Beyonce’s hit album ‘Lemonade’
and world tour made her the highest-paid woman in music in 2017, according to
an annual Forbes list on Monday.
The R&B singer earned some
105 million dollars from record sales and from her ‘Formation’ concert tour.
She also has her own Ivy Park
fashion line and other business interests.
Adele, whose ’25’ album broke
first-week U.S. sales records in 2015 and who completed her first major tour
since 2011, made second place with an estimated 69 million dollars, despite
having no major endorsements for other products.
Swift, who topped the last year’s
list with 170 million dollars in estimated earnings, raked in 44 million
dollars this time despite having finished her “1989” world tour.
The singer is expected to see her
earnings rise significantly in the next 12 months courtesy of her new album
‘Reputation’ – the best-selling album of 2017 – and an upcoming tour.
Canadian superstar Celine Dion
took the No.4 spot, earning some 42 million dollars after taking a break from
her Las Vegas residency following the death of her husband Rene Angelil in
January 2016.
Reuters reports that Forbes
compiled the list after estimating pretax income for the 12 months from June
2016 to 2017, based on interviews with managers, agents, lawyers and some of
the stars.
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