There’s a new girl squad Taylor Swift belongs to, and it doesn’t include any Victoria’s Secret models. Swift, who has received 10 Grammy awards and is the only artist to have an album hit the 1 million first-week sales figure three times, is the youngest member of Forbes’ second annual ranking of America’s richest self-made women. Just 26, Swift grabbed the last spot at number 60 with a net worth of $250 million. Flagged as an up and comer a year ago, Swift added an estimated $50 million to her net worth, thanks to her 1989 tour last year, which grossed a quarter of a billion dollars.
Swift is the only self-made female in her 20s to make the cut but the ranking does include three thirty-somethings, including two other newcomers. Fellow pop star Beyonce Knowles, last year’s youngest list member, makes the ranks again with a net worth of $265 million, up slightly from a year ago. The 34-year-old gets most of her wealth from music sales and touring. Her On The Run tour with husband Jay Z in 2014, for example, grossed over $100 million from 19 North American shows. Her headline-grabbing visual album Lemonade, which came out too late for Forbes to include in her net worth estimate, could boost her bottom-line next year. Regardless, Beyonce isn’t relying solely on her music; she launched an athleisure line this year. Dubbed Ivy Park, it was co-produced with British retailer Topshop and is also sold online and in Nordstrom and Zalando stores.