Forbes has released its list of highest paid women in
music and amazingly some of the women and what they
worth will shock you.

According to the list, 33-year-old Beyoncé Knowles
Carter is the highest paid woman in music in 2014. With
over $115million income this year alone, which is way
more than double of what she pulled in last year, the
beautiful woman has topped Forbes’ list.

Her high turnover this year was said to have been gotten
from her world tour, made her to move from fourth place
last year, putting her firmly ahead of 24-year-old pop
star Taylor Swift, who came in 2nd with $64 million. Pop
singer Pink, 35, stepped up from No. 8 in 2013 to third
with $52 million.
‘Beyonce played 95 shows during our scoring period,
bringing in an average of $2.4 million per city,‘ said
Forbes, citing data from the Pollstar trade magazine. The
R&B singer’s self-titled album released last December
and endorsement deals pushed her earnings up further
assuring her the top spot.

However, Barbados-born Rihanna, 26, came in 4th with
$48 million and Katy Perry, 30, who earned an estimated
$40 million, ranked 5th. Madonna, 56, who ranked No. 1
last year, failed to make the top 10 in 2014. Lady Gaga,
28, slumped from No. 2 in 2013 to ninth place this year
with estimated earnings of $33 million.

Forbes compiled the list after estimating pre-tax income
calculated for the 12 months from June 2013 to 2014
based on record sales, concert tickets, touring
information merchandise sales and interviews with
concert promoters, lawyers and managers. It also looked
at data from the Pollstar, the RIAA (Recording Industry
Association of America) and tracking firm Nielsen
SoundScan.

In 2009, Beyonce told Forbes of her work ethic:
‘Like everyone else, you work really hard and you want it
to be great; you want your friends to like it, What makes
me feel comfortable is practice and knowing I’m
prepared.’

It would be recalled that just recently, Beyonce’s dad,
Mathew Knowles’ second baby mama who is a former
lingerie model, Taqoya Brancomb revealed she was
indeed sleeping with the superstar’s dad despite having
knowledge that he was married.

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A very impressive list of musicians who have worked really hard to earn such fame and fortune in 2014, Definitely looking towards 2015 to see which other musicians tops the Forbes list. Thank you.