One Direction are 2016's top earning stars

Boy band One Route have topped a listing of the best paid European celebrities in 2016, regardless of spending the 12 months on hiatus.

The group, who spent the final 12 months pursuing solo initiatives, topped the Forbes checklist after bringing in £89.9million over 12 months. They raked within the money from the tail-end of their On The Highway Once more tour and endorsement offers with Pepsi and Colgate, Forbes stated.

They comfortably surpassed footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who got here second on the checklist with earnings of £72million and singing celebrity Adele, whose album and tour generated £65.8million between June 2015 and June 2016.

British musicians dominated the checklist, with the Rolling Stones' relentless touring contributing to their £54.3million and DJ Calvin Harris raking in £51.5million. Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney earned £46.1million whereas Irish rockers U2 made £45million.

One Route (pictured), who spent the final 12 months pursuing solo initiatives, topped the Forbes checklist after bringing in £89.9million

Movie star chef Gordon Ramsay accomplished the highest ten along with his £44 million, lower than the £49 million he made final 12 months when he informed Forbes: 'I've more cash than I am going to ever want.'

Forbes calculated the rankings based mostly on numbers from client, field workplace, music and movie business analysts Nielsen, Pollstar, Field Workplace Mojo, Songkick and IMDB, in addition to interviews with insiders and a few of the stars in query.

The 10 highest-paid celebrities in Europe made greater than £570million final 12 months. Their ages span 5 many years; their job titles embrace chef, rock star and tennis champion, and their birthplaces vary from Portugal to Serbia.

One Route's Harry Types the youngest-member of the checklist at 22 and the Rolling Stones' drummer, Charlie Watts, the oldest at 75, these celebrities show the longevity of British bands. ends

In the meantime, Adele's third studio album, 25, was Christmas's most undesirable CD, figures present.

Second-hand product purchaser musicmagpie.com stated greater than 32,00zero copies of the hit album have been traded in over simply 48 hours.

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) got here second on the checklist after making £72million in 2016 

It was adopted by Justin Bieber's Objective, with simply over 25,00zero copies purchased by the web site over Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

The Now! 93 compilation, One Route's Made In The AM and Coldplay's A Head Full Of Desires additionally made the highest 5.

In the meantime, Disney animated favorite Frozen was probably the most discarded DVD, with almost 26,00zero copies.

James Bond film Spectre was a detailed second, with 24,563 copies traded in, whereas final 12 months's Star Wars instalment, The Drive Awakens, got here in third with 19,269 copies.

One Route's earnings make them the highest incomes band on the earth and the second highest-paid amongst all front-of-camera celebrities. Taylor Swift, is the one artist to out earn them, she topped the worldwide earnings checklist with £139 million.

TOP 10 EUROPE'S HIGHEST-PAID CELEBRITIES IN 2016 

All earnings are earlier than tax and calculated between June 2015 and June 2016. Final 12 months's placings in brackets.

1. One Route £90 million (1)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo £72 million (2)

three. Adele £66 million (-)

four. Roger Federer £56 million (three)

5. The Rolling Stones £54 million (7)

6. Calvin Harris £51 million (four)

7. Paul McCartney £46 million (10)

eight. Novak Djokovic £45.7 million (-)

9. U2 £45 million (-)

10. Gordon Ramsay £44 million (5)

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