21st November, 2017
Beyonce or queen B as she’s popularly called has been named Forbes highest paid woman in music 2017, owing to her name a whooping sum of $105M.
The beautiful mother of 3 haven dropped Lemonade which was a hit and The ensuing Formation World Tour which came to a gross of about a billion dollars is now no.1 in ranking with Adele coming to no.2 at $69 million. Adele’s third studio album “25” won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and she also went on her first proper tour since 2011, made a total of $69 million pretax.
Taylor Swift raked in $44 million to claim the No. 3 spot, With the release of her new album Reputation—which is already the best-selling album of 2017.
Celine Dion comes in hot at fourth place with $42 million and Jennifer Lopez bags the top five with $38 million, while ageless Dolly Parton tags along at No. 6, with $37 million. Forbes reports.
Rihanna is no. 7 with $36 million while Britney Spears owns $34 million. The ninth-highest-paid woman is one of America’s favourite singers Katy Perry and Barbra Streisand standing at No. 10, for $30 million.