Taylor swift ranks as the highest paid celebrity according to Forbes

Forbes on July 11, 2016 ranked Taylor Swift atop the publication's latest Celebrity 100 list, which ranks celebs based on their earnings over the past year. Forbes reports that Swift made $170 million USD in the past year outdistancing second place One Direction, who earned $110 Million.

At the tender age of 26, Taylor Swift is the world's highest-paid celebrity, pulling in a whopping $170 million over the past year, Forbes magazine said Monday.

The pop diva's take from June 2015 to June 2016 is the highest total of her young career, the magazine said, more than doubling her previous record of $80 million last year.

She out-earned other famous musicians including Adele ($80.5 million), Madonna ($76.5 million), Rihanna ($75 million) and Bruce Springsteen ($60.5 million).