It is estimated that around 4.3 million tickets have been sold at an average price of US$238. The tour, which began in March 2023, is scheduled to conclude in December after 149 shows.
Taylor’s success is not limited to live concerts. His latest album, The Tortured Poets Departmentdebuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and held that position for 15 weeks since its release in April.
In the first half of 2024, the album sold more than 2.4 million copies, surpassing any other musical project this year.
Swift was also working on re-recording her first five albums, a project started in 2021 to recover ownership rights to your music after Scooter Brown sold his masters for more than $300 million in a controversial deal.
To date, the 34-year-old singer-songwriter has released four of six planned re-recordings.
In the general panorama of the richest musicians, Jay-Z tops the list with a net worth of US$2.5 billion.
The singer Beyoncéwife of Jay-Z, is the next female artist on the list after Swift and Rihanna, with an estimated fortune of US$760 million.
Taylor Swift reached the billionaire status for the first time in October 2023, and since then his assets have increased by US$500 million.
Other artists and personalities on the billionaire list include: Tyler Perry (US$1.4 billion), Kim Kardashian (US$1.7 billion) and Oprah Winfrey (US$2.8 billion).
Forbes notes that Swift is “the first musical artist to enter the billionaire ranking primarily based on her songs and performances”.
The financial success of the Grammy winner is also reflected in the performance of your re-recordings.
According to Billboard, the new versions of their songs, known as “Taylor’s Versions”, significantly outperform the originals on streaming platforms.
Source: Scope