Taylor Swift world´s highest paid celebrity: Forbes
 

NEW YORK: At the tender age of 26, Taylor Swift is the world´s highest-paid celebrity, pulling in a whopping $170 million over the past year, Forbes magazine said Monday.

The pop diva´s take from June 2015 to June 2016 is the highest total of her young career, the magazine said, more than doubling her previous record of $80 million last year.

She out-earned other famous musicians including Adele, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna and Madonna.

The "Shake It Off" singer also outpaced rival Katy Perry who last year took in more than $135 million as opposed to Swift´s $80 million, according to Forbes magazine´s annual list of 100 highest-paid celebrities.

It said Swift´s top earnings were largely thanks to her "1989 World Tour" during which she smashed the Rolling Stone´s **rth American record, grossing $200 million on the continent en route to a quarter of a billion worldwide.

Coming in at number two on the list this year was the boy band One Direction, ($110 million), followed by author James Patterson ($95 million).

British singer Adele came in at number 9 ($80.5 million) while Taylor´s former beau, musician Calvin Harris, also made the cut coming in at number 21 ($63 million).

"The world´s 100 highest-paid celebrities pulled in $5.1 billion pretax over the past 12 months, more than the GDP of Belize, Gambia and Bhutan combined," Forbes said.

Magazine editor Zack O´Malley Greenberg said live entertainment continues to be a major cash draw.

"From soccer games in Spain to concerts in China, fans are willing to shell out to see big names - and this is driving the celebrity eco**my to ever greater heights," he said in a statement.

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