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Taylor Swift Beats Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Adele as Top Earner in Pop Singing

Though Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Adele provided a number of hits and also had major tours in 2011. But when the Billboard Magazine created their List of “Music’s Top 40 Moneymakers” 2011, it was Taylor Swift, who ruled them all.

Taylor Swift Beats Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Adele as Top Earner in Pop Singing
Taylor Swift Beats Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Adele as Top Earner in Pop Singing

US Pop Singer-Taylor Swift made a record music sales, and sold-out tours last year. She reported earnings of $35.7 million in the calendar year 2011. The biggest part ($29.8 Million) of that came from her Speak Now tour, which provided $88.5 Million Gross in United States alone.

Taylor Swift, Fans, Followers, and Top Songs
Taylor Swift, Fans, Followers, and Top Songs

At the time of writing the article, Taylor Swift has 11.6 Million followers on Twitter and 29.6 Million Fans on Facebook. She has also made a promotional single, “Safe and Sound” for an upcoming movie in 2012, “The Hunger Games”.

Top 10 Songs from Taylor Swift :
1. “You Belong With Me” – 2009
2. “Love Story” – 2008
3. “Teardrops On My Guitar” – 2007
4. “Back To December” – 2010
5. “Our Song” – 2007
6. “White Horse” – 2008
7. “Tim McGraw” – 2006
8. “Today Was a Fairytale” – 2010
9. “Fifteen” – 2009
10. “Mine” – 2010

Here are the Top-10 names from the Billboard’s Top Music Moneymakers list :
1. Taylor Swift ($35.7 Million)
2. U2 ($32.1 Million)
3. Kenny Chesney ($29.8 Million)
4. Lady Gaga ($25.3 Million)
5. Lil Wayne ($23.1 Million)
6. Bon Jovi ($19.8 Million)
7. Sade ($16.3 Million)
8. CĂ©line Dion ($14.2 Million)
9. Jason Aldean ($13.4 Million)
10. Adele ($13 Million)

By William E. Goldston

William is a Web Enthusiast. He likes to post articles about almost every topic, and love to mess with the latest technological gadgets, so that he can share his experience with the whole world.

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