The publication Forbes has published a list of pop stars of the planet who have received the highest annual income.
This year, 26-year-old Taylor Swift took the first place in the Forbes rating among the richest pop artists of the world. For 2016, the American earned $ 170 million.
According to the information of the same edition, the pop star owes such high fees to the concert tour “1989”. The event started in Japan last May. Taylor Swift brought in income: records (their total circulation amounted to more than 3 million pieces), money for advertising products of Coke, Apple and Keds companies.
It should be noted that in the financial plan, 2016 for Taylor Swift became more generous than 2015. After all, it was just then that she took only the second line in such a rating and had an annual income of $ 80 million. The leader in 2015 went to Katy Perry. However, a year later, this singer dropped to 6th place, because she earned only $ 41 million in a year.
Laurie Landry, a lawyer from the Fox Rothschild company who understands show business, noted that the number of supporters of a pop star has increased over the years, they have been working in different directions of the market. According to Landry, the organizers of the concerts and business representatives respect Taylor Swift for the fact that the pop star can find an approach to both young people and people who are much older, which is why they support cooperation with her.
The second position in the ranking of the highest paid pop singers is Adele. The singer is 28 years old and she lives in the UK. This year, Adele earned $ 80.5 million. Most of all, the British pop star earned herself by selling the album “25”.
In honorary third place is Madonna. She has an annual income of $ 76.5 million. The famous singer got rich thanks to a concert tour called Rebel Heart. In 2013, Madonna occupied the first line in the ranking of Forbes.
The fourth position is given to American singer Rihanna, who earned $ 75 million in a year. Among Rihanna’s significant revenues are advertising fees from companies Christian Dior, Samsung and Puma.
On the fifth line is the singer Beyonce. She managed to earn only $ 54 million this year. Although, two years ago, she occupied the leading position in the Forbes rating among the highest paid pop stars. In April 2016, Beyonce introduced a new studio album Lemonade. He became the sixth in a row.
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