Taylor Swift topped the list of highest-paid musicians according to Billboard Bashny.Net

Billboard magazine has published an annual ranking of the "Top 40 highest paid musicians in the world." And in the first place was Taylor Swift, who in 2013 managed to "raise" $ 39, 7 million.




Taylor Swift

According to the American magazine, that such income is 24-year-old Taylor had, mainly because of its world tour in support of their fourth studio album, «Red».

Stars do not get used to being a leader ranking Billboard: place the most profitable musician she held in 2012.



At a concert in Manila, Philippines. Total Oceania Swift played 6 concerts in North America - 67



In second place in the list of settled another country singer - Kenny Chesney, whose income for the year was $ 32, 9 million.

Bronze medal - 3rd place leaders - get pop singer Justin Timberlake, whose album «The 20/20 Experience», in spite of a 7-year break (or thanks to him), proved to be very fruitful. For the year Timberlake was $ 31, 5 million.



Justin Timberlake

This is followed by rocker Jon Bon Jovi ($ 29, 4 million), the rock band The Rolling Stones ($ 26, 2 million), the pop star Beyonce ($ 24, 4 million), rock group Maroon 5 ($ 22, 3 million) singer Luke Bryan country-style ($ 22, 1 million) and Pink ($ 20 million). It closes the top ten of the British-American band Fleetwood Mac ($ 19 million).

But Madonna, which was №1 in the past year, and does not get into the new list of Billboard.

Long list of the most highly paid musicians can be seen here