REVEALED: Top 20 Music Money Makers of 2014. You’ll Be Shocked Who Earned the Most

As the music business rebounded in 2014, royalties from radio remained the biggest source of income for the top earners in the Kenya music business. Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has just released the list of top earners and most popular artists.

For the first time in MCSK distributions a regional-based artist (vernacular artist) has emerged as the highest earner. The previous years have been dominated by mainstream artistes such as Nonini and P Unit.

This comes as good news for regional-based musicians considering MCSK has increased its focus on regional-based musicians (and not to mean that there will be neglect of mainstream musicians).

Without further ado I give you the top 20 earners/ most popular artistes;

Kalenjin Junior Kotestes Band

Dennis Waweru Kaggia (DNA)

Hubert Mbuku Nakitare (Nonini)

Collins Mike Majale (Collo)

David Kamoni Mathenge (Nameless)

Gloria Owendi Muliro

Jean Pierre Nimbona (Kidum)

Angela Chibalonza Muliro

P Unit

Linet Masivo Munyali (Size 8)

Daddy Owen

Victor Mbuvi

Octopizzo

Dennis Mutara

Sauti Sol

Wahu

Pastor Joel Kimetto

Les Wanyika

Ulopa

Camp Mulla

The full list of top earners in all categories of distribution will be released at the end of June 2014 after computation of all categories of royalties to be paid out which include international royalties, mechanical rights (ringtones), payments from concerts & events and; payments from performances in public places (PPP).