--- title: Taylor Swift Is 2016's Highest-Paid Celebrity description: The pop superstar takes home the top spot on the annual Forbes "Celebrity 100" with $170 million, trailed by boy band One Direction. canonical: https://time.com/4401252/taylor-swift-highest-paid-celebrity/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-11T16:22:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:15.408Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Taylor Swift Is 2016's Highest-Paid Celebrity (By a Lot) og:description: The pop superstar takes home the top spot on the annual Forbes "Celebrity 100." og:url: https://time.com/4401252/taylor-swift-highest-paid-celebrity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt260a02963f17c8db/69889b6cab6d7746336aa684/taylor-swift-met-gala-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Is 2016's Highest-Paid Celebrity (By a Lot) twitter:description: The pop superstar takes home the top spot on the annual Forbes "Celebrity 100." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt260a02963f17c8db/69889b6cab6d7746336aa684/taylor-swift-met-gala-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift Is 2016's Highest-Paid Celebrity (By a Lot) > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 11, 2016 4:22 PM UTC  Taylor Swift attends the 2016 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2016 in New York, New York. Taylor Swift attends the 2016 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2016 in New York, New York.Taylor Hill—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 11, 2016 4:22 PM UTC It’s good to be Taylor Swift right now. Picture-perfect [romantic life aside](http://time.com/4400929/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleton-australia/?xid=homepage), the savvy pop star and businesswoman is slaying the game, easily topping Forbes’s annual “Celebrity 100” [list of highest-paid celebs](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/taylor-swift-tops-forbes-list-highest-paid-celebs-40491477) with a sky-high income of $170 million over the past year. Lagging in the number two spot is now-defunct British boy band One Direction, with $110 million. That’s admittedly not too shabby — but then again, there are five of them compared to just one Swift. She’s in a league of her own. Swift was number eight [on the list last year](http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/#tab:overall), but this year she’s vaulted to the top of the rankings, no doubt propelled by her mega successful 1989 World Tour that raked in over $200 million. [According to Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/profile/taylor-swift/), her total net worth now stands at $250 million. As for music’s other leading ladies, Adele, Madonna, Rihanna and Katy Perry also all made it to this year’s 100. In 2015, boxer Floyd Mayweather took the top spot with $300 million, followed by his famous opponent Manny Pacquiao. But this year? 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