Singer Taylor Swift named world's highest earning celebrity by Forbes Pocketing $226 Million

Taylor Swift, who lives in New York's fashionable Tribeca neighbourhood, has been named as the year's top earning celebrity by the business magazine Forbes. Swift's big earning year includes revenue from a world tour and lucrative endorsements for brands such as Diet Coke and Apple.

$170 Million Reasons To Smile: Taylor Swift is the world’s highest-paid celebrity. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images).

Taylor Swift’s income is the stuff of wildest dreams the pop diva pulled in $170 million or around $226 million, in the last year, giving her the No. 1 spot on the 2016 FORBES Celebrity 100 list.

Swift’s 2016 take is by far the highest total of her career, more than doubling last year’s $80 million sum, her previous best.

She is presently in Australia, while Hiddleston works on the latest Thor movie. The couple's high-profile courtship has earned them the "ship" (relationship) nickname "Hiddleswift" and an almost unprecedented amount of media attention.

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Swift's income in the last year was more than double her preceding year's earnings of $US80 million, or $106 million.

Last year's highest paid musician was Katy Perry with $US135 million; but Perry did not top the list, falling well behind boxer Floyd Mayweather, who earned US$300 million ($398 million).

In a curious footnote, Swift also earned more than her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris, who earned US$63 million (or around $84 million) and came in at 21st place on the Forbes list. Had they remained together, the magazine noted, they would have claimed first place in the top earning celebrity list. That honour presently belongs to Beyonce and Jay Z, whose combined income is just $US107 million ($142 million).

This year's second placed earners were the boyband One Direction, with an income of $US110 million ($146 million), Forbes said. Other notable placements include media magnate Howard Stern in seventh place with $US85 million ($113 million), Adele in ninth place with $US80.5 million ($107 million), Madonna in 12th place with $US76.5 ($102 million) million and Rihanna in 13th place with $US75 million ($100 million).

Last year's highest paid musician Katy Perry slipped this year to 63rd place, with just $US41 million ($54 million).

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