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Above: Taylor Swift Releases Her New Version Of Song Love Story (Taylor’s Version) From Her Fearless Music Album, But This Time The Music Belongs To Her And Not Her Music Record Company (Music Label).
Thirteen years ago, Taylor Swift opened her song “Love Story” with a memory: “We were both young when I first saw you,” the precocious country star, then 18, sang in the lead single from her 2008 “Fearless” album, “I close my eyes and the flashback starts.”
On Thursday night (February 11, 2021), legendary 10 times Grammy Awards winner Taylor Swift, now 31 years old and one of the world’s most famous and highest paid music singers, released a re-recorded version of the Romeo and Juliet theme “Love Story” as the first sample from a highly anticipated re-release of her famous “Fearless” music album due April 9, 2021. Co-produced by Taylor Swift and Chris Rowe (a longtime Nashville music studio professional who worked on Taylor Swift’s early music records) and featuring a number of the musicians who played on the original, the new “Love Story” — officially titled “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” — is virtually indistinguishable from the original song version that gave Taylor Swift her first top 10 music hit when she was not yet the world famous music star that she is today.
After more than a year of anticipation, Taylor Swift has begun releasing re-recorded versions of her old music classics, starting with “Love Story” which was originally released in late 2008 as the lead single for Taylor Swift’s second music album “Fearless.” It has been certified eight-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and is widely considered to be Taylor Swift’s signature song.
The new “Love Story” version released on Friday remains largely faithful to the country pop original song, which was inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” story.
Back in August 2019, Taylor Swift confirmed her plans to re-record her first six music albums, from her self-titled debut to 2017’s “Reputation” music album. The original master recordings were owned by Big Machine Records, the Nashville based music label where Taylor Swift signed her first record contract at age 15 (ownership of a music artist’s masters, which is typical of a major music label company, is what enables the music label company to profit from music sales and music streams and to control the use of the artist’s music in movies, television shows, and television commercials).
After her music contract expired in 2018, Taylor Swift signed with Universal Music Group, whose terms allow her to retain the rights to all new music (a catalog that now includes 2019’s “Lover,” 2020’s “Folklore,” and 2020’s “Evermore”).
The real drama began when celebrity music manager Scooter Braun (who represents music stars Kanye West, Ariana Grande, and Justin Bieber) purchased Big Machine Records (the acquisition was done through his company Ithaca Holdings) in June 2019 for approximately $300 million United States dollars. Taylor Swift said she was “sad and grossed out” that Scooter Braun had acquired ownership of her music catalog and accused him of bullying her in the past.
Bothered by music executive Scooter Braun’s purchase of her old label Big Machine Records in 2019, Taylor Swift said that year that she planned to re-record her first six music albums as a way to potentially diminish the value of the master recordings acquired by Scooter Braun, known among other things for his work with Taylor Swift’s longtime nemesis Kanye West.
Just 17 months later, Scooter Braun sold Taylor Swift’s music catalog (and master rights) to Shamrock Capital, an investment fund, for more than $300 million United States dollars. According to Taylor Swift, Shamrock Capital offered to work with her, but she declined when she learned that Scooter Braun would retain a financial interest in her music. In a letter she posted on Twitter, Taylor Swift told Shamrock’s partners that she intended to proceed with re-recording her old music — the idea being that her new song versions would supplant the originals in the music market.
The question is why did Taylor Swift remake “Fearless,” her second music studio album, first? By some measures the music album “Fearless” is Taylor Swift’s most successful LP (an LP is a full-length music album), having sold more than 10 million copies and winning four Grammy Awards, including album of the year. The new edition of “Fearless” will feature 26 songs, including previously unreleased songs Taylor Swift wrote around the same time as “Love Story” and other music hits like “Fifteen” and “You Belong With Me” which made Taylor Swift very famous.
In a note to her music fans, Taylor Swift said that her approach to re-recording “Fearless” would hopefully help illuminate her desire to remake and re-release old music.
“Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work,” Taylor Swift wrote to her music fans. “For example, only I know which songs I wrote that almost made the ‘Fearless’ album,” she continued. “Songs I absolutely adored, but were held back for different reasons.”
The updated version will include six additional tracks that were never officially released. “I’ve decided I want you to have the whole story, see the entire vivid picture, and let you into the entire dreamscape that is my ‘Fearless’ album,” Taylor Swift wrote to her hundreds of millions of music fans located around the world.
Above: Beautiful American Singer & Songwriter Taylor Swift Fashion Modeling For The Cover Of British Vogue Fashion Magazine Modeling As The Highest Paid Woman (Female Singer) In The World (The World’s Highest Paid Female Singer) With Earnings Of Approximately $185 Million Dollars For The Year.
Above: Beautiful American Singer & Songwriter Taylor Swift Performing As The Highest Paid Woman (Female Singer) In The World (The World’s Highest Paid Female Singer) With Earnings Of Approximately $185 Million Dollars For The Year.
ZARZAR MODELS recently released the latest list of the highest paid women (female singers) in the world (the world’s highest paid female singers). The latest list of the highest paid female singers in the music industry (the top earning female singers in the world) covers all musician earnings for the past 12 months (from June 2018 to June 2019) and are approximate based on the leading industry sources including Forbes magazine (one of the most prestigious financial magazines in the world and a leader in financial data analysis). All amounts are in United States Dollars.
The Highest Paid Women (Female Singers) In The World – The World’s Highest Paid Female Singers For 2019
Ten years ago, American female singer Taylor Swift was best known as an up-and-coming country singer who had just been interrupted by famous musician Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards. What a difference a decade makes: fresh off her seventh music album, singer (and also songwriter) Taylor Swift is the most-nominated musician at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards held on Monday August 26, 2019 – and the highest paid woman in music.
Taylor Swift, who is also the world’s top earning entertainer of any type (fashion models, actresses, singers, and musicians), earned approximately $185 million dollars before taxes over the past year. Much of that money came from her famous Reputation Stadium Tour, which grossed a United States record $266 million dollars. Taylor Swift also cashed in on a new nine figure deal with Universal’s Republic Records, and her new album Lover, released during 2019, will add even more money (we are talking millions of dollars) to her bank accounts after a prime-time performance during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
Above: Beautiful American Singer & Songwriter Taylor Swift Fashion Modeling For British Vogue Fashion Magazine Modeling As The Highest Paid Woman (Female Singer) In The World (The World’s Highest Paid Female Singer) With Earnings Of Approximately $185 Million Dollars For The Year.
The World’s Highest Paid Women In The Music Industry For 2019
Famous American female singer Taylor Swift more than doubled the annual earnings of music’s second highest paid woman, Beyoncé, who earned approximately $81 million dollars, mostly from her On The Run II stadium tour with famous husband Jay-Z and her Homecoming live album and Netflix special. Famous female singer Rihanna made third place on the rankings of the highest paid female singers in the world with earnings of approximately $62 million dollars, the bulk of that money coming from her Fenty Beauty joint venture with French multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH (LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton).
The top 10 female singers on this year’s highest paid female singers in the world (the world’s highest paid female singers) list earned a combined $645.5 million dollars (before deducting fees for agents, managers, lawyers, estate executors, and taxes) over the past 12 months proving that flawless musical talent and stellar business acumen are a powerful combination that can make you very wealthy. Musician earnings are estimates only and are sourced from interviews with numerous talent agency managers, music agents (talent agents), music industry experts (including executives), as well as many of the female singers and music stars themselves, with additional data provided by Nielsen Music, Pollstar, and Forbes magazine.
Other famous female singers and musicians on the list of the highest paid women (female singers) in the world (the world’s highest paid female singers) include American singer Ariana Grande, who ranked sixth with approximately $48 million dollars in earnings for the year, who was helped by two chart-topping music albums – Sweetener and Thank U, Next – released within only six months of each other. In addition, there are plenty of music veterans in this year’s list of the highest paid women (female singers) in the world (the world’s highest paid female singers), such as famous American singer and songwriter Katy Perry who earned approximately $57.5 million dollars for the year, much of that money coming from a very lucrative arena tour.
It is important to know that the ten highest paid women in music (the highest paid female singers in the world) earned approximately $645.5 million dollars this year, up 28.5% from approximately $502.5 million dollars in the previous year. As for the beautiful and famous American singer Taylor Swift, her financial fortunes have steadily improved since the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 – a year in which she earned only $18 million dollars – similar to the earnings of her awards interrupter Kanye West.
Famous American singer and songwriter Kanye West, who earned approximately $25 million dollars in 2009, has averaged approximately $35.2 million dollars annually over the past decade, including a career best of approximately $150 million dollars over the past 12 months that landed him on the cover of Forbes magazine. Not bad, not bad at all, but not even close to legendary and extremely famous singer and songwriter Taylor Swift, who over the past decade has averaged a cool $82 million dollars per year with a net worth of approximately 360 million dollars (Taylor Swift has made her fortune all on her own), with all of this happening before she turned 30 years old on December 13, 2019 making her a true Money Girl.
“She is legendary. She is beautiful. She is the highest paid female singer on planet Earth. She is Taylor Swift.”
Above: Beautiful American Singer & Songwriter Taylor Swift Performing As The Highest Paid Woman (Female Singer) In The World (The World’s Highest Paid Female Singer) With Earnings Of Approximately $185 Million Dollars For The Year.
Famous American singer Taylor Swift is fresh off a record breaking win at the 47th Annual American Music Awards held on Sunday November 24, 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, where she won six awards, including Artist Of The Year, Video Of The Year, and Artist Of The Decade, beating Michael Jackson as the most American Music Awards awarded artist of all time.
Taylor Swift did not slow down the Lover promotional tour for the Christmas and New Year holidays, though. Taylor Swift, who made her musical debut on the silver screen in the movie Cats (released on December 2019), was also featured on the cover of the January 2020 issue of British Vogue photographed by famous photographer Craig McDean, with famous makeup artist Guido Palau working on Taylor Swift’s hair, and Taylor Swift’s makeup done by legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath (any girl that has watched the famous Victoria’s Secret fashion shows or many of the most important fashion shows of the past decade will probably already be familiar with legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath).
In his editor’s letter, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, writes of Taylor Swift, “To herald a new decade, Taylor Swift fronts Vogue wearing archive Chanel – and looks effortlessly, endlessly modern in the process. Taylor, as anyone lucky enough to spend time with her will know, is one of the most positive, forward-thinking people you could ever wish to meet, and a dream cover star for this moment in time. Welcome to the ’20s!”
The British Vogue magazine cover story sees famous female singer Taylor Swift sitting down with the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musical theater impresario behind The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, and, of course, Cats, the movie version in which Taylor Swift stars as Bombalurina. The Cats movie only made $73,695,985 ($73.7 million dollars) worldwide at the box office with a $95,000,000 ($95 million dollars) budget but marked the return of beautiful American singer Taylor Swift to the big screen – her last movie acting role was in the 2014 film adaptation of The Giver.
Above: Beautiful American Singer & Songwriter Taylor Swift Fashion Modeling For British Vogue Fashion Magazine Modeling As The Highest Paid Woman (Female Singer) In The World (The World’s Highest Paid Female Singer) With Earnings Of Approximately $185 Million Dollars For The Year.
Beautiful American singer Taylor Swift discussed her road to success in the January 2020 issue of British Vogue. In preparation for her role in the movie “Cats,” Taylor Swift spoke with legendary “Cats” creator Andrew Lloyd Webber and opened up about her ascent to the top amid a highly publicized feud with her former record label, Big Machine Records.
“I worked as hard as I could, reached out to as many people as I could to make sure I got meetings with publishing companies and labels. They didn’t come about very easily, but once I got in the room I’d just get out my guitar and play for them,” Taylor Swift told British Vogue. Known for creating hit records, Taylor Swift also opened up about her songwriting process during the British Vogue interview. “I was going to high school during the day and doing my songwriting sessions at night. It was a double life,” Taylor Swift told British Vogue magazine. “I’d be writing notes in class, and my teachers never knew if they were notes for my class or if I’d gotten an idea for a song.”
Taylor Swift was just 18 years old when her song “Love Story” became a global music hit. As Taylor Swift makes her welcome return to British Vogue, the music star opens up to Andrew Lloyd Webber about nurturing her music talent from a very young age, and relishing the rewards of global music stardom.
Andrew Lloyd Webber shared an image of him with beautiful American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift, writing, “Taylor’s lyric for ‘Beautiful Ghosts’ is brilliant and her emotional performance of our song must be among the very best I’ve ever had.” In the January 2020 issue of British Vogue magazine Andrew Lloyd Webber interviews legendary singer Taylor Swift and looks back at the start of Taylor Swift’s beautiful music career, her inspirations, her life journey so far, and most importantly, what is to come of Taylor Swift in the future.
Starring and singing in the movie Cats, making the cover of British Vogue, winning so many music awards – and breaking Michael Jackson’s music awards record before turning 30 years old – that it actually becomes really hard to just keep count, and hanging out with the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber, does not even scratch the surface of the remarkable and extraordinary achievements of the one and only Taylor Swift.
Above: Beautiful American Singer & Songwriter Taylor Swift Fashion Modeling For British Vogue Fashion Magazine Modeling As The Highest Paid Woman (Female Singer) In The World (The World’s Highest Paid Female Singer) With Earnings Of Approximately $185 Million Dollars For The Year.
Taylor Swift: Fun Facts (That Every Girl Should Know)
* Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour is officially the highest grossing tour in United States history, grossing $266.1 million dollars.
* In 2018 legendary and beautiful American singer Taylor Swift left Big Machine Records, her musical home since starting out her music career as a teenager, for Universal’s Republic Records. As part of the music contract signing deal, Universal’s Republic Records is required to share proceeds from the eventual sale of its $1 billion dollar stake in Spotify with its musicians.
* Taylor Swift’s first music single since the move to Universal’s Republic Records, “ME!” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and made a record breaking 100 million YouTube Vevo views in approximately 79 hours.
* Beautiful and famous American singer Taylor Swift recently took home six music awards at the 2019 American Music Awards, reaching an overall of 29 American Music Awards – dethroning Michael Jackson’s 24 wins. “This year has been a lot of good, a lot of really complicated, so on behalf of my family and me, thank you so much for being there and caring,” Taylor Swift said in regards to her music wins.
* Taylor Swift’s highest level of education is a high school diploma, yet she has an estimated fortune of $360 million dollars as of June 2019 (she is a self-made centimillionaire), and she also owns two Dassault private jets.
* Legendary and beautiful American singer Taylor Swift has won 10 Grammy Awards and received 35 Grammy Awards nominations (as of the 62nd Grammy Awards which covered the year 2019) over the course of her fascinating and outstanding music career.
The Highest Paid Women (Female Singers) In The World – The World’s Highest Paid Female Singers For 2019
1. Taylor Swift (United States) with music earnings for the year of $185 million dollars.
2. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (United States) best known as simply Beyoncé with music earnings for the year of $81 million dollars.
3. Robyn Rihanna Fenty (Barbados) best known as simply Rihanna with music earnings for the year of $62 million dollars.
4. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (United States) better known by her stage name Katy Perry with music earnings for the year of $57.5 million dollars.
5. Alecia Beth Moore (United States) better known by her stage name Pink (stylized as P!nk) with music earnings for the year of $57 million dollars.
6. Ariana Grande (United States) with music earnings for the year of $48 million dollars.
7. Jennifer Lopez (United States) with music earnings for the year of $43 million dollars.
8. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta better known by her stage name Lady Gaga (United States) with music earnings for the year of $39.5 million dollars.
9. Celine Dion (Canada) with music earnings for the year of $37.5 million dollars.
10. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (Colombia) best known as simply Shakira with music earnings for the year of $35 million dollars.
The Highest Paid Women (Female Singers) In The World – The World’s Highest Paid Female Singers For 2019
Money Earned For The Year (Last 12 Months)
Taylor Swift (United States) with music earnings for the year of $185 million dollars.
$185 million dollars.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (United States) best known as simply Beyoncé with music earnings for the year of $81 million dollars.
$81 million dollars.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty (Barbados) best known as simply Rihanna with music earnings for the year of $62 million dollars.
$62 million dollars.
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (United States) better known by her stage name Katy Perry with music earnings for the year of $57.5 million dollars.
$57.5 million dollars.
Alecia Beth Moore (United States) better known by her stage name Pink (stylized as P!nk) with music earnings for the year of $57 million dollars.
$57 million dollars.
Ariana Grande (United States) with music earnings for the year of $48 million dollars.
$48 million dollars.
Jennifer Lopez (United States) with music earnings for the year of $43 million dollars.
$43 million dollars.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta better known by her stage name Lady Gaga (United States) with music earnings for the year of $39.5 million dollars.
$39.5 million dollars.
Celine Dion (Canada) with music earnings for the year of $37.5 million dollars.
$37.5 million dollars.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (Colombia) best known as simply Shakira with music earnings for the year of $35 million dollars.
Taylor Swift received the Artist of the Decade award at the 2019 edition of the 47th Annual American Music Awards held on Sunday November 24, 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, southern California.
Above: Taylor Swift Performing For Saturday Night Live On October 5, 2019 Before She Received Her American Music Awards Artist Of The Decade Award On Sunday November 24, 2019.
Why Was Taylor Swift Honored As Artist Of The Decade At The 2019 American Music Awards?
During the last decade, legendary singer Taylor Swift (born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States) became a global superstar and singing sensation, with sold-out arenas and stadium tours, chart-topping music albums, and many Grammy Awards.
In addition to winning more American Music Awards than any other artist or singer this decade, Taylor Swift was also nominated for five American Music Awards for just this year (2019). Famous American singer Taylor Swift also has 23 American Music Awards to her name, the most American Music Awards wins of any female artist in world history.
This decade saw famous American singer Taylor Swift release five music albums which were commercial successes, including “Speak Now” in 2010, “Red” in 2012, “1989” in 2014, “Reputation” in 2017, and “Lover” in August of 2019, which has been a huge music success.
Some of Taylor Swift’s most famous songs include Bad Blood, Shake It Off, Blank Space, Love Story, Look What You Made Me Do, Style, and Out of the Woods.
Above: Taylor Swift Performing For Saturday Night Live On October 5, 2019 Before She Received Her American Music Awards Artist Of The Decade Award On Sunday November 24, 2019.
Taylor Swift’s impact on the music industry this decade has been undeniable and her musical performances on the American Music Awards have been truly spectacular and one of a kind unlike anything the world has ever seen before in music history.
What Are The American Music Awards?
The American Music Awards is an annual American music awards show, generally held in November of each year, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for the ABC television network when the network’s contract to air the Grammy Awards expired. The American Music Awards is the first of the Big Three music award shows held annually (the others being the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards).
Until the 2005 edition of the American Music Awards, both the winners and the nominations were selected by members of the music industry, based on commercial performance, such as sales and airplay. Since the 2006 edition of the American Music Awards, winners have been determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the American Music Awards website (nominations have remained based on sales, airplay, and this past decade have also included activity on social networks and video viewing).
She is 28 years old with no college degrees, and only a high school diploma. She is self-made, with a $280 million dollar fortune that is quickly approaching $300 million dollars. She is the highest paid female singer on the planet, and she just released her newest music video Delicate. Taylor Swift has disappeared from public view, and her Delicate music video might explain why she has remained invisible all this time. Most importantly, Taylor Swift’s Delicate received over 14 million views during its first 24 hours since its release to the general public, proving that she can become visible as quickly as she can become invisible, disappear, and vanish from plain sight – while at the same time giving us a glimpse of the incredible power of the Taylor Swift brand (Taylor Swift has over 106 million Instagram followers and growing).
On Sunday night, Taylor Swift won the prize for female artist of the year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. She wasn’t there to accept in person, which is no surprise — the pop singer has been mostly out of the public view for months.
“Hey, guys, I just wanted to say thank you so much for this award,” Taylor Swift said to the audience in a taped video, explaining she couldn’t attend because she is in rehearsals for her upcoming world tour. “But in my absence and to show my gratitude, I really wanted to show you my brand new video for my new single, Delicate.”
Delicate, the fourth single from her latest album, Reputation, is Taylor Swift’s most direct song about her reputation. So it’s fitting that the video may offer a clue as to why Taylor Swift has recently avoided the spotlight. Aside from a handful of brief concert appearances around the holidays, Taylor Swift has mostly gone underground. Taylor has avoided the media and gave practically zero interviews to promote Reputation album when it was released in November of 2017. While unnamed sources assure the tabloids that Taylor Swift is doing quite well with her boyfriend, actor Joe Alwyn, they’re rarely seen in public together. Taylor Swift’s Instagram account used to be filled with pictures of her and her best friends, but she wiped all of her social media accounts clean last year and now uses them only for album promotions.
Weren’t we told they don’t make pop stars this famous anymore? Well, apparently nobody bothered to tell Taylor Swift. Join ZARZAR MODELS as we learn and discover more about the most popular female singer in the world, and maybe, just maybe, the world’s most famous human alive.
Age: 28. Education: diploma, high school.
Net worth (fortune for the year 2017): $280 million United States Dollars.
Residence: Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Source of wealth: music (self-made).
Citizenship: United States.
Marital Status: Single.
*Taylor Swift’s 1989 album was the bestselling album of 2014 despite a late-October release.
*Her 1989 tour smashed North American touring records en route to a quarter-billion dollar gross in 2015.
*Even though Swift stayed relatively quiet in 2016, her net worth has benefited from continued earnings from her music, endorsements and merch.
*Swift has shilled for the likes of Keds, Diet Coke and Apple.
*She owns two Dassault private jets.
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Above: Beautiful Blonde Brazilian Model Gisele Bundchen Modeling For Ipanema Gisele Bundchen Hot Sands Collection Fashion Ads Modeling As The Highest Paid Model In The World Earning $42 Million Dollars Over The Past Year.
Thousands of our fashion modeling fans from around the world have been asking our modeling agency if fashion models make more money than actresses and singers. We all know that famous actresses and singers make so much money per year that millions of girls and teenagers dream of following the career paths of their favorite actresses and singers such as Angelina Jolie and Taylor Swift, but do actresses and singers really make more money than female models and supermodels? Do actresses and singers get all the attention and all the media headlines when in reality female models and supermodels have superior earnings power, make more money modeling, and actually print more cash than the famous actresses and singers that we all hear about in the news?
Above: Beautiful Blonde Brazilian Model Gisele Bundchen Modeling For Versace Ads Modeling As The Highest Paid Model In The World Earning $42 Million Dollars Over The Past Year.
The Highest Paid Singers (Female Singers) Versus The Highest Paid Models Versus The Highest Paid Actresses – Who Makes The Most Cash?
Madonna – $125 Million United States Dollars In Earnings For The Past Year
We start our list of the “Highest Paid Actresses, Models, And Female Singers In The World” with the one and only “Queen of Pop” known around the world as simply Madonna. Madonna takes the number 1 spot on the Billboard and Forbes lists for “The Highest Paid Female Singers In The World” for the last 12 months with earnings of approximately $125 million United States Dollars (according to Forbes Magazine). Thanks largely to her blockbuster MDNA tour, the “Queen of Pop” became the highest paid singer (female singer) in the world as the MDNA tour was last year’s biggest concert tour ($305 million gross which means what they made before paying all the tour expenses), and the 10th top grossing tour of all time. The 88 day tour earned Madonna an estimated $32 million (according to Billboard). The MDNA tour also supported the MDNA album from Madonna which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and generated impressive physical and digital album sales for the artist. Add the tens of millions earned from endorsements, merchandise sales, and sponsorships and you reach $125 million for the past year.
Lady Gaga – $80 Million United States Dollars In Earnings For The Past Year
Taylor Swift – $55 Million United States Dollars In Earnings For The Past Year Making Her The Third Highest Paid Female Singer In The World
Above: Beautiful Blonde Country Singer Taylor Swift Modeling For Taylor By Taylor Swift Fragrance Perfume Ads Modeling As The Third Highest Paid Female Singer In The World Earning $55 Million Dollars Over The Past Year.
Number 3 on the Forbes list for “The Highest Paid Female Singers In The World” is country singer and singing sensation Taylor Swift with earnings over the last 12 months of $55 million United States Dollars. Taylor Swift also earned big as one of the faces of CoverGirl (fashion modeling so in all fairness it was not all singing). For those that still believe that the music industry is dead, it is important to know that Taylor Swift released her fourth studio album “Red” in October 2012 and sold 1.2 million copies in week one. The album’s first single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” became her first to top Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
Think about what was just said…Taylor Swift’s latest music album “Red” sold 1.2 million units during its opening week last fall. Call her country, pop, or both. Either way, Taylor Swift’s Nashville connections helped her music album “Red” sell 1.2 million copies in its first week but as successful as the music album was, the truth is that touring and endorsements (which include fashion modeling for major fashion brands) still make up the majority of her total earnings. That said, Taylor Swift is a record selling powerhouse, moving nearly 3 million physical units and more than 1 million digital albums, and a staggering 15.6 million digital tracks, driven by the release of “Red” and its mega-hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”.
Still not impressed with all of Taylor Swift’s achievements? Well, we also forgot to mention that the 23 year old singer Taylor Swift is also the highest paid female country singer in the world and has taken advantage of that success by signing endorsement deals with Diet Coke, Sony, and CoverGirl (fashion modeling) while making millions touring on the road. Taylor Swift should earn even more next year as she transitions from arena shows to stadium sellouts, and if you are still not impressed with all of these incredible achievements then you really do have very high standards! Our congratulations to you!
Above: Beautiful Brunette Actress Angelina Jolie Modeling For Vanity Fair Magazine Fashion Editorials Modeling As The Highest Paid Actress In The World Earning $33 Million Dollars Over The Past Year.
#4 Beyonce – $53 Million United States Dollars In Earnings For The Past Year
#5 Jennifer Lopez – $45 Million United States Dollars In Earnings For The Past Year
#6 Rihanna – $43 Million United States Dollars In Earnings For The Past Year
Number 6 on the list of “The Highest Paid Female Singers In The World” is Barbados born music diva known around the world as Rihanna who has parlayed the success of her music into lucrative endorsements with the likes of Vita Coco and Nivea, a perfume fragrance called Reb’l Fleur, and a heavy touring schedule. Reb’l Fleur is the first perfume fragrance for women endorsed by Barbadian music recording artist Rihanna. The perfume fragrance was promoted with the accompanying tagline “Bad Feels So Good”. Reb’l Fleur was positively received upon its release and has become highly successful adding even more cash to Rihanna’s bank accounts.
Above: Beautiful Brunette American Actress Angelina Jolie Modeling For Vanity Fair Magazine Fashion Editorials Modeling As The Highest Paid Actress In The World Earning $33 Million Dollars Over The Past Year.
The Highest Paid Singers (Female Singers) Versus The Highest Paid Models Versus The Highest Paid Actresses – Who Makes The Most Cash?
By now our millions of fashion modeling fans around the world might be wondering…Where in the world are the fashion models on this special celebrity list of actresses, fashion models, and female singers? Well, the first model on the list (Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen) appears at number 7 with $42 million United States Dollars for the past 12 months with other supermodels following behind (see our “Highest Paid Models In The World” articles and lists throughout our website). Thus, it appears that singers have incredible earnings power and some stability in those earnings thanks to their music royalties and their ability to tour around the world whenever they are low in cash and their bank accounts start looking a little depressing.
What about actresses? Only when we get to $33 million United States Dollars does the first actress appear on the list with American actress Angelina Jolie. Following close behind Angelina Jolie is Colombian actress Sofia Vergara with $30 million United States Dollars in earnings over the past 12 months. Thus, while there appear to be more actresses than models that earn anywhere from $20 to $33 million United States Dollars (including actresses Jennifer Lawrence at $26 million, Kristen Stewart at $22 million, and Jennifer Aniston at only $20 million) the truth is that the earnings of actresses are very unstable compared to the earnings generated by models and supermodels. Many actresses rely on one or two blockbuster films to be able to make the amount of money that these actresses have made over the past year, and if any of the above actresses do not get a major role for a new movie or major television show the following year they can drop from “The Highest Paid Actresses In The World” list faster than you can blink an eye.
Above: Beautiful South African Victoria’s Secret Blonde Model Candice Swanepoel Modeling In Beautiful Sexy Victoria’s Secret Black Lingerie Modeling As The 10th Highest Paid Model In The World Earning $3.1 Million United States Dollars Over The Past Year.
Instability in earnings (as compared to actresses) is not so much of a problem for models and supermodels as many models and supermodels represent a fairly large and diverse number of clients in various industries which gives them the added benefit of revenue diversification. This is the reason why the list of “The Highest Paid Models In The World” rarely changes by much while the list of “The Highest Paid Actresses In The World” can be very different from one year to the next. In fact, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has earned $42 million over the past 12 months, $45 million over the previous 12 months, and another $45 million during the 2010-2011 time period. Talk about stable earnings for the world’s highest paid model!
But the truth is that none of these female singers and music stars, models and supermodels, and famous actresses can even come close and rival Sports Illustrated beauty Kathy Ireland. Kathy Ireland was a supermodel in the 1980’s and 1990’s (if you have never heard of Kathy Ireland ask your dad) best known for appearing in 13 consecutive Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. In 1993, Kathy Ireland started licensing her name in thousands of products around the world and founded a brand marketing company known as “kathy Ireland Worldwide” which has become a multi-billion dollar fashion empire making her perhaps the wealthiest self made model in the world and creating a business empire that not even Madonna or any other famous female singer or actress in the world has been able to match, and that in itself is reason for us models (and our fans) to celebrate as we sincerely hope that models and Supermodels will someday rule the world! Enjoy!
Above: Beautiful Blonde Brazilian Model Gisele Bundchen Modeling For Ipanema Gisele Bundchen Fashion Ads Modeling As The Highest Paid Model In The World Earning $42 Million Dollars In The Past Year.
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