What Is Taylor Swift’s Net Worth?
Sep 15 | 2024
Taylor Swift for "The Tortured Poet's Department"
Taylor Swift is a megastar singer-songwriter known for her narrative songwriting, catchy pop tunes, and versatility across genres like country, pop, and indie folk. She breaks every music record with ease, partially thanks to her die-hard Swiftie fans who follow her with vigor and buy out every single show. And with Taylor Swift’s net worth building by the second, she’s one of the richest women in the world.
She’s also a part of the American Royal Couple — dating Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce…where the duo went public last January and haven’t left each other’s sides since.
And while we are decades into her career at this point, it feels like Taylor Swift is not even close to reaching peak stardom.
Her popularity soared to new heights when she announced The Eras Tour, a worldwide extravaganza that has caused the takedown of Ticketmaster and positively impacted economies across the globe.
She’s a philanthropist in her own right, working with different charities in every city she travels to. All the while releasing new music nonstop, including re-recording her old tracks in an effort to be the sole owner of the rights to her music. She’s an epic powerhouse who never stops working.
Her success is essentially from her music alone — with no real makeup, clothing, or beauty brand or celebrity endorsement needed. Her most recent album — The Tortured Poet’s Department — is currently perched at #1, yet to be defeated by newer submissions from huge artists like Billie Eilish.
Then, there’s re-releases like reputation (Taylor’s Version) that have yet to happen. With a constant flow of fresh music from Swift, she’s showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
So, while Taylor continues on The Eras Tour and her era of world domination…we’re going to take a look into what’s made her so rich thus far.
How Does Taylor Swift Make Her Money?
The answer is oddly simple: Taylor Swift has earned over a billion dollars solely from her music. She’s made over 13 albums by now including Red (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), and 1989 (Taylor’s Version), all of which charted in some major capacity.
How Touring and Music Contribute To Taylor Swift’s Net Worth
But the real money comes in touring. The Eras Tour alone is about 151 shows long and spans five continents, so you can imagine the astronomical amount she’s making from this tour alone. Taylor Swift’s net worth is already skyrocketing from this tour.
Bloomberg estimates that Swift has made $370 million from touring so far in her career. And despite a fan-led feud with Ticketmaster, where scalpers and bots were able to purchase tickets at an alarming rate to resell for much higher prices…the tour is still the hottest show in town.
And at her concerts, there’s merchandise. I’m sure you can imagine that Taylor Swift merch never goes out of style (see what I did there?) Which means she brought in a ton of money from merch — $120 million worth through 60 Era’s Tour shows.
Then, there’s the streams. Swift has a deal with platforms like Apple Music and Spotify so that her music is easily accessible to fans. That’s why it was such a catastrophic few years when she was off Spotify.
These streaming deals are estimated to make Swift around $175 million…and that’s just from allowing these platforms to play her music.
Of course, the music itself — the rights to tracks and publishing — earns her a pretty penny, too. Her entire catalog is worth $400 million and it’s constantly growing.
We know quite a lot about the rights to Swift’s masters thanks to her public feud with Scooter Braun — who formerly repped Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber.
Streams & Assets That Contribute To Taylor’s Net Worth
She’s amassed billions upon billions of streams across all platforms including radio, and she’s one of the most lucrative names in all of music. Plus, alongside her mega-successful music comes royalties.
Since Swift now owns all the rights to her songs — for the most part — she’s able to collect royalties. There are four types of royalties: print, mechanical, sync, and performance. With the popularity in exclusive physical copies of her albums, like the ten vinyl variants of her Midnights album, Swift earns around $40 million in royalties.
On top of this are her assets. While we don’t know if Swift has invested in any particular stocks, we do know she owns a multitude of homes across the country…with locations in Nashville, New York City, Los Angeles, Watch Hill, Rhode Island, and more. This also adds $150 million to her overall value.
What’s most impressive is that Taylor Swift isn’t pushing Sugar Bear Hair gummies to make an extra buck or two. She’s solely making her money off her voice and is one of the few artists of her generation to ever do such a feat.
So…What Is Taylor Swift’s Net Worth?
So, if you’ve been wondering how much this all adds up to…it’s a lot. According to both Bloomberg and Forbes, Taylor Swift’s net worth is around $1.1 billion.
Not only is Taylor Swift generating money for herself, she’s a source of income for everyone everywhere she goes. Her Eras Tour has generated around $5 billion for local economies solely in the United States.
With her ginormous tour, her nonstop flow of music, her honest lyricism, and astonishing storytelling abilities, as well as her extremely loyal fans, Swift’s net worth is sure to keep on growing and growing.
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