Taylor Swift beats Messi, Ronaldo, Adele, others as highest-earning celebrity of 2016

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift has emerged the No. 1 highest-paid entertainer on Forbes' new Celebrity 100 list for 2016 with earnings of $170 million over the past year, beating football stars Christiano Ronaldo,Lionel Messi and popular musician Adele who came 4 , 8 and 9 on the list respectively. Swift clinches the 2016 top position after international boxer, Floyd Mayweather who raked in a whopping $300 million last year.

 Swift sat in eighth place with $80 million in earnings on last year's list, meaning she saw a 112% increase in the year that included the 1989 World Tour and brand partnerships with Diet Coke, Keds, and Apple.

The three-time FIFA best player, Cristiano Ronaldo who came 4 on the list whit $88 million makes a salary of $50 million per year to top his counterpart, Lionel Messi who, with $81.5 million, topped music star, Adele to clinch the 8 position.

However, Forbes adds that Adele, with $80.5 million is the only musician on this year's Celebrity 100 list who made more than half of their money from their music.

 A look at the top 10 celebrity earners revealed that Rush Limbaugh came 10 with $79 million, Howard Stern, 7 with $85 million, Kevin Hart, 6 with $87.5 million, Dr. Phil, 4 with $88 million while James Patterson and One Direction took 3 and 2 positions with $95 million and $110 million respectively.

Another celebrity who made the list is Kim Kardashian. Kardashian who made the 2016 Forbes cover stars in a mobile game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, in which players create their own celebrity, befriend Kim and work their way onto the A-list.

Hollywood has been downloaded 45 million times and generated $160 million in revenue. FORBES estimates that Kardashian has pocketed $45 million from it over that period. This year she earned $51 million to land at No. 42 on FORBES’ Celebrity 100 list; 40% of her yearly paycheck came from the game.