Beyonce has been named as the top-earning woman in music by Forbes Magazine beating the likes of Taylor Swift and Pink, it has been revealed.
The 33-year-old singer has raked-in 115million dollars in 2014, the BBC reported.
According to Forbes, the American singer had the biggest year of her career, where she played 95 shows and cashed-in in average 2.4million dollars per city.
Taylor Swift with 64 million dollars and singer Pink with 52 million dollars grabbed the second and third spot respectively whereas Rihanna grabbed the fourth spot with 48 million dollars.
Other female celebs in the list were Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus and Celine Dion.
Forbes Magazine calculated the earnings by looking at income from touring, record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures between June 2013 and June 2014.
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