Taylor’s Raking In the $$$

Taylor Swift is raking in the cash in 2019.

Forbes has released its World’s Highest-Paid Women in Music list for 2019 and Swift was the big earner – by a pretty massive degree. The 29-year-old earned $185 million before taxes between June 2018 and June 2019, according to the magazine.

The gigantic sum comes from her huge Reputation stadium tour, which made $266 million, a record in the U.S. She also earned big bucks for her new nine-figure deal with Universal’s Republic Records and her new album, Lover, which just dropped last week and is already the top-selling album of the year. Just last month, the singer was named the world’s highest-paid celebrity by Forbes as well.

Swift more than doubled the annual tally of music’s second-highest-paid woman, Beyonc, who clocked $81 million, mostly from her On The Run II stadium tour with husband Jay-Z and her Homecoming live album and Netflix special.

Rihanna rounds out the top three with $62 million, the bulk of that coming from her Fenty Beauty joint venture with luxury goods giant LVMH.

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This is the first time Swift has topped the list since 2016, when she earned $170 million. She came in third with $44 million in 2017 and second in 2018 with $80 million.