Taylor Swift is the highest-paid woman in music with earnings of $170m

26-year-old Taylor Swift is today the highest-paid woman in music with earnings of $170m which is more than double than that of her nearest competitor Adele. This is as per Forbes' Highest-Paid Women in Music list for 2016.
Shake It Off star Taylor Swift made most of her gains from her 1989 World Tour and netted a quarter of a billion dollars worldwide.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 2 November 2016.

Forbes has listed her lucrative marketing deals with well known brands like Diet Coke, Apple and Keds - these were a few sources of her income. She has completely overtaken everyone else because of the phenomenal success of her 1989 World Tour. She played nearly twice as many dates as her competitors like Adele and Rihanna during our scoring period, and she also managed to fill stadiums - the largest type of building one can play - throughout lucrative North American markets and beyond. The complete list of top-earning female musicians for 2016
1 Taylor Swift - $170m
2 Adele - $80.5m
3 Madonna - $76.5m
4 Rihanna - $75m
5 Beyonce - $54m
6 Katy Perry - $41m
7 Jennifer Lopez - $39.5m
8 Britney Spears - $30.5m
9 Shania Twain - $27.5m
10 Celine Dion - $27m


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