Beyonce named highest-earning female musician by Forbes
Video: Beyoncé is the top-earning woman in music - worth around $115m
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Your support makes all the difference.Forbes magazine has labelled Beyoncé the highest-earning woman in music in 2014, having experienced the biggest year of her career and having doubled her earnings from last year.
In 2013, the superstar brought in $53 million. This year, she raked in a tidy $115 million.
According to Forbes and Pollstar, during the period surveyed Beyoncé played 95 shows and on average she took home $2.4 million per city. The release of her self-titled surprise album in December 2013 also helped boost the singer's earnings.
Beyoncé's bank balance was also aided with endorsement deals from H&M and Pepsi.
The singer, who is married to rapper Jay-Z, may see things get even better, having announced last week that she will launch a label of athletic streetwear with Topshop for autumn 2015.
"This not a collaboration. This is about building a brand and building a business - a separate, proper business, with separate overhead and a separate office," Topshop owner Sir Philip Green said of the deal.
Pink and Rihanna are third and fourth on the list, worth roughly $52 million and $48 million respectively.
Forbes' top-earning women in music
- Beyoncé: $115m
- Taylor Swift: $64m
- Pink: $52m
- Rihanna: $48m
- Katy Perry: $40m
- Jennifer Lopez: $37m
- Miley Cyrus: $36m
- Celine Dion: $36m
- Lady Gaga: $33m
- Britney Spears: $20m
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