Does Lady Gaga Have A Higher Net Worth Than Ariana Grande?

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande are both award-winning hitmakers with die-hard international fanbases, but which singing diva reigns supreme when it comes to their estimated net worth? Lady Gaga was the first to make her solo music debut while Ariana was busy being a child star on Broadway and Nickelodeon. Lady Gaga released her debut single, "Just Dance," in early 2008, as noted by Biography. The song gave her instant acclaim as a pop star and even snagged her a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording. Though she lost to Daft Punk, she returned the following year with "Poker Face," which won her a Grammy for Dance Recording, as well as her winning Best Dance/Electronic Album for The Fame. By the time she released her second album, Born This Way, in 2011, Lady Gaga had been catapulted into superstardom and spawned a devoted fanbase known as the Little Monsters.

In 2008, a then 15-year-old Ariana Grande was making her Broadway debut after landing the role of Charlotte in the musical 13, per Biography. By 2011, Grande began releasing music as part of the Nickelodeon show Victorious, before snagging her spin-off, Sam & Cat. In 2013 she made her solo debut with "The Way" which peaked at #9 on Billboard Hot 100, while her album Yours Truly debuted at number one on the Billboard 2000. In 2019, Grande proved herself by winning her first Grammy for her album Sweetener. Despite the success of both of these artists, one of them boasts a higher net worth. 

While both Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have Grammys and acting credits under their belts, it's worth reviewing who has the bigger net worth and why. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Gaga has a net worth estimated around $320 million. Her earnings have been raked in from the success of album sales, tours, endorsement deals and more. In any given year, the Star is Born actress pulls in around $40 million. Between June 2018 and June 2019, she earned a reported $39.5 million and profited another $38 million between June 2019 and June 2020. Her Las Vegas residency was forced to end early due to the pandemic, and Gaga had to cancel some of her Joanne World Tour for health reasons, but she still grossed $95 million from 842,000 tickets sold.

Meanwhile, Ariana Grande's net worth was estimated at $150 million in December 2020, IB Times reported. The "Thank U, Next" singer amassed at least $72 million between June 2019 and May 2020, as noted by Forbes. The mega millions put her in 17th place on a Forbes poll that ranked the highest-paid celebrities of the year. Considering Gaga's older age and earlier start in the music industry, it makes sense that her net worth surpasses Grande's. If the artists' 2020 collaboration "Rain On Me" is any indication, though, any competition between Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga is purely friendly.