Taylor Swift is no stranger to breaking records, and just when we thought we’d seen it all—she managed to set another one. Her net worth has been estimated at $1.6 billion by Forbes, making her the richest female musician of all time.
According to Forbes, Swift officially became a billionaire in October 2023, thanks to the earnings from her record-breaking The Eras Tour and the value of her music catalog. She became the first musician to reach billionaire status primarily based on earnings from her music and performances, without relying on other business endeavors.
A year later, Swift’s fortune reached a $1.6 billion valuation, helping her surpass Rihanna as the richest female musician of all time. Unlike Swift, the R&B superstar didn’t build her empire with music alone, and she mostly owes her fortune to her cosmetics line Fenty Beauty and her lingerie brand Savage X Fenty.
As for Swift, her fortune includes nearly $600 million from royalties and touring, a music catalog worth an estimated $600 million, and around $125 million in real estate. Her ongoing The Eras Tour previously made history as the first tour to collect $1 billion in revenue and reportedly became the first to ever gross $2 billion worldwide. It inspired the highest-grossing concert film of all time, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which earned $267.1 million worldwide, with a high percentage of earnings going to Swift.