Katy Perry named the highest paid woman in music in 2018 | The music

Forbes named Katy Perry as the highest paid woman in music in 2018. The business magazine estimates that Perry, 34, earned $ 83 million (£ 64.7 million) in the period from June 2017 to June 2018.

Perry played 80 dates on the world tour of his fifth album, Witness, during that period, raising more than $ 1 million a night, and raising more than $ 20 million for his work as a judge at American Idol. She climbs from ninth place in 2017.

Beyoncé, 37, the highest paid woman in music by Forbes last year, falls to third place ($ 60M) – her recent On the Run II tour with her husband Jay-Z fell mostly outside their clocking period.

Taylor Swift, 28, moved from third place in 2017 to second place this year ($ 80 million). Most of the dates of the world tour of his sixth album, Reputation, will count for the 2019 ranking. Swift recently left his long-standing label to sign with Republic Records and Universal Music Group, whose financial terms do not have been made public.

This year's list contains many of the same artists as last year – among them Celine Dion, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez – and one exception: Russian-German star Helene Fischer, in eighth place. Fischer, 34, is a singer in the schlager style, a German tradition of sentimental pop that shares themes with country music.

His eighth eponymous album made his debut at No. 1 in the Austrian, German and Swiss charts in May 2017. He has been certified nine times in platinum in Germany and Austria, where he has sold more than 40 albums. one million copies. Forbes says his appearance on the list, with revenues of $ 32 million, is largely due to a successful tour that yields "seven figures per stop."