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Lady Gaga recently took hold of the No.1 spot on the Forbes top-earning women in music list. She raked in a staggering $90 million US dollars for the fiscal year of 2011, which was brought about by record-breaking album sales of ‘Born This Way,’ a world tour for the album and multiple endorsements by companies such as VivaGlam and Virgin Mobile.
Surprisingly, country singer Taylor Swift came in at No.2 with $45 million. These earnings all came about due to her ‘Speak Now’ album, her Wonderstruck perfume, her tour and Cover Girl contract.
Katy Perry, who also executed a lengthy tour scored in the No.3 position with $44 million. There is no doubt that she garnered all this cash through her summer album “Teenage Dream” which also gave her record breaking five chart topping singles.
British angel Adele grabbed the No.9 spot with a total of $18 million, which came about from the record-breaking sales of her album “21.” Adele was forced to cancel her tour due to inevitable illness but if she were able to carry out a worldwide tour, her profits would have definitely been much higher.
Mommy-to-be Beyoncé owns the No.4 position with $35 million and Barbadian beauty Rihanna sits at No.5 with $29 million. Celine Dion rolls right in front of Adel by a mere $1 million, which secured her the No.8 spot with $19 million. Pink grabs No.6 with $22 million. Both Britney Spears & Alicia keys hold the 10th position with $10 million each.
- Lady GaGa ($90 million)
- Taylor Swift ($45 million)
- Katy Perry ($44 million)
- Beyoncé Knowles ($35 million)
- Rihanna ($29 million)
- Pink ($22 million)
- Carrie Underwood ($20 million)
- Celine Dion ($19 million)
- Adele ($18 million)
- Alicia Keys and Britney Spears ($10 million each)