In 2013, Beyoncé had one of her best years in recent memory, pulling in $53 million. How did she follow the feat? By more than doubling that total in 2014. The superstar singer enjoyed the biggest year of her career, earning $115 million—making her the top-earning woman in the music business.
“Like everyone else, you work really hard and you want it to be great; you want your friends to like it,” she told FORBES five years ago. “What makes me feel comfortable is practice and knowing I’m prepared.”
The same holds true today. Beyoncé played 95 shows during our scoring period, bringing in an average $2.4 million per city, according to Pollstar. She added endorsement deals from the likes of H&M and Pepsi PEP +0.18%—plus her self-titled surprise album, which hit iTunes in December 2013 and quickly became one of the year’s top sellers—to send her income into nine-figure territory.
2. Taylor Swift - $64 Million
3. P!nk - $52 Million
4. Rihanna - $48 Million
5. Katy Perry - $40 Million
6. Jennifer Lopez - $37 Million
7. Miley Cyrus - $36 Million
8. Celine Dion - $36 Million
9. Lady Gaga - $33 Million
10. Britney Spears - $30 Million
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Methodology
Our figures are calculated by looking at income from touring, record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures. Management and attorney fees are not deducted. Earnings are calculated from June 2013 to June 2014 and based on data from Pollstar, the RIAA and Nielsen SoundScan, and from interviews with managers, lawyers and executives.
Perry only played 20 public gigs during our scoring period, but even with a fairly modest touring schedule the pop star is still one of the top earners in her field.
Britney still T10 despite her "flop" album and her "has-been" residency. Poor those of you with faves who have to travel all around the country/world touring and have hits yet can't make that bank.
she did less then Rih (magazines, singles, monster tour) how did pink make that much?