Taylor Swift Tops Forbes’ Highest-Paid Stars Under 30 List

Girls dominate this years Forbes Highest Paid Celebrities Under 30 list, getting six of the spots on the Top 10 and four of the first five places.Taylor Swift, who’s reportedly dating Patrick Schwarzenegger, leads the list, raking in more than $57 million between May 2011 to May 2012. There’s no surprise as Taylor had the Speak Now world tour during that time, which Forbes said brought in a cool $1 million a night!

Taylor Swift is the highest-paid star under 30!

18-year-old Justin Bieber, who’s dumping Selena Gomez this fall, landed in second place with $55 million. Not bad, I must say.

Bieber is followed by troubled Rihanna, 24, with $53 million.

Lady Gaga, 26, who earned whopping $90 million last year and topped this list, came in fourth this year, earning $52 million. Actually, she didn’t tour during this time. Though, Mother Monster is currently selling out shows in Eastern Europe and probably there would be a jump next year. No doubt, she’s behaving like this for promoting her upcoming tour…

Hollywood’s most real singer Katy Perry, who earned an estimated $45 million with her hugely profitable California Dreams tour and her hit album Teenage Dream, has landed on the fifth place.

The mom-to-be British singer Adele, whose album 21 is still in the Billboard top ten comes in sixth place, earning $35 million.

Twilight trio Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson also found their places in the list. Kristen Stewart, 22, who has become the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, earned $34.5 million.

Lil Wayne, 29, is the oldest one on the list, beated R-Patz and Lautner with $27 million in earnings to come in eighth place, thanks to his hit album Carter IV which sold almost one million copies during its opening week last year.

Both Taylor Lautner, 20, and his 26-year-old co-star Robert Pattinson earned $26.5 million.

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