Taylor Swift is the highest paid female entertainer in the world and also the only woman among the 10 top-earning entertainers in the world, a Forbes estimate says.
Taylor Swift is the highest paid female entertainer in the world, earning a cool $92 million in 2022 following the success of her 10th studio album"Midnights," according to a new report fromSwift, 33, is also the only woman to make the cut of the 10 top-earning entertainers in the world, per Forbes, ranking 9th on the list behind Tyler Perry, Brad Pitt, the Rolling Stones and other older male creatives in Hollywood.
To determine the ranking, Forbes considers entertainers' total 2022 pretax earnings, minus fees for representation and business operating costs, per its methodology. After releasing"Midnights" in October 2022, the 12-time Grammy winner became the first artist in history to claim the top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100. Although the album was an instant hit, much of Swift's $92 million profit — roughly 70% — came from her back catalog, including revenue from streaming and album sales, Forbes reports.
The entertainment industry is far from reaching gender parity: In 2021, less than 25% of the artists on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart were women, researchers atOn average, women actors earn about $1.1 million less than their male co-stars, according to 2017 from three professors: Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez of the University of Huddersfield, Maria Navarro Paniagua of Lancaster University, and John S Heywood of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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