Forbes releases 2016 list of highest paid women in the music industry

Forbes List Of Highest Paid Women In Music For 2016

In 2016, the ladies who run the music industry were gettin’ paid! Record sales, tours, multi-million dollar endorsements and more have some of the world’s biggest songstresses walkin’ around with fat pocketbooks. Green, bills, dividends is what we talkin’ ’bout.

Forbes has released their list of the highest paid queens of C.R.E.A.M. for 2016 and while the ladies on the list should come as no surprise, how much they made and margin of difference between each might.

Flip the page to see where your fav ranks at at the bank.

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10. Celine Dion $27 million

9. Shania Twain $27.5 million

7. Jennifer Lopez $39.5 million

6. Katy Perry $41 million

5. Beyoncé $54 million

4. Rihanna $75 million

Damn! Rih-Rih bust Bey a$$ like THAT??? $21 milli is a bigger gap than we would have expected.

3. Madonna $76.5 million

2. Adele $80.5 million

Any idea who ranked #1? The money gap between her and Adele is WIDE. Flip it over to see who was crowned queen in 2016.

1. Taylor Swift $170 million

Hate her, REALLY hate her, or love her, “T-Swizzle” (God, she’s corny) clocked MAJOR dollars this year with her record-breaking 1989 Tour which brought in $200 million worldwide.