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American country pop singer-songwriter, musician, and actress, Taylor Alison Swift has an estimated net worth of $280 million. She became one of the country's brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old released her first album. Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing since her preteen years in Wyomissing, PA, where she first took the stage as part of a children's theater troupe.
In 2009, Forbes ranked Swift the 69th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $18 million, 2010's 12th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of $45 million, and 2011's 7th-most powerful celebrity with earnings of 45 million.
Swift's work has earned her numerous accolades, including six Grammy Awards, ten AMAs, seven CMAs, six ACMs and 13 BMI Awards. She has sold over 20 million albums and 41.8 million digital tracks worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Swift has endorsement deals with Target, CoverGirl, Sony, Elizabeth Arden, Walmart and American Greetings. In addition to her music career, Swift has appeared as an actress in the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009), the romantic comedy Valentine's Day (2010) and the animated film The Lorax (2012).
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from her album Red (certified 4x platinum by RIAA, ARIA and Music Canada, 2x platinum by BPI and RMNZ, platinum by IRMA and RIAJ, and gold by BVMI and IFPI-SWI) | $6,000,000 |
2014 | Box Office Sales | Estimated earnings from her The 1989 World Tour | $259,700,000 |
2014 | Asset | Value of the penthouse in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood that she bought from 'Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson | $20,000,000 |
2013 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from her album 1989 (certified diamond by ARIA, 6x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, 3x platinum by BPI and RMNZ, platinum by RIAJ, and gold by BVMI) | $9,500,000 |
2012 | Box Office Sales | Estimated earnings from her The Red Tour | $150,200,000 |
2012 | Asset | Value of her 11,000-square-foot Rhode Island mansion | $17,750,000 |
2010 | Box Office Sales | Estimated earnings from her Speak Now World Tour | $123,700,000 |
2010 | Asset | Value of her Cape Cod-style home in Beverly Hills | $3,970,000 |
2009 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from her album Speak Now (certified 4x platinum by RIAA, 3x platinum by Music Canada, 2x platinum by ARIA, platinum by RMNZ, and gold by BPI, IRMA and RIAJ) | $5,000,000 |
2008 | Box Office Sales | Estimated earnings from her Fearless Tour | $66,500,000 |
2008 | Asset | Value of her Nashville condo, which is currently in the market for $1.45 million | $1,990,000 |
2008 | Record Sales | Estimated album sales of Fearless | $8,600,000 |
2007 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from her album Fearless (certified 7x platinum by RIAA and ARIA, 4x platinum by Music Canada, 3x platinum by RMNZ, 2x platinum by IRMA, platinum by BPI, and gold by RIA | $8,700,000 |
2006 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from her album Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (certified gold by RIAA) | $1,040,000 |
2005 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from her album Taylor Swift (certified 5x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by Music Canada, platinum by ARIA, and gold by BPI) | $6,000,000 |