American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs during the first night of The Eras Tour in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia in this file photo. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE

'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' in Melbourne

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<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/171211619293612032901.jpg" style="width: 950px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs during the first night of The Eras Tour in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in this file photo. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs during the first night of The Eras Tour in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in this file photo. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE<p id="isPasted" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift was officially named a member of the three-comma-club Tuesday, as Forbes confirmed rumors estimating her wealth exceeds a billion dollars.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The financial news outlet said she is the first artist to achieve billionaire status solely on the basis of her music, and estimated she has a $1.1 billion fortune.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Other industry heavyweights who&#39;ve hit the mark -- Rihanna and Jay-Z among them -- have earned their massive wealth in part via fashion brands, alcohol companies or entertainment holdings, among other interests.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Along with her vast songwriting catalog, Swift staged the first billion-dollar tour ever -- the ongoing Eras Tour has boosted economies and delighted fans around the world.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Swift, 34, also has a significant real estate portfolio, with homes in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville and a coastal mansion in Rhode Island.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Her touring milestone was one of many records Swift shattered over the past year, including winning a fourth Grammy for Best Album, the most of any artist.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">She received wall-to-wall attention throughout 2023, which closed with Time Magazine honoring Swift as Person of the Year, calling her a &quot;rare person who is both the writer and hero of her own story.&quot;<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">And in mere weeks fans have a brand-new album to look forward to: Swift is set to drop &quot;The Tortured Poets Department&quot; on April 19.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">New record<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The frenzy around Swift was augmented last year by her dating life, as the pop culture icon began a very public romantic relationship with tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, who ultimately won the Super Bowl championship.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Chiefs games -- where Swift has been a regular in a private box -- smashed a series of ratings records this past season.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">It was yet more evidence of her vast influence: with hundreds of millions of social media followers and a staunchly loyal fan base, she can move any dial with the tiniest of efforts.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Even politicos -- and conspiracy theorists -- for months have been opining on her potential impact on the upcoming presidential election.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Swift was born in Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989. She began writing songs professionally as a teenager, signing with Nashville&#39;s Big Machine Records as a country artist.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Years after she went full pop and, as she moved on to a major deal with Universal, Swift became embroiled in very publicized feud with Big Machine.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The sale of her song catalog to a private equity firm triggered a massive dispute over musicians&#39; rights -- and a bold new era of Swift&#39;s career.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">She vowed to re-record her first six albums in order to own their rights, and began making good on the promise, urging her fans to listen to &quot;Taylor&#39;s Version&quot; instead of previous releases.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In the meantime, she&#39;s released several more original studio albums, with her 11th due later this month.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">And her conversation-commanding Eras tour is due to continue until the end of 2024, with estimates anticipating she will surpass the $2-billion threshold, a staggering sum. <p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&copy; Agence France-Presse

<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Along with her vast songwriting catalog, Swift staged the first billion-dollar tour ever -- the ongoing Eras Tour has boosted economies and delighted fans around the world.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Swift, 34, also has a significant real estate portfolio, with homes in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville and a coastal mansion in Rhode Island.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Her touring milestone was one of many records Swift shattered over the past year, including winning a fourth Grammy for Best Album, the most of any artist.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">She received wall-to-wall attention throughout 2023, which closed with Time Magazine honoring Swift as Person of the Year, calling her a &quot;rare person who is both the writer and hero of her own story.&quot;<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">And in mere weeks fans have a brand-new album to look forward to: Swift is set to drop &quot;The Tortured Poets Department&quot; on April 19.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">New record<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The frenzy around Swift was augmented last year by her dating life, as the pop culture icon began a very public romantic relationship with tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, who ultimately won the Super Bowl championship.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Chiefs games -- where Swift has been a regular in a private box -- smashed a series of ratings records this past season.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">It was yet more evidence of her vast influence: with hundreds of millions of social media followers and a staunchly loyal fan base, she can move any dial with the tiniest of efforts.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Even politicos -- and conspiracy theorists -- for months have been opining on her potential impact on the upcoming presidential election.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Swift was born in Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989. She began writing songs professionally as a teenager, signing with Nashville&#39;s Big Machine Records as a country artist.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Years after she went full pop and, as she moved on to a major deal with Universal, Swift became embroiled in very publicized feud with Big Machine.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The sale of her song catalog to a private equity firm triggered a massive dispute over musicians&#39; rights -- and a bold new era of Swift&#39;s career.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">She vowed to re-record her first six albums in order to own their rights, and began making good on the promise, urging her fans to listen to &quot;Taylor&#39;s Version&quot; instead of previous releases.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In the meantime, she&#39;s released several more original studio albums, with her 11th due later this month.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">And her conversation-commanding Eras tour is due to continue until the end of 2024, with estimates anticipating she will surpass the $2-billion threshold, a staggering sum. <p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&copy; Agence France-Presse

<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The financial news outlet said she is the first artist to achieve billionaire status solely on the basis of her music, and estimated she has a $1.1 billion fortune.<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Other industry heavyweights who&#39;ve hit the mark -- Rihanna and Jay-Z among them -- have earned their massive wealth in part via fashion brands, alcohol companies or entertainment holdings, among other interests.

<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/171211619293612032901.jpg" style="width: 950px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs during the first night of The Eras Tour in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in this file photo. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs during the first night of The Eras Tour in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in this file photo. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE<p id="isPasted" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit- text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift was officially named a member of the three-comma-club Tuesday, as Forbes confirmed rumors estimating her wealth exceeds a billion dollars.

Taylor Swift was officially named a member of the three-comma-club Tuesday, as Forbes confirmed rumors estimating her wealth exceeds a billion dollars.

Taylor Swift was officially named a member of the three-comma-club Tuesday, as Forbes confirmed rumors estimating her wealth exceeds a billion dollars.

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Taylor Swift officially declared a billionaire by Forbes

Taylor Swift officially declared a billionaire by Forbes