Check the Top Earning Celebrities of 2016

American Singer Taylor Swift has emerged the No. 1 highest-paid entertainer on Forbes’ new Celebrity 100 list for 2016 with earnings of $170 million over the past year, beating football stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and popular musician Adele who came 4th, 8th and 9th on the list respectively.

Taylor Swift picked up the top spot for 2016 after international boxer, Floyd Mayweather who raked in a whopping $300 million last year. Taylor Swift came in eighth place with $80 million in earnings on last year’s list, meaning she saw a 112% increase in the year that included the 1989 World Tour and brand partnerships with Diet Coke, Keds, and Apple.

The three-time FIFA best player, Cristiano Ronaldo who came 4th on the list with $88 million makes a salary of $50 million per year at Real Madrid and had his endorsements brought in the rest to top his counterpart Messi.

Lionel Messi who, with $81.5 million, topped music star, Adele to clinch the 8th position as Forbes adds that Adele, with $80.5 million is the only musician on this year’s Celebrity 100 list who made more than half of their money from their music.

A look at the top 10 celebrity earners revealed that Rush Limbaugh came 10th with $79 million, Howard Stern, 7th with $85 million, Kevin Hart, 6th with $87.5 million, Dr. Phil, 4th with $88 million while James Patterson and One Direction took 3rd and 2nd positions with $95 million and $110 million respectively.

Kim Kardashian who made the 2016 Forbes cover also made the list of Highest earning celebrities. Kardashian’s Hollywood game showcases players creating their own celebrity, befriend Kim and work their way onto the A-list

Hollywood has been downloaded 45 million times and generated $160 million in revenue. FORBES estimates that Kardashian has pocketed $45 million from it over that period. This year she earned $51 million to land at No. 42 on FORBES’ Celebrity 100 list; 40% of her yearly paycheck came from the game.