What happens when you smash the Rolling Stones’ North American touring record, sell millions of albums and add seven-figure endorsements with the likes of Keds, Diet Coke and Apple? If you’re Taylor Swift, you clock the biggest single-year payday of your career.

The “Wildest Dreams” singer pulled in $170 million during our scoring period, making her the highest-paid musician—and the highest-paid celebrity of any stripe—on the planet.

Forbes’ Top 10 Highest Paid Musicians of the Year

  1. Taylor Swift – $170 million
  2. One Direction – $110 million
  3. Adele – $80.5 million
  4. Madonna – $76.5 million
  5. Rihanna – $75 million
  6. Garth Brooks – $70 million
  7. AC/DC – $67.5 million
  8. Rolling Stones – $66.5 million
  9. Calvin Harris – $63 million
  10. Diddy – $62 million

Note:  This tally only counts revenue generated between June 2015 and June 2016.

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