The highest paid female artist has been announced

Taylor Swift is the world's highest paid female artist

The popstar earned an insane amount of money this year - by Natasha Price

Taylor Swift continues to reach amazing heights!

The 26-year-old has been named as the highest paid female in music according to Forbes, earning an insane $170 million US between June 2015 and 2016.

Majority of the Wildest Dreams singer's hundreds of millions came from her 1989 world tour, which pulled in approximately a quarter of a billion dollars, with US $200 million of that amount coming just from her North American leg of her tour.

The remaining of Swift's earnings came from selling three million albums and deals with brands including Keds, Apple and Diet Coke.

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Coming in second place was Adele, who made US$80.5 million, mostly from album sales. Most recently from the best-selling album of 2015, 25.

Madonna claimed the third spot with US$76.5 million, most of it from her Rebel Heart tour, which grossed US$170 million.

Rounding out the top ten includes Rihanna, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Shania Twain and Celine Dion.

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