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With earnings of $170 million from touring, recordings,
endorsements and other income, Swift, 26, earned the title of
2016's highest paid musician. She pulled in a gross total of
more than $200 million on the North American portion of her
"1989" world tour.
The "Bad Blood" singer was followed by One Direction, the
English-Irish pop band, which brought in $110 million, grossing
$200 million-plus for its recent On The Road Again Tour. Members
of the band include Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis
Tomlinson and, previously, Zayn Malik.
Ranking third was "Hello" singer Adele, 28, with $80.5 million,
her highest earnings total yet. Adele, whose album "25" was the
biggest seller of 2015, enjoyed continued success with album
sales this year and grossed millions per night for her arena
shows.
Madonna, whose recent "Rebel Heart" tour grossed $170 million,
was fourth with $76.5 million, which pushed her career total on
the road to $1.4 billion pretax, according to Forbes.
Rounding out the top 10 were Barbados-born Rihanna, who earned
$75 million, country star Garth Brooks ($70 million), veteran
rock band AC/DC ($67.5 million), the Rolling Stones ($66.5
million), DJ Calvin Harris ($63 million) and music mogul Diddy
($62 million).
Collectively, the 30 listed musicians earned more than $1.8
billion this year.
Forbes compiled the list after estimating pretax income for the
12 months from June 2015 to 2016 based on interviews with
managers, agents, lawyers and some of the stars. It also looked
at data from the Pollstar, the Recording Industry Association of
America and tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan.
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(Reporting by Melissa Fares in New York; Editing by Bill Trott)
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