No. 4 with 2012 earnings of just $78 million. The rest of the top 10 includes Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (No. 2, $88M), Elton John (No. 3, $80M), Take That (No. 5, $69M), Bon Jovi (No. 6, $60M), Britney Spears (No. 7, $58M), Paul McCartney (No. 8, $57M), Taylor Swift (tied at No. 8, $57M) and Justin Bieber (No. 10, $55M). Click here to see the complete Forbes Top 25 Highest-Paid Musicians of 2012 list.
