Taylor Swift joins world’s richest on Forbes’ billionaire list

Taylor Swift’s host of accolades continues to grow as she now adds billionaire to her seemingly endless list of accomplishments.

The American pop star is now among the first musicians to enter the Forbes World’s Billionaires List, published earlier this week, having amassed a fortune of $1.1 billion over the past year.
Swift has joined the ranks of a record 2,781 billionaires worldwide, according to Forbes, among them Tesla CEO Elon Musk, ChatGPT creator Sam Altman and chart-topping LVMH luxury goods titan Bernard Arnault.

With 141 more billionaires than last year and 26 more than the previously set record from 2021, Forbes estimates that the world’s elite have accumulated a total of $14.2 trillion.

Swift made her way onto the list after reaching international megastar status with the unprecedented success of The Eras Tour, which generated approximately $900 million in ticket sales over the course of 2023, according to Billboard, with a per-show average of $2 million in merchandise sales.

With a sweeping display at this year’s Grammy Awards, earning the badge of first performer to win album of the year four times, and now donning the title of first musician to reach billionaire status based solely on their musical career, Swift remains an unstoppable force on the international stage.