Taylor Swift

Total income $41.4 million Box-office take home $0 Streaming royalty estimate $19.8 million

Global stream count 11.6 billion

Swift ranks No. 2 globally for the same reason that she’s No. 1 on the 2020 U.S. Money Makers list: She owns the masters to the two post-Big Machine albums she released last year, folklore and evermore, which helped give her one of the year’s strongest performances. Billboard estimates that, in the United States at least, she takes home 46% of her sales and streaming revenue. The $19.8 million she earned from 11.6 billion global streams played the largest role in boosting her income to $41.4 million — 75% more than her domestic take of $23.8 million.