Renowned pop star Taylor Swift (34) has joined the billionaire club. According to Forbes’ Richest World’s Billionaires List 2024, released on the 2nd (local time), Swift’s fortune is estimated at $1.1 billion, earning her a spot among the world’s billionaires.
Forbes reported that Swift’s wealth comes from The Eras world tour, album sales, and real estate. Swift is the first musician to make it to the billionaires list solely based on her songs and performances.
Swift has been on The Eras tour since March of last year, earning an annual income of $1.04 billion. The tour is scheduled to continue in Europe and North America this year.
In addition, the film The Eras Tour, which documents the tour, was released and has earned over $261 million.
Since her debut in 2006, Swift has released numerous hit songs and has been active. Based on her remarkable achievements last year, Time Magazine selected her as the Person of the Year 2023.
Swift also won the Album of the Year award for Midnights at the 66th Grammy Awards held on the 5th. With this, she became the first singer in Grammy history to win the Album of the Year award four times.
Swift is set to release her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on the 19th, garnering worldwide attention.
Swift is currently dating football player Travis Kelce (34). Swift made headlines by revealing in an interview that she had been dating Kelce even before rumors of their romance surfaced in September last year.