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Taylor Swift is #1 on Billboard's Top 40 Money Makers of 2012
Taylor surpassed with U.S. earnings of $35.7 million, 17% more than the take-home pay of last year's top-earner, Lady Gaga.Taylor is on the #6 spot last year with earnings of $20.7 million.
After wrapping the final leg of her Fearless tour, Taylor Swift's blockbuster success two years ago left music industry observers wondering what she could possibly do for an encore. The pop-country superstar answered them with her smash Speak Now album and accompanying tour, which jetted through Asia and Europe in addition to making its way across North America. Grossing $88.5 million in the U.S. alone, the tour netted Swift a remarkable $29.8 million. Honored as Billboard's Woman of the Year in December, she racked up U.S. album sales of 1.8 million units last year-led by booming business for late 2010's Speak Now, which sold 967,000 units and digital single track sales of 7.8 million. Songwriting royalties were another highly beneficial source of income, given that Swift wrote all 14 Speak Now tunes herself.
Here's the complete list:
1. Taylor Swift-$35,719,902
2.U2- $32,116,315
3.Kenny Chesney-$29,837,103
4.Lady Gaga-$25,353,039
5.Lil Wayne-$23,178,722
6.Sade-$16,382,809
7.Bon Jovi-$19,813,232
8.Celine Dion-$14,261,515
9.Jason Aldean-$13,409,011
10.Adele-$13,081,909
11."Glee" Cast-$12,587,771
12.Journey-$12,313,822
13.Elton John-$11,973,990
14.Katy Perry-$11,969,426
15.Toby Keith-$10,413,127
16.Britney Spears-$10,090,973
17.Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band-$10,017,031
18.Rascal Flatts-$9,639,270
19.Tim McGraw-$9,335,258
20.Michael Bublé-$9,027,177
21.Brad Paisley-$8,602,374
22.Rihanna-$7,660,833
23.Enrique Iglesias-$7,448,670
24.The Beatles-$6,743,863
25.Paul McCartney-$6,726,519
26.Lady Antebellum-$6,676,450
27.Keith Urban-$6,579,695
28.Zac Brown Band-$6,481,564
29.Rod Stewart-$6,388,756
30. Usher-$6,292,586
31.Foo Fighters-$6,013,257
32.Rush-$5,819,304
33.Backstreet Boys-$5,712,050
34.Sugarland-$5,632,406
35.Justin Bieber-$5,523,459
36.New Kids On The Block-$5,519,805
37.Steely Dan-$5,389,509
38.Mötley Crüe-$5,376,272
39.Kanye West-$5,363,661
40.Linkin Park-$5,190,655
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