Taylor Swift Hits New Money Milestone — Thanks to Eras Tour

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Best believe Taylor Swift is still bejeweled — now more than ever.

On Tuesday, April 2, Forbes announced their “World’s Celebrity Billionaires” list, with Swift making the cut for the first time.

The outlet — known for its running tallies of the world’s wealthiest stars — noted that the 14-time Grammy winner, 34, became a billionaire in October, due in part to an “estimated $190 million post-tax earnings from her historic Eras Tour.” Forbes also announced that Swift was the “the first person to [become a billionaire] based solely on songwriting and performing.”

Swift kicked off the pop culture juggernaut that is the Eras Tour back in March 2023, dedicating three and a half hours every night in cities all across the world to performing her biggest hits from every one of her various eras since her 2006 debut. Fans who have been lucky enough to score tickets to the highly-coveted tour have been treated to an undeniable display of talent, a different surprise song — and occasionally, various surprise guests — and a dazzling display of special effects at every tour stop, trading handmade friendship bracelets with each other as a form of tailgating before every show.

“I’ve never had this much fun in my life as I have had on the Eras Tour,” Swift said at the premiere of the Eras Tour movie, which in itself broke massive records. “It is far and away just the most electric experience of my life.”

As the Eras Tour continues in 2024 — Swift has made her way to Asia and Australia this year and will head to Europe and the U.K. before coming back to the United States and Canada — as does her reign over the music industry and pop culture as a whole.

In February, she made Grammys history while taking home her fourth Album of the Year award (more than any other artist in history) for her 10th studio album, Midnights. Next month, she’ll drop her eleventh, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday, April 19.

Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce continues to make headlines nearly every day after the couple began dating in late summer 2023. After cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs tight end all the way to the Super Bowl in February, it’s appeared that Swift has only fallen deeper in love with Kelce, who reportedly introduced his three nieces to Swift for the first time on Easter Sunday.