The beautiful singer topped Forbes’ 2019 list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities, earning $185 million in the past year. Taylor Swift earned $80 million in 2018, increasing her estimated salary by 131%.
Part of Swift’s success last year is attributed to her Celebrity Canvassing Tour, which grossed $266.1 million and broke the record for highest-grossing tour in history. USA.
She also left Big Machine Records, where she began her music career as a teenager, in November 2018 and moved to Republic Records, in a deal that could be worth up to $200 million.
This is also not the first time Swift has won the number one spot on Forbes’ list. She was also the highest paid celebrity in 2016 when she earned $170 million after her “1989” world tour.
Jenner, named by Forbes as the youngest self-made billionaire, came in second with $170 million. She sold a $360 million Kylie Cosmetics company, a company she owned 100% of, last year, Forbes reported.
The makeup mogul also launched her own vegan skin care line, Kylie Skin, in May and may launch a children’s skin care collection shortly after announcing her trademark filing for Kylie Baby.
Even though the top two positions are both occupied by women, only 16 of the 100 highest-paid celebrities are female.
Coming in third place is Kanye West, who earned $240 million last year. Most of this rapper’s income comes from Yeezy sneakers that he co-promoted with Adidas.
Argentine soccer player Leonel Messi came in fourth place with $127 million and singer Ed Sheeran took fifth place with $110 million.
Other notable stars to make the list are Christiano Ronaldo, Dr. Phil McGraw, Beyonce and Jay-Z and Celine Dion, who all had salaries above $37.5 million.