Taylor Swift has been named as the world's top-earning celebrity by Forbes.
The 26-year-old, who beat the likes of One Direction, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kevin Hart to the top spot, pulled in a mighty $170 million over the past year. That's absolutely insane.
Apparently, her huge paycheck comes courtesy of her massive '1989' World Tour. Forbes reported Swift rolled over the Rolling Stones' North American touring record, grossing $200 million. She also raked in a killing promoting brands including Diet Coke, Keds and Apple. She's definitely not daft.
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Maybe now she can pay for some decent writers to help her create songs that aren't total bollocks.
Other female singers to make the list were Madonna, Rihanna and our very own Adele.
The Tottenham-born singer was placed at No. 9 with a total of $80.5 million. Madonna came in at No. 12 with $76.5 million, Rihanna reached No. 13 with $75 million and Katy Perry reached No. 63 with $41 million. Lend us a fiver, eh?
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Other stars to make the top ten include author James Patterson at No. 3 with $93 million, Dr. Phil McGraw at No. 4 with $88 million, self-proclaimed 'king of media' Howard Sternat at No. 7 with $85 million and Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi at No. 8 with $81.5 million.
However, those amounts are measly compared to what Floyd Mayweather pocketed last year.
The retired boxer took the top spot in 2015 after pulling in $300 million for the fight of the century with Manny Pacquiao. Well, they don't call him 'Money' for nothing.
I can't even imagine spending that kind of cash. I'd give it a bloody good go, though.
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Words by Sian Broderick
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