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She is the first singer to make it onto the list based solely on income from her music.
Taylor Swift has made Forbes’ list of the richest people. The business magazine is including the 34-year-old for the first time in its famous list, which this year counts 2,781 billionaires.
The world’s most successful musician
The pop star has also achieved what no other music colleague has ever achieved: According to Forbes, Swift made her fortune solely through the income from her music and “The Eras” tour appearances as well as her real estate.
The singer landed at number 2,545 overall on the Forbes list. As in 2023, the Frenchman Bernard Arnault is at the top with a fortune of 233 billion US dollars. This is followed by Elon Musk with $195 billion and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with $194 billion.