Taylor Swift Tops Billboard's Highest-Paid Singers
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Taylor Swift may have gone home without any Grammy wins this year, but the singer is still the best paid.
Billboard just released its annual list of highest-paid musicians.
T<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">he 24-year-old artist tops the list for the second year in a row </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">by bringing in nearly $40 million.</span>
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Swift's revenue from six months of touring brought in an estimated $30 million, according to Billboard. </span>
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">While Swift tops the list, it was also a year in which she gave a lot of it away being named the most charitable celebrity in 2013.</span>
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Rounding out the rest of the top 10 were talent ranging from Maroon 5 and Pink to Fleetwood Mac, who returned to touring after nearly a decade.</span>
Here's Billboard's Top 10 Money Makers:
1. Taylor Swift - <span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">$39,699,575.60
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">2. Kenny Chesney - $32,956,240.70
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">3. Justin Timberlake - $31,463,297.03
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">4. Bon Jovi - $29,436,801.04
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">5. The Rolling Stones - $26,225,121.71
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">6. Beyoncé - $24,429,176.86
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">7. Maroon 5 - $22,284,754.07
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">8. Luke Bryan - $22,142,235.98
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">9. Pink - $20,072,072.32
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">10. Fleetwood Mac - $19,123,101.98</span>
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">See the rest of the list at Billboard.</span>
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