Indian, Middle Eastern, Russian billionaires... are willing to spend millions of dollars just to create a memorable moment when inviting a famous singer to sing at their children's wedding parties, turning the performance into a gift for the bride and groom.
The appearance of international artists is therefore not only a musical highlight, but also shows the class and spending ability of the family.
Jennifer Lopez is one of the international artists with the highest wedding salaries today. Recently, she received 2 million USD to perform at the wedding of Netra Mantena, daughter of Indian pharmaceutical businessman Rama Raju Mantena. The female singer stirred up the atmosphere with a series of hits such as Waiting for tonight, Get right and replaced 3 stunning bodysuit.
Before that, Lopez had repeatedly attracted attention with "huge" salaries. The singer received more than $1 million when singing at the wedding of Uzbek businessman Azam Aslanov in 2011 and $2 million when performing at the wedding of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev's son in 2016.
In 2024, Prince of Pop Justin Bieber received a salary of 10 million USD when performing at the wedding anniversary party of businessman Anant Ambani - the youngest son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who has a net worth of 123.4 billion USD, according to Forbes.
At this lavish event, Justin Bieber stirred up the atmosphere with a series of hit hits such as Baby, Peaches, Love yourself, Where are u now, making the party a global media focus.
Rihanna is said to have received $6.3 million when singing at the billionaire family's wedding party in 2024, according to The Independent.
In addition, India Today reported that the salary the female singer received was up to 8-9 million USD. With such a large wedding singing fee, Rihanna performed 19 songs in 40 minutes, including a series of hits such as "Work", "Wild thoughts", "Pour it up", "Diamonds"... in front of more than 1,200 guests.
Also in 2024, Katy Perry was invited to sing at the premature wedding party of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's family with a salary of 5.4 million USD at a party held in Cannes, France.
The Maroon 5 band was paid about 1.5 million USD to sing at the wedding of Akash, the eldest son of Ambani in 2019, according to the India Times.
In 2018, Beyonce was said to have received a salary of 4.7 million USD for a performance at the premature wedding event of Isha Ambani, the Ambani daughter.
In 2017, Bruno Mars received more than 2 million USD when performing at the wedding of the daughter of UAE businessman - Sunil Vaswani.
Mariah Carey received 3 million USD to sing at the wedding of Russian billionaire Valery Kogan's niece in 2017.
In 2009, The Rolling Stones created a shock payroll when they received $8 million to sing at weddings.
In 2005, Christina Aguilera received a salary of 3.6 million USD when singing 3 songs at the wedding of Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko.
In 2004, Kylie Minogue "pocketed" 330,000 USD for a 30-minute performance at the wedding of Vanisha Mittal - daughter of Lakshmi Mittal (Indian steel tycoon). At that time, Minogue set a record as The Worlds Highest Paid wedding Singer.
