Beyoncé Is The Highest Paid Woman In Music

Beyoncé is regarded as one of the greatest performers of our time and now she is the highest paid woman in music. Last year, she earned a cool $53 million but according to Forbes’ list of top-earning women in music, Mrs. Carter doubled what she made last year, raking in $115 million in earnings. Bey’s endorsement deals with H&M and Pepsi, the Mrs. Carter World Tour (which brought in $2.4 milli per city) and her surprise self-titled album made her income skyrocket into the nine-figure range. Taylor Swift came in behind Yoncé with $64 million. Pink took the third spot at $52 million and Rihanna placed at number four with $48 million. Katy Perry rounded out the top five with $40 million in earnings.

Head over to Forbes to read the full list.