RIHANNA , AGE 28
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$ 75M Though the Barbados native ’ s latest album , Anti , has sold less than any No . 1 album in history , she ’ s still topping the charts . The 28-year old recently scored her 21st top-five single , tying Elvis Presley ’ s chart record . When RiRi is not churning out radio hits and on the road for her world tour , she pads her paycheck through endorsement deals with Dior , Puma , Samsung and Stance .
ADELE , AGE 28
$ 80.5M With a new album that sold a record 3.38 million copies in its November 2015 opening week , she ’ s the only musician on our Celebrity 100 list who made more than half her money from music . Adele is also grossing millions per night for her arena shows , resulting in the highest earnings of her career .
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LIONEL MESSI , AGE 29
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$ 81.5M The world ’ s second highest-paid athlete makes millions off the pitch with endorsements from Adidas , Gatorade and more . A Spanish court found Messi guilty of tax fraud in July 2015 . The Argentine was sentenced to 21 months in prison , but he has since appealed the conviction and the case is still pending
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$ 110M Ages : Niall Horan ( 23 ), Liam Payne ( 23 ), Harry Styles ( 22 ), Louis Tomlinson ( 24 ) The top-earning boy band of all time may be on hiatus , but the tail end of last year ’ s $ 200 million-plus On The Road Again tour kept their earnings higher than any active band – despite the departure of Zayn Malik from the group in March 2015 .
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TAYLOR SWIFT , AGE 26
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$ 170M The pop superstar smashed the Rolling Stones ’ North American touring record , grossing $ 200 million on the continent en route to quarter of a billion dollars in total for her 1989 World Tour . She also shills for brands including Diet Coke , Keds and Apple .