According to reports, Jennifer Lopez was reportedly paid $2 million to play at Indian billionaire’s wedding. The Sun reported that “Lopez, 56, jetted to Udaipur over the weekend to headline the four-day festivities celebrating the marriage of billionaire heiress Netra Mantena and tech success Vamsi Gadiraju.”
Netra Mantena is the daughter of US- based billionaire Rama Raju Mantena and Vamsi Gadiraju is a tech co-founder. Donald Trump Jr. and girlfriend Bettina Anderson attended their wedding. The Hollywood Reporter India reported that “Rama Raju Mantena, the Orlando-based CEO of Ingenus Pharmaceuticals, oversees a portfolio that includes multinational healthcare ventures with facilities in the US, Switzerland and India.
“His daughter Netra’s wedding has drawn significant attention not just for its scale, but for what it signals about the growing convergence of global wealth, celebrity culture and Indian destination weddings.
The "Udaipur Wedding" has become one of the most extravagant — and most talked-about — weddings India has seen this year.”
In 2007, Billboard reported Jennifer Lopez was paid a reported $2.8 million to perform at Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko’s and his wife’s joint birthday party. Beyoncé reportedly received upwards of $4.7 million to play at the pre-wedding celebrations of Isha Ambani, the daughter of Mukesh Ambani back in 2018.
Back in 2005, Christina Aguilera was reportedly paid $3.6 million to perform three songs at the celebrations of Russian billionaire banker Andrei Melnichenko to Aleksandra Kokotovic, the former Miss Yugoslavia.
NationalWorld takes a look at some of the most hightest-paid celebrity private performances.
1. From left to right: Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Celine Dion
Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Celine Dion are some of the highest-paid celebrity performers in the world | Getty Images
2. Jennifer Lopez sings during the the 59th inaugural ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States.
Jennifer Lopez was reportedly paid millions to play at a billionaire's wedding | Getty Images
3. Queen Bey has performed at some very hgih profile private events
Nobody who attended the launch of Dubai hotel ‘Atlantis The Royal’ would be able to forget it for one reason and one reason alone, Queen Bey performed for a reported cool $24 million | A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images Photo: getty
4. The Rolling Stones are used to performing at private star studded events
Private equity billionaire David Bonderman might not be a household name but The Rolling Stones certainly are! According to the Sydney Morning Herald, he reportedly paid them $18.7 million to perform at his 60th birthday | Getty Images