Taylor Swift the world's highest-paid celebrity, according to Forbes rich list

Taylor Swift is the world's highest-paid celebrity at the tender age of 26, pulling in a whopping $US170 million over the past year, Forbes magazine said.

The pop diva's take from June 2015 to June 2016 is the highest total of her young career, the magazine said, more than doubling her previous record of $US80 million last year.
She out-earned other famous musicians including Adele ($US80.5 million), Madonna ($US76.5 million), Rihanna ($US75 million) and Bruce Springsteen ($US60.5 million).
The Shake It Off singer also outpaced rival Katy Perry, who was last year's top-earning musician at $US135 million, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of 100 highest-paid celebrities.
Perry dropped to number 63 on this year's list, earning $US41 million.
Rockers AC/DC were the highest paid Australian celebrities, sitting at 17th place on the list after earning $US67.5 million in the past year, according to Forbes.
Swift's huge earnings were largely thanks to her 1989 World Tour during which she smashed the Rolling Stones' North American record, grossing $US200 million on the continent en route to a quarter of a billion worldwide, the magazine said.
Coming in at number two on the list this year was boy band One Direction ($US110 million), followed by author James Patterson ($US95 million).
Taylor's former beau, musician Calvin Harris, also made the cut coming in at number 21 ($US63 million).
"The world's 100 highest-paid celebrities pulled in $US5.1 billion pre-tax over the past 12 months, more than the GDP of Belize, Gambia and Bhutan combined," Forbes said.