Taylor Swift she is the richest female musician in the world with estimated fortune $1.6 billion. Earlier, this year in April, the Swift appeared on Forbes’ annual billionaires list for the first time, and on October 5, the magazine updated her net worth to include earnings from her Eras tour and sales of her music catalog.

According to the report, Taylor Swift now tops the list of the richest female musicians – overtaking Rihannawho reportedly has a net worth 1.4 billion dollars.

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However, according to Forbes, Rihanna retains the title of “richest female musician of all time”, as her fortune once amounted to $1.77 billion.

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Taylor Swift is also at number 2 on the list of richest musicians, regardless of gender, with Jay-Z to take the top spot with an estimated fortune of $2.5 billion.

Forbes estimates that Taylor Swift has earned $600 million from her royalties and tours, and another $600 million from her music catalog.

Much of the revenue comes from albums re-recorded by the singer in an attempt to regain control of her top recordings. The most recent was the re-release of her 2014 album ‘1989’, which outsold the original record.

Forbes also reports that he earned $125 million from real estate and reportedly also raked in $100 million from Spotify streaming rights alone last year, thanks to his 2022 albums Midnights and 1989 (19 Taylor Edition). ».

Bloomberg reported that Swift became a billionaire in October 2023, thanks to her new album, her first billion-dollar tour, the Eras tour, and her record-breaking concert film.