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\n\tForbes lists<\/a> are largely a status symbol for the 1%, but as the business publication has expanded its purview \u2014 and as the music business has grown legit billionaires \u2014\u00a0its lists and criteria have grown.<\/p>\n \n\tPegged to its four-year-old Iconoclast conference is an \u201cIconoclast 50\u201d list<\/a> released on Wednesday, and its vague criteria \u2014 recognizing \u201cleaders in finance, business, technology, media, entertainment and philanthropy that are changing the game in real time, disrupting their industries and challenging the status quo\u201d \u2014 has led to an unusual list: There\u2019s Elon and Zuck and Trump and Buffet on the one hand; Beyonce and Taylor and Bad Bunny and the Weeknd and Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani and the \u201cSouth Park\u201d duo of Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the other. Some are hundred-billionaires; others have no net worth listed.<\/p>\n \n\tOne who does, however, is Taylor Swift<\/a>, whose income bracket is now up to $2 billion, according to the publication, thanks largely to the 2023-24 \u201cEras\u201d tour and her multiple recent releases, including her \u201cTortured Poets Department\u201d and \u201cLife of a Showgirl\u201d albums, as well as the re-recordings of her past catalog.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSwift changed the music industry in 2020 when she leveraged her star power to re-record most of her discography,\u201d her brief blurb reads in part. \u201cAs a result, her royalties flowed straight into her pocket and she inspired fellow artists to take ownership of their music. In 2024, Swift reached billionaire status thanks to the \u2018Eras Tour,\u2019 which became the highest-grossing concert tour in history with revenue of $2.2 billion. She used the cash to buy back her original masters for an estimated $360 million. By March 2026, her net worth doubled to $2 billion, making her the richest female musician in history.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHowever, even that status doesn\u2019t make her the wealthiest living musician: According to Forbes, that\u2019s Jay-Z, whose real-time net worth is $2.8 billion<\/a>. <\/p>\n \n\tOn Thursday, Swift will release an original song titled \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d connected to the upcoming Pixar-Disney film \u201cToy Story 5\u201d;<\/a> next week, Swift will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/a>; and within the next few weeks \u2014 reportedly on July 3 \u2014 she and fiance Travis Kelce will tie the knot. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forbes lists are largely a status symbol for the 1%, but as the business publication has expanded its purview \u2014 and as the music business has grown legit billionaires \u2014\u00a0its lists and criteria have grown. 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