Taylor Swift is crowned the world’s richest female musician. According to statistics, the “mastermind” behind the record-breaking Eras Tour has a net worth of a staggering $1.6 billion. Forbesputting her ahead of Rihanna, who ranks on the magazine’s “Real Time Billionaires List” with $1.4 billion.
The “Shake it Off” singer officially became a billionaire in October 2023 and joined the ranks in 2024. Forbes List of world billionaires The first time was in April 2024, but on Saturday, October 5, she officially surpassed Rihanna to become the richest female musician. Swift is currently the second-richest musician, behind Jay-Z, who has an eye-popping net worth of $2.5 billion.
Her wealth is unique in that it comes primarily from royalties and touring ($600 million) and her music catalog (another $600 million), rather than business investments. This makes Swift “the first musician to enter the billionaire rankings based primarily on her songs and performances.” Forbes.
Swift’s Eras tour brought her wealth.
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Although Rihanna is close behind Taylor with a fortune of $1.4 billion, her wealth comes mainly from her Fenty brand empire rather than her music empire.
Real estate also plays a part in the “Cruel Summer” singer’s fortune, with him owning five properties worth $125 million in addition to our “Wild Dreams.”
The unprecedented success of her Eras tour undoubtedly played a role in Swift’s status as a billionaire over the past year, with the shows becoming the first concert tour to gross an average of $1 billion. poll star (via rolling stones) and became the highest-grossing tour of all time. If you were one of the millions of people lining up to buy something, those purchases alone are said to have brought in around $200 million in revenue. that’s a a lot of Eras Tour Hoodie.
In pursuit of musical independence, Swift’s re-recorded albums dominated the charts. And her latest album, tortured poets departmentwhich stayed at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for 15 weeks and sold 1.4 million copies on the day of release alone. Forbes.
Although Swift is one of the richest musicians in the world, she is ranked 2,545th on the Forbes list, with Elon Musk at the top.
