Entertainment – Taylor Swift is highest paid celebrity

Singer Taylor Swift has earned her way to the top spot on the 2016 Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Swift earned an estimated $170 million in the past year, bolstered by her 1989 World Tour. “She smashed the Rolling Stones’ North American touring record, grossing $200 million on the continent en route to quarter of a billion dollars in total,” Forbes reports. “She also pads her pocketbook by shilling for brands including Diet Coke, Keds and Apple.” With Calvin Harris’ $63 million in earnings this past year, Swift and Harris would have been the top-earning Celebrity 100 couple if they had stayed together, topping Beyonce and Jay Z.