Congrats to Taylor Swift who had a very financially rewarding year!
The 1989 singer was named the highest-earning celebrity under 30 in 2016 and earned an astounding $170 million, ET reports. Last year, she took the No. 2 spot making $80 million. She was joined on the list by One Direction, Lady Gaga and Ed Sheeran, according to Forbes.
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Her extremely successful last album, tour and endorsement deals shot her straight to the top and this year was followed by One Direction who drew in $110 million.
Other stars on the list include Adele (4), who made $80.5 million, Rihanna (5), at $75 million, the Weeknd (9), $55 million, Hollywood’s highest-paid actress Jennifer Lawrence (12), at $46 million and Justin Bieber (6), with $56 million.
At the age of 22, Bieber beat out Harry Styles for the youngest star to make it on Forbes’ list.
Must be tough to be so rich and so young!
This story first appeared at Womanista.
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