American Country-Pop Sensation Taylor Swift Makes Fifth Appearance on Forbes Celebrity 100: With $200 Million Accumulated Net Worth

By Staff Reporter | Aug 15, 2014 06:35 AM EDT

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Taylor Alison Swift is a country-pop singer, songwriter, musician and actress with an accumulated net worth of $200 million. To this date, Taylor Swift made her fifth appearance in the Forbes Celebrity 100 with her highest earnings to gross $64 million.

Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. With her keen interest in pursuing a career in country-pop music, Taylor Swift and her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee when she was 14 years old.

In 2006, Taylor Swift became one of the country's brightest and youngest faces when she released her first album at 16. She released a holiday album, titled 'Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection', and an EP 'Beautiful Eyes' in October 2007. It was then followed by her second studio album titled 'Fearless' in 2008, which peaked at number one on the US Billboard, US Country, New Zealand and Canadian music charts. It has been certified platinum in four countries, six times in the USA alone, and also produced two number one singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me".  

In October, 2010, Taylor Swift released her third studio album titled 'Speak Now', debuting at no. 1 on the US 'Billboard 200′ chart. The album sold 1.047 million copies, and was the 16th album in the US history to sell one million copies in a single week. Globally, the album has sold over 5.7 million copies in February 2012. Later that year, Taylor's 4th studio album, 'Red', was released. The album peaked #1 on the 'Billboard 200′ chart with first week sales of 1.21 million copies. As of May, 2013, the album sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

In addition to her musical career, Taylor Swift appeared in TV shows and films. She made her acting debut in 2009, in an episode of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'. A year later, she appeared in the 2010 ensemble comedy 'Valentine's Day' and the animated film 'The Lorax' in 2012.

Taylor Swift has endorsement deals with Target, Cover Girl, Sony, Elizabeth Arden, Wal-Mart and American Greetings, Diet Coke, Keds. Additionally, she has appeared in many popular publications including Seventeen, Teen Vogue, Rolling Stones and she is the current image of L.E.I. Jeans.

Taylor 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 internationally, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Taylor Swift's latest, "Red," was shut out at the Grammy Awards but the cross-over star was honored with the Pinnacle Award at the latest Country Music Association Awards for her success. The award has only been given to one other person, singer Garth Brooks.

Due to her musical skills, Taylor Swift has an annual salary of over $55 million per year. Taylor Swift's earnings of $115.3 million from 2013 came for her ticket sales and estimated other earnings of $39.7 million which came from her album sales and tour revenues. 

So how much is Taylor Swift's net worth? Thanks to all her earnings and hard work which ended up giving Taylor Swift an estimated net worth of $200 million thus making her fifth appearance on the Forbes Celebrity 100 with her highest earnings to grossed $64 million this year.

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