Taylor Swift Tops Music Money Makers Rankings For 2014 (Full List)

According to the Money Makers 2014 list from Billboard, Taylor Swift is the world's highest-paid musician.  


The outlet speculates that Swift, 24, has earned $39,699,575.60 in the last 12 months to take the #1 spot from Justin Timberlake and Kenny Chesney, the only other two performers to top $30 million.

To gather the list, Billboard ranked artists "by U.S. earnings, calculated from touring, recorded - music sales, publishing royalties and revenue from digital music and video streaming."

Merchandising and sponsorships are not included.


Check out Billboard's full list of top 14 performers below…

                        1. Taylor Swift - $39,699,575.60

                      2. Kenny Chesney - $32,956,240.70

                     3. Justin Timberlake - $31,463,297.03

                                 4. Bon Jovi - $29,436,801.04

                   5. The Rolling Stones - $26,225,121.71

                            6. Beyonce - $24,429,176.86

                               7. Maroon 5 - $22,284,754.07

                           8. Luke Bryan - $22,142,235.98

                                    9. Pink - $20,072,072.32

                    10. Fleetwood Mac - $19,123,101.98

                       11. Justin Bieber - $18,873,458.41

                             12. Bruno Mars - $18,839,681

                           13. One Direction - $18,041,472.69

                    14. Jason Aldean - $17,896,191.98


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