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Katy Perry's 'topped' Forbes' list of highest-earning female musicians in 2015

  • November 5, 2015
  • Brad O'Mance

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Katheryn Elizabeth "Katy" Hudson, aka Katy Perry, has been named by Forbes as the highest-earning woman in music for 2015, so con­grat­u­la­tions to her.

The 'This Is How We Do' hitmaker earned $135m this year, most of which came from her Prismatic world tour.

According to Forbes she grossed more than $2m per city over the 126 shows and added to her total via deals with Coty, Claire's and Covergirl.

In second place is Taylor Swift ($80m), Lady Gaga's fourth ($59m), Beyoncé's fifth ($54.5m), Britney is sixth ($31m) and so on and so forth.

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