Quincy Jones — Thriller's Architect ($1.1 Billion)

Jones produced Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Thriller (best-selling album of all time at 70 million copies), and Bad — a three-album run that generated over $1.1 billion in revenue. He also produced "We Are the World" (raised $63 million for famine relief) and composed scores for The Color Purple, In the Heat of the Night, and Roots. He won 28 Grammys — the most by any living artist. Jones didn't just produce Thriller; he told Michael Jackson to remove songs and add "Billie Jean" when MJ wanted to cut it. The greatest creative instinct in music history.