Revealed: Taylor Swift The Highest Paid Female Musician of 2016 By a Long Shot

Taylor Swift has been named the highest-paid woman in music for 2016 in Forbes' annual list!

Swift's large haul was largely due to her 1989 World Tour, which pulled in more than a quarter of a billion dollars - plus the tv adverts she appeared in for Keds, Diet Coke and Apple all contributed.

Adele placed second on the list with $US80.5 million thanks to massive album sales for 25 - which delivered the highest annual earnings total of her career to date.

Number three on the list was Madonna, off the back of the successful Rebel Heart tour which grossed $US170 million.

Here's the full list of winners (in US dollars):

Taylor Swift ($170 million)
Adele ($80.5 million)
Madonna ($76.5 million)
Rihanna ($75 million)
Beyoncé ($54 million)
Katy Perry ($41 million)
Jennifer Lopez ($39.5 million)
Britney Spears ($30.5 million)
Shania Twain ($27.5 million)
Celine Dion ($27 million)

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