Taylor Swift Is Officially a Billionaire (2024)

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Is Taylor Swift actually a billionaire? ›

Taylor Swift has been girl bossing her way to the big bucks since the start of her career and after nearly two decades in the industry she is reaping the rewards. According to Bloomberg, Taylor has been a billionaire since 2023 after the success of her Eras Tour film, which pushed her to a net worth of $1.1 billion.

The ethics of excessive wealth

It is functionally unethical to be a billionaire in a society where poverty, food insecurity, and homelessness exist. Multibillionaires could eliminate these social problems and still be billionaires afterward. This will be true of Taylor Swift as she accumulates more wealth, too.

According to Forbes, the estimated figure is based on the value of Swift's music, earnings from her world tour and her real estate portfolio. The US country-turned-pop singer is the only musician to have earned so much money from her songs and performances alone, Forbes adds.

Taylor Swift joins world's richest on Forbes billionaire list - Who else is on the list? Taylor Swift becomes the first musician to appear on Forbes' list solely based on her songs and performances.

Forbes first identified Swift as a billionaire in October 2023 due to the success of her Eras Tour. The magazine reported she was the first musician to become a billionaire solely off of earnings from her music and performances.

Among other celeb billionaires who made the cut — including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and "Star Wars" creator George Lucas — Swift was ranked at No. 14 with a net worth of $1.1 billion.

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Calvin Harris, with an estimated net worth of US$300 million, tops the list of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's wealthiest romantic interests.

Is any singer a billionaire? ›

As of 2024, six music artists have reached the billionaire status on Forbes reports: Jay-Z leading the list with US$2.5 billion, and becoming the first billionaire music artist, followed by Rihanna (the first billionaire female artist), Taylor Swift—the first primarily billionaire artist on the basis of her music and ...

Rihanna is worth a staggering $1.4 billion. Taylor Swift has a net worth of $740 million, and Beyonce is at $540 million. Other big name musicians on the list include Madonna, Dolly Parton, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand.

Swift landed at No. 34 with a net worth of $750 million; Judy Sheindlin, aka Judge Judy, is at No. 56 with $480 million and Winfrey at No. 13 with $2.5 billion.

Taylor Swift ($170 million) Adele ($80.5 million) Madonna ($76.5 million)

She's spent hundreds of millions of dollars on properties in New York City, California, Nashville, Rhode Island and more. She frequently travels via private jet, reportedly owning not just one, but two Dassault Falcon aircrafts. And her much-studied sense of style is aided by pricey, oftentimes designer pieces.

Rather than buy into this agreement, Swift announced she would remake the albums. Under her new record deal with Universal Music Group, she'd now own whatever masters she produced. Because she is usually the main songwriter, she would already have rights to the musical works.