Katy Perry Named Forbes Highest Paid Female Musician

Katy Perry edges out former foe Taylor Swift to top Forbes’ highest-paid women in music list
Now that they’re friends, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift will want to pop the champagne together for this one.
The just-released Forbes list of the year’s highest-paid women in music features both artists.

Perry raked in $83 million, before taxes — largely because of “Witness: The Tour” and her work as a judge on the rebooted American Idol — between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018, according to the magazine.

Swift pulled in a close second, at $80 million, and Forbes noted that the only reason she didn’t snag the list’s top spot is that most of the dates for her “Reputation Stadium Tour” were too late to count toward her income this year. The tour started May 8.

That said, Swift could have a good shot at leading the list in 2019, as Perry plans to take a break from music, her new holiday song notwithstanding.

“I’ve been on the road for like 10 years, so I’m just going to chill,” Perry told Footwear News last month while promoting her shoe brand. “I’m not going to go straight into making another record. I feel like I’ve done a lot. I feel like I’ve rung the bell of being a pop star very loudly, and I’m very grateful for that.”

For the last few years, the idea of Perry and Swift hanging out together for fun would be unthinkable, with them trading thinly veiled barbs in song lyrics and interviews. But they made up in May after Perry sent Swift a wreath made of olive branches, and are evidently still on good terms.

Source: Yahoo