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Taylor
Swift is the world’s highest paid celebrity of 2016 with a staggering
income of $170 million in the past year. The earnings mostly came from
her
1989 World Tour, in which she smashed the Rolling Stonesโ North American
touring record, grossing $250 million. Other income sources included
promotions
for Diet Coke, Keds and Apple.
One Direction comes in
second place with $110million, while Author James Patterson pulled in
$95 million to snag the No. 3 spot. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and TV
personality Dr. Phil round out the top five with $88 million apiece.
Kevin Hart came in at No. 6 with 87.5million while Lionel Messi comes in
at No. 8 with $81.5m. See the full 2016 Forbes Richest Celeb 100 list below…
