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# Taylor Swift tops Billboard’s Music Money Makers without touring
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/taylor-swift-tops-billboards-music-money-makers-without-touring/
- Published: 2023-01-03T16:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-03T15:43:36.000Z
- Description: Taylor Swift topped this year’s Billboard Music Money Makers list with global earnings. Her $65.8 million estimated top total was particularly impressive since it came entirely from music sales and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/01/taylor-swift-tops-billboards-music-money-ma
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Major Labels, Music Business, music, music industry, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Taylor Swift topped this year’s Billboard Music Money Makers list with global earnings. Her $65.8 million estimated top total was particularly impressive since it came entirely from music sales and streaming income since she did not tour at all last year.

#2 and #3, The Rolling Stones and Harry Styles, respectively, earned the majority of their global income from touring, according to Billboard and data provider Luminate.

| **Rank** | **Artist**         | **Sales Royalties** | **Streaming Royalties** | **Global Streaming Count** | **Box Office Take** | **TOTAL**    |
| -------- | ------------------ | ------------------- | ----------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------ |
|          |                    |                     |                         |                            |                     |              |
| 1        | Taylor Swift       | $29.8M              | $28.9M                  | 15.6B                      | $0                  | $65.8M$65.8M |
| 2        | The Rolling Stones | $4.3M               | $4.5M                   | 2.2B                       | $44.4M              | $55.5M$55.5M |
| 3        | Harry Styles       | $4.2M               | $4.4M                   | 5B                         | $32.2M              | $41.3M$41.3M |
| 4        | BTS                | $9.9M               | $13.8M                  | 19.8B                      | $11.3M              | $38.4M$38.4M |
| 5        | Drake              | $1.5M               | $26.4M                  | 14.9B                      | $0                  | $30.7M$30.7M |

***from [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-earning-musicians-taylor-swift-bts-global-money-makers-2021/?ref=hypebot.com)***

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**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*