Taylor Swift Dethrones Rihanna as The World’s Richest Musician

Taylor Swift just took the spot from Rihanna as the world's richest musician and many can't stop talking about it.

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00:00Did Taylor Swift steal something from Rihanna?

00:02According to Forbes, she kind of did.

00:04For those of you who might have missed it,

00:05Forbes is now reporting that Taylor Swift

00:07is officially the highest paid female musician.

00:10Her estimated net worth is now $1.6 billion.

00:14Now, the reason why I said that Taylor Swift

00:16stole something from Rihanna

00:18is because Rihanna was the one

00:19who previously held this crown.

00:21Forbes went on to report that Taylor

00:22officially became a billionaire in October of last year.

00:25This is in large part thanks to her earnings

00:27from the Eros tour, her royalties, and music catalog.

00:30And it also doesn't hurt that she has

00:31a casual $125 million in real estate holdings.

00:35It's also worth noting that I think Rihanna's gonna be okay

00:37even though she doesn't hold the title

00:39of richest female musician anymore.

00:41As Forbes reports, her net worth

00:42is still being around $1.4 billion.

00:45Okay, you guys, now I wanna hear what you think

00:46about Taylor Swift taking over this title.

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