RICK ASTLEY – AGE 55

Rick Astley hit the music scene in the 1980s with his number 1 song, Never Gonna Give You Up. This was followed by yet another hit single, Together Forever, which, although it sounded much like the first one, still made him a popular name in the music industry. He did release another album, which was a more matured sounding one. It contained the hit song Cry for Help, but his newfound fame started to fizzle. The funky artist did retire when he was only 27, but this didn’t matter to him since he had enough investment money to support his new family.

Astley did not expect to be an internet sensation, though. In 2007, he unexpectedly started to blow up the Internet. This was because he became an online meme. Netizens even coined a term for it— Rickrolled. Thanks to the prank, Astley rekindled his popularity and became a radio celebrity over the years. Even today, he still looks just the way he was when he was 21 and will not be retiring any time soon, thanks to the Internet.