The-Dream Made $15m (€11.6m) from Rihanna's 'Umbrella'

The music industry may be going downwards in many respects, but there still are people who make fortunes with just one song. Case in point, serial chart topper The-Dream.

On a recent appearance on the British radio show The Tim Westwood Show, The-Dream revealed just the kind of money one can make if one writes the words for a hit song.

He's the guy behind Rihanna's “Umbrella” and, even if the chorus was considered one of the most annoying things ever (what with the ella-ella-ella repetition), it was a certified hit.

The-Dream believes he made about $15 million (€11.6 million) off it and, if you think about it, he just wrote the words for it, not the music.

Below is the interview with The-Dream. Check it out to hear him confirm the above, as well as speak about writing the words for Justin Bieber's “Baby” and the drama behind his divorce from Christina Milian.