Adele earned £30 million in 2013 without touring or releasing any music.
The 'Skyfall' singer's Melted Stone company revealed a turnover of £30,475,299 for the past financial year, which was filed this week with Companies House.
According to reports in The Sun newspaper, Adele took home £12.1 million, which included a £4.9 million pay package and a £7.2 million dividend.
Her huge income was earned despite not releasing any albums or singles, and she didn't go on the road to play a run of live shows.
However, the success of her album '21' has boosted her bank balance, despite being released three years ago.
Despite a year of relative inactivity, the £30 million equates to almost £84,000, although this is still a lower figure than some of her fellow pop stars.
'Material Girl' Madonna brings in an estimated £247,000, while collectively One Direction earn £164,000.
However, her predicted daily earnings are still more than retired soccer superstar David Beckham, whose predicted total £79,000.
Although Adele has been quiet musically for a while, she has been raising her 16-month-old son Angelo, with work now starting on her highly-anticipated third album.

Woody Allen has hit back at allegations he molested his daughter Dylan Farrow.
The iconic filmmaker - whose adopted child recently spoke out claiming he had abused her at the age of seven - has penned an open letter in which he denies any wrongdoing and insists she has been "exploited" by her mother Mia.
He wrote in the New York Times: "Of course, I did not molest Dylan. I loved her and hope one day she will grasp how she has been cheated out of having a loving father and exploited by a mother more interested in her own festering anger than her daughter's well-being."
The 'Blue Jasmine' director also revealed while Dylan believes the allegations, he thinks she feels that way as a result of his ex-partner convincing her it happened.
He said: "Not that I doubt Dylan hasn't come to believe she's been molested, but if from the age of 7 a vulnerable child is taught by a strong mother to hate her father because he is a monster who abused her, is it so inconceivable that after many years of this indoctrination the image of me Mia wanted to establish had taken root?"
In his in-depth essay, Woody insisted his ex-wife even "fabricated" the location of the abuse, adding it was a too "cramped" a space for someone who suffers with claustophobia.
He continued: "Even the venue where the fabricated molestation was supposed to have taken place was poorly chosen but interesting.
"Mia chose the attic of her country house, a place she should have realized I'd never go to because it is a tiny, cramped, enclosed spot where one can hardly stand up and I'm a major claustrophobe.
"The one or two times she asked me to come in there to look at something, I did, but quickly had to run out."
Woody initially faced allegations in 1992 during a custody battle with Mia, but they were later dropped without charge.

Kym Marsh's daughter Emily has auditioned for 'Britain's Got Talent'.
The 'Coronation Street' actress - who was joined by her soap co-stars Alison King, Ian Puleston-Davies - supported the 16-year-old singer in Manchester and it is said she has been a "good mentor".
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Kym knows what it takes to go all the way. Emily has a great chance and has a good mentor."
Before her daughter's audition, Kym took to Twitter to voice her support and wish her "baby" all the best in her audition.
She wrote: "Wishing my baby all the luck in the world today! Too proud of you emz. (sic)"
Kym - who appeared on talent show Popstars and formed band Hear'Say in 2001 - was on hand in Manchester, and judge Alesha Dixon told Emily she has a "fantastic teacher" to guide her through her career.
She said: "You've had a fantastic teacher then, in your mum."
Meanwhile, comedian David Walliams praised Kym's daughter for being "so brave" by auditioning for the show despite the pressure of her mum's great success.

Simon Cowell's 'X Factor' UK return means the US version has been cancelled.
The media mogul confirmed yesterday (07.02.14) he will make his judging comeback after a three-year break, but the American show won't continue without him at the helm.
In a statement to MTV News, he said: "I've had a fantastic time over the last 12 years, both on 'The X Factor' and ' American Idol'. And apart from being lucky enough to find some amazing talent on the shows, I have always had an incredible welcome from the American public (most of the time!).
"Last year, for a number of reasons, I had to make a decision to return to the UK version of 'The X Factor' in 2014. So for now, I'm back to the UK and I want to thank Fox for being an incredible partner and I also want to thank everybody who has supported my shows. America, I'll see you soon!"
In the statement, Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly added the show was nothing "without Simon".
He continued: "To all of us at Fox, Simon is more than one of the most prolific TV personalities of our time - he's part of our family.
"A consummate showman and partner, there's no one more passionate or creative than Simon, and we feel so fortunate to have enjoyed such a wonderful, collaborative relationship with him over the past 12 years.
"Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor USA' without Simon Cowell, but we understand and support his decision to focus on the international formats and on the next phase of his personal life. We wish him the very best, and it's our sincere hope that we work together again soon."

Morgan Freeman says 'King Kong' "scared the daylights" out of him when he first saw it.
The 76-year-old Oscar-winning actor moved from a rural area to the city when he was a boy and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a movie for the first time, especially as it featured a gorilla as tall as a house.
He said: "The first movie I ever saw was 'King Kong'. It scared the daylights out of me. I was six and had dreams for a long time about that ape. I had moved from rural Mississippi to Chicago, where there were telephones, indoor plumbing, and - a foreign thing to me - movie theatres. I immediately fell in love. They were such magical places."
It wasn't just movies which Morgan fell in love with, but also the starts in them too.
He tole People magazine: "I was in love with a lot of actresses, but always had this big crush on Angela Lansbury. She was gorgeous in 'The Picture of Dorian Grey'. I loved everything about her. Years later I met her and told her. She said, 'Oh you're such a dear boy.' "

Beck spent a year thinking people hated him.
The 'Loser' singer hired The Flaming Lips to support him on tour in 2002 but frontman Wayne Coye criticised him after the gigs, describing him as a "d**k", which led Beck to believe he wasn't liked in the industry.
He said: "I really don't know [why he said that]. I was very surprised, because I have a videotape of the last night where they were saying, 'I love you, this tour has changed our lives, you're a brother', so it really messed my head up. I went around for a year thinking people hated me."
The 43-year-old singer and producer believes Wayne thought he wasn't rock 'n' roll enough, but claims he was ill during the tour and struggled to perform for his fans.
He added in an interview with MOJO Magazine: "Wayne probably sensed I'm the kind of guy who cares what people think, that I don't come off as some asshole rock-star type.
"What he didn't know was that I was really sick during the tour, I had some condition and I barely had the strength to pick up a guitar.
"So after the shows, I had to go to my bunk and sleep. One show, I got food poisoning so I delayed it half an hour, which he probably thought was theatrical. But we had a good time! I was hoping afterwards that we'd do a record together."

The Wanted feel "shafted" by Max George.
The 'Walks Like Rihanna' group are set to go their separate ways following their 'Word of Mouth' tour later this year and in the wake of Max's confession that tensions have been high within the band for some time, it's believed his bandmates Tom Parker, Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness and Siva Kaneswaran are upset by his behaviour.
A source close to Tom told new! magazine: "Not only has he sold his story but there are deep-rooted problems within the band that he's the source of, which have been ongoing for a while."
Max admitted in a recent interview that the band's personal lives - including their high-profile relationships - had disrupted the harmony within the group, and claimed he didn't get along with Siva's fiancee Nareesha McCaffrey.
Despite tensions within The Wanted, the teen heartthrobs' farewell tour will still go ahead in March.
The insider added: "Max feels bad for selling his story and is desperately trying to stay in the boys' good books, so there's no way he wouldn't do the tour. He also needs the money."

Kristen Stewart prefers looking natural.
The 'Twilight' actress has been made the face of fashion house Balenciaga's new perfume Rosabotanica and sports an exotic flower sash and smoky eye make-up in the adverts, but claims she prefers a more natural look when she's off duty.
She said: "I never wear a lot of make-up. That was never someting I liked. But black eyeliner is always in my bag.
"I like the messy look. I always wash my face before I go to bed, but I never clean around my eyes and that looks great in the morning."
Fashion designer and creative director of Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquière, has also chosen the 23-year-old star for his new campaign and she admits she likes to inspire fashion.
She told German VOGUE: "I like to be a muse. You meet so many talented people who inspire me. I like the creative energy at photo shoots."
Kristen - who will next appear on screens in 'Camp X-Ray' as a guard at Guantanamo Bay - also revealed that she only achieves her stunning red carpet looks with the help of stylists.
She said: "I really like getting dressed up for photoshoots or movie premieres. And I like bold eye make-up - if it suits the event. But to be honest, everything you see on the red carpet is down to the hard work of stylists. In my private life I prefer a natural look."

Jennifer Garner was "emotional" about going back to work so soon after giving birth.
The 41-year-old actress - who has children Violet, eight, Seraphina, five and 23 month old Samuel with her husband Ben Affleck - found it tough starring in Oscar-nominated drama 'Dallas Buyers Club' while she was still nursing her young son, and was anxious about having to keep people waiting on set so she could feed him.
She told Radio Times magazine: "I was very nervous - it's hard to leave your baby at home and go to work. And I was a nursing mum, so I was extra emotional about it. By, by the end, it made me remember how much I like my job and that I have to keep things more in balance.
"I've nursed each of my babies and I've worked during that first year of having them. So, if we talk brass tacks here, that means I've had to work with a pump and feed the baby at lunch. I'm versed in how to say, 'In about ten minutes I'm going to need to disappear', but on this movie we moved so quickly, there was never time.
"So everyone had to sit and wait for me, which made it emotional because I hated making a crew wait, but I couldn't start weaning my baby just because of a movie."
The '13 Going on 30' star admits her children only have a basic understanding of what their parents' careers involve because they're too young.
Jennifer said: "They've always had some kind of sense of it. My daughter turned two while I was doing a play in New York, and if you asked her what I did she'd say, 'She has her hair and make-up done and takes bows on stage.' That's because I'd put her down for a nap during matinees and she'd wake up just in time for curtain call."

Casey Batchelor's romance with Peter Andre "fizzled out".
The 'Celebrity Big Brother' beauty enjoyed a fling with the singer-turned-reality TV star before romancing Lee Ryan on the Channel 5 reality show and she says the brief relationship didn't last because they didn't have chemistry.
She said: "Pete was a lovely guy, he was very funny. It just fizzled out between us. We became friends. There's no hard feelings.
"It was so long ago now. I just think he is a very genuine person. I remember him being very funny and charming. He doesn't have a bad bone in his body."
The 29-year-old star met the father-of-three - who recently welcomed daughter Amelia with his fiancee Emily MacDonagh - through a friend and says they enjoyed casual dinner dates.
Casey explained: "I went to his coffee shop with him, we went for dinner ... we just went on general dates, nothing out of the ordinary."
Casey also revealed the 40-year-old star - who has son Junior, eight, and daughter Princess Tiaamii, six, with ex-wife Katie Price - often paid her compliments on her looks.
She told new! magazine: "He just said I was beautiful."

Eva Mendes was allegedly caught using her cell phone while driving.
The 'Training Day' star narrowly avoided a ticket when she was pulled over by a police officer on a bicycle in Los Angeles after he spotted her chatting into the device in her grey Lexus SUV.
The 39-year-old actress was reportedly given a piece of paper but apparently talked her way out of a ticket, as a law enforcement source told gossip website TMZ.com that they have no record of a citation.
The brunette beauty has had a difficult time recently as rumours surfaced she split from her boyfriend Ryan Gosling after almost three years together over Christmas.
But a spokesperson for the actress told E! News the breakup reports were just rumours.
The '2 Fast 2 Furious' star also sparked speculation she was pregnant when she refused to go through an airport security scan recently.
But her publicist said: "She has never gone through the scanners at the airport; she has always elected to be hand-checked instead."
Eva previously admitted she had no desire to become a mother.
She said: "I'm certainly not thinking about being a mom. I can't imagine it. I'm too selfish."

Philip Seymour Hoffman's priest will remember him as a "lovely person."
Fr. James Martin S.J., who helped the late actor prepare for his role as Father Flynn in the 2008 movie 'Doubt' and presided over his funeral mass at the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola in New York on Friday (07.02.14), following his death from an apparent heroin overdose last Sunday (0202.14), says the actor was "very down-to-earth" and "fun to be with."
The Jesuit priest told PEOPLE.com: "He was a lovely person, very down-to-earth. I learned about humility from him. He never put on airs. Whenever he talked about being in a movie, he would just say, 'Yeah, I got this job.' He would never say, 'I'm the lead.' Or 'I'm starring in 'Capote.' ' Then I'd read about it in the papers and learn what it was."
The duo, who first met in 2003, spent a lot of time in the church together when the priest taught the Oscar-winner how to celebrate mass for his role in 'Doubt'.
He added: "He was really fun to be with. He was so intent on getting everything right. I remember he asked if a priest would have 3 x 5 cards during a homily. Small details. He listened to what I had to say, but he also knew his craft. When you watched him act, you got a sense of what the word 'vocation' really means. He was born to do this."
The late actor's family members, including his estranged partner, Mimi O'Donnell, and their three children, Cooper, 10, Tallulah, seven, and Willa, five, were among the 400 mourners at his funeral mass.
Many of his famous friends, including Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett, also attended the ceremony.