LOS ANGELES, July 12: Singer Taylor Swift has been named the highest-paid celebrity of 2016 by Forbes.
The magazine has released its annual Celebrity 100 list, which features the 26-year-old at the top spot, thanks to the $170 million she earned from June 2015 to June 2016.
Most of her money came from her star-studded “1989” tour, which smashed rock band the Rolling Stones’ North American touring record as it grossed more than $200 million.
Taylor Swift tops Forbes’ 2016 list of highest paid women in mu...
She also earned from her deals with Apple, Diet Coke and Keds.
Swift last year landed at the list’s No.8 spot with her previous best of $80 million.
She overtook other famous names including One Direction (No.2 with $110 million), Kevin Hart (No.6 with $87.5 million), Howard Stern (No.7 with $85 million) and Adele (No.9 with $80.5 million).
She also bests her former boyfriend Calvin Harris who lands at No.21 with $63 million and singer Katy Perry who sits at No.63 with $41 million.
Had Swift and Harris stayed together, they would have been this year’s top-earning couple, surpassing Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z’s total of $107.5 million.
