Top Ten Richest Jamaican Dancehall & Reggae Music...

[Islandman]

True, I guess it depends on the nature of the work. Was most of it royalty based or were they contracted studio musicians.

For all these artistes we can only try to estimate their earnings though, wealth/richness is much more tricky. Who to tell how much of that money gets blown.

[Assasin]

Good point about Robbie not on all of the hits. However he is still on many of them. Again one can't be sure of the deal they made but if they made good deals, no doubt they could be closer to the top. Plus co producing No Doubt big Albums

The revenue made on tours is much more than the recording by most dancehall artist and dub plates.

[Hortical]

Also, just because a musician worked on a tune, it does not necessarily mean he/she receives royalties. Many work for only a fee. In order to receive license fees, your works must be published by BMI for example, who collects fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties. Coxsone Dodd is the only person who receives royalties from Studio One via Jamrec music publishing. Aston Family Man Barrett the creator of the Wailer's baseline has got nothing in royalties from the Marley estate.