Swift became a billionaire last year and has steadily added to her net worth thanks to her blockbuster Eras Tour, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time.
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Taylor Swift leapfrogged singer and beauty mogul Rihanna to become the world’s richest female musician following the blockbuster success of her Eras Tour, as other female artists, including Madonna and Beyoncé, rank just outside the billion-dollar club.Key Facts
Swift is now worth $1.6 billion, Forbes estimates, up $500 million from last October, when Forbes reported Swift had become a billionaire with a then-estimated net worth of $1.1 billion.
Right behind Swift is Rihanna ($1.4 billion), whose wealth largely comes from her stakes in her Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty companies rather than her music catalog.
Madonna, who is one of the world’s top touring artists with more than $1.6 billion in total gross across all her concert tours, is just behind billionaire status with an estimated net worth of $850 million in May.
Beyoncé was worth an estimated $760 million as of May, which increased last year after she pocketed about $100 million from her Renaissance World Tour.
Canadian star Celine Dion is worth an estimated $550 million, much of which comes from her successful Las Vegas concert residencies.
EGOT-winning singer-actress Barbra Streisand, who published a nearly thousand-page memoir last year, is worth an estimated $460 million.
