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, and Jay-Z have cracked Forbes' Billionaires list, with their vast fortunes taking pride of place among the world's super-rich.
The SOS hitmaker, who was officially certified a billionaire in August 2021 thanks to her vast beauty and lingerie empire, landed at 1,729 on the annual list, making her the world's richest female musician.
Meanwhile Kanye, rédactrice who has allegedly disputed his Forbes value at $2 billion by claiming he's actually worth $7 billion, landed at number 1,513 thanks to his lucrative Yeezy partnership with Adidas and deal with Gap.
She's in the money! Rihanna (pictured), Kanye West and Jay-Z have cracked Forbes' Billionaires list, with their vast fortunes taking pride of place among the world's super-rich
Rihanna is thought to have been named as Barbados' first billionaire thanks to her enormous fortune, making her a member of the coveted Forbes club.
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The star is due to welcome her first child with beau A$AP Rocky in the coming weeks.
It was previously claimed the bulk of her fortune ($1.4billion/£1billion) comes from her 50 percent stake in her cosmetics line Fenty Beauty - a joint venture with French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH - and worth $2.8billion (£2billion) in total.
Very rich! Meanwhile Kanye, who has allegedly disputed his Forbes value at $2 billion by claiming he's actually worth $7 billion, landed at number 1,513
Still cashing in! Meanwhile Jay-Z - long known as one of hip hop's riches stars - boasts a $1.4 billion portfolio that puts him at 2,076 on the billionaires list
Her $270million (£190million) stake in the wildly successful Savage X Fenty lingerie line and her wealth from her 16 year recording career all make up the mogul's mass wealth.
Rihanna founded acclaimed beauty brand Fenty Beauty back in 2017 with a desire to 'make women everywhere (feel) included.'
It became a leader in providing diversity in the makeup industry when it first launched 40 shades for its foundation line
The You Da One singer first put out her makeup line at Sephora, racking up sales eclipsing $100 million over the course of its first few weeks.
Stellar: Rihanna, who was officially certified a billionaire in August 2021 thanks to her vast beauty and lingerie empire (pictured in her Fenty line), landed at 1,729 on the annual list
Cashing in: It was previously claimed the bulk of Rihanna's fortune ($1.4billion/£1billion) comes from her 50 percent stake in her acclaimed cosmetics line Fenty Beauty
By the end of its first full calendar year in 2018, LVMH said the brand took home $550million (£394million) in annual revenues, trouncing celebrity cosmetics brands such as Kylie Cosmetics and KKW Beauty.
The high-end brand turned into a billion dollar business in less than four years, and with the launch of Fenty Skin last year, looks set to grow even further.
Fenty Skin had sales of $30million in under four months on its e-store, WWD reports.
Rihanna's Savage X Fenty lingerie line, which she has a 30 per cent stake in, is also worth $1billion (£717million).
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