American pop star singer Katy Perry has been rated as the highest paid performing female musician in the world for 2018, according to Forbes.
Although the 34-year-old musician racked in the most money for the year it was a pretty close call between herself and Taylor Swift, who claimed the second spot over the same period with a total of $80 million (R1.1 billion).
Taylor was then followed by music mogul and legend Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, who cashed in on $60 million (R839 million) during her OTR II tour with husband Jay Z.
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Katy Perry took no prisoners in 2018
The Roar hit maker has without a doubt outdone herself over the recent years in the music industry. With playing 80 dates of her Witness:The Tour and grossing over $1 million per night and serving as a judge on ABC’s American Idol reboot, reportedly earning north of $20 million, Katy Perry is the 2018 world’s highest paid woman in music, according to Forbes, making a whopping $83 million pretax.
so you mean to tell me that you all spent this year dragging katy perry by calling her a flop, a fad and saying she’s cancelled but she then ended up being THE highest paid female artist of 2018? LMFAOOOOO pic.twitter.com/qVhw1nGsCb
— calum (@mrreidperry) November 19, 2018
Here is Forbes Top 10 list
- Katy Perry – $83 million
- Taylor Swift – $80 million
- Beyoncé – $60 million
- Pink – $52 million
- Lady Gaga – $50 million
- Jennifer Lopez – $47 million
- Rihanna – $37.5 million
- Helene Fischer – $32 million
- Celine Dion – $31 million
- Britney Spears – $30 million
