After releasing her tenth studio album, Midnights, in October 2022, Taylor Swift became the first artist in history to claim the top ten spots on the Billboard Hot 100 song list. A month later, 14 million loyal fans tried to buy tickets to the 12- time Grammy winner’s 2023 Eras Tour, overwhelming Ticketmaster and prompting a massive backlash against the ticket site, with the Department of Justice reportedly opening an antitrust investigation.
Despite the success of Midnights and the anticipation for Eras (which hints at an even better 2023), the pop icon scored most of her $92 million in earnings from music she’d released in years past. The 33-year-old’s back catalog made up an estimated 70% of her pay, including profits from streaming and album sales. (Universal Music Group, which gets 3% of its revenue from Swift, sold $50 million worth of physical albums in 2022, per a JPMorgan analyst report). It was enough to place the musician at No. 9 among the top 10 earning entertainers; it’s the sixth time she’s made the cut—and she ranked No. 1 in 2019.