Wow Taylor Swift Tops Billboard's Top Money-Makers

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Adele's album megasales aside, touring is once again the determining factor to the 40 genre-spanning acts that topped Billboard's ranking of music’s highest-paid musicians in past years year. For evidence of that, juicet look into this year’s No. 1 (or Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7… you will get the thought ). 

 (Scroll right all the way down to go through methodology of how this daftar was formulated. )

The nation star-turned-pop sensation added yet another milestone to her résumé in 2015 -- top earner from the year -- because of her 1989 World Tur, which included cameo appearances by Julia Roberts, Mick Jagger, Joan Baez and... Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade. Swift's $61. 7 million in touring revenue accounted to the lion's berbagi of her 2015 haul, but Ryan Adams' stark reinterpretation of her 1989 album also helped make her the highest earner of publishing royalties.