Ed Sheeran Made More Money than Beyonce and Jay Z in 2018

Music superstar Ed Sheeran has been awarded as the year's top-grossing artiste of 2018 as he earned a whopping £342.4 million. (N158B)

The 27-year-old singer raked in an eye-watering £342.4 million in 2018, defeating the likes of Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, and even Beyonce – who, also featured in the top five.

His Divide tour has earned him more the last 30 years – for which he sold an unbelievable 4,860,482 tickets across 53 cities and 94 shows. He wasn’t alone at the top though, celebrity friend, Taylor Swift came in second place hauling in £244 million.

Though Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album Reputation in 2017, the world stadium tour was pretty much a sell-out.

In the third spot was Jay-Z and Beyonce taking in £201m – but there was a degree of controversy when rumors circulated the couple failed to sell out their joint tour and gave tickets away for free.

Also on the top ten list of highest earners of 2018 was Pink!, Bruno Mars, The Eagles, Justin Timberlake, Roger Waters, and The Rolling Stones.