Forbes is shaking up its annual Celebrity 100 list, which lists the wealthiest members of the entertainment industry, shifting it so that participants are ranked by their annual income only, and not their net worths. Three couples managed to land both members in the Top 100, and all three were musical beaus: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, Jay Z and Beyoncé, as well as Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.
That in itself is somewhat of a shakeup, as we've gotten used to Jay and Bey sitting at the top of the list on a yearly basis, but this year we've got some new blood. The more recent coupling of Swift and Harris has resulted in a massively wealthy pair, which brought in a net $146 million during the last year. Swift is hugely successful thanks to both album sales and her tour—1989 was the bestselling album of 2014 (and could make a run at 2015 as well), while her tour in support of the album has been selling out venues across the country. Harris has come out on top of Forbes' "Electronic Cash Kings" rankings for two consecutive years, thanks to his high-paying residency gigs.
The obvious argument against this pairing, of course, is that they aren't married and with Swift's track record, who knows how long it'll hold out.
Give some credit then to the other pair of pairs that ended up on the Celebrity 100 then. Counting only married coupled, Jay and Bey once again reign, having brought in more than $110.5 million last year, both from touring and endorsements.
Shelton and Lambert might not appear to have the spending power of the Carter-Knowles clan (and they don't), but they still put plenty of food on the table. Between touring and Shelton's role on The Voice, the couple managed to grab up $57 million during 2014. The interesting thing about this duo is that both contributed equally, with each bringing in roughly $28.5 million.
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