This ^ was posted on Taylor Swift’s Instagram yesterday. Swifty and Calvin are so loved up! Ugh.
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris are the most powerful couple in music. It’s official! Forbes says so. Forbes released their annual list of the highest-paid celebrity couple in music and you’ve got to believe that Forbes’ editors had their fingers crossed to ensure that their list came out before Calvin Harris dumped Swifty (because you know that’s what will happen). So, yes, according to Forbes, Swifty and Harris are making more money than Beyonce and Jay-Z. But not by that much – Forbes’ says Swifty and Harris’s combined incomes for the past year comes to $146 million, whereas Bey and Jay’s combined income is $110.5 million for the past year. What’s $35 million between friends?
You can read Forbes’ report here. What’s surprising to me (a little bit) is that Taylor’s endorsement deals are so lucrative. She has sponsorship deals with Diet Coke, Keds and Sony. I’ve got to believe that if Jay and Bey weren’t sidelined by some bad business decisions – Tidal and whatever they’re doing with that vegan food thing – they could have been on top. Oh, and #3 on Forbes’ list are Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.
Meanwhile, there was a rumor that Swifty might get one of the biggest gigs in music: the Super-Bowl Halftime show for the 2016 Super-Bowl. Sources told Radar that the NFL had already approached her about it and “it’s hers to refuse” but “her main holdup is performing the year after Katy Perry did it, but she also feels it’s the right way to close out the ‘1989’ chapter of her career.” Except that as we just said, she has a sponsorship deal with Diet Coke and the Halftime show is sponsored by Diet Pepsi. So… yeah, it’s not happening. Plus, I’m pretty sure that the NFL doesn’t decide about the Halftime act until autumn.
Here are some photos of Swifty performing in Hyde Park over the weekend. Props to her for delivering for her fans and everything, but I still don’t understand her insistence on high-waisted booty shorts and crop tops. It’s a really bad look for her, by which I mean that she has a perfectly lovely figure and these ensembles make her look like a praying mantis.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Pacific Coast News.
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I’m so over Taylor. Can I say that? I liked her music but I just can’t even anymore. I kinda wish she and her friend squads and daily pap walks would just go away for a long time………
Same. I used to adore her music, but the constant “LOOK AT ME AND MY COOL FRIENDS” shtick is exhausting.
I love love love that after years of her stating that she wants her relationships private from now on, she’s extremely public with this fauxmance. Also, I can see her getting this Super Bowl gig, but her best songs are the slower ones. Bad blood is one of the worst songs I’ve heard in years.
Those high waisted booty shorts make her look like she has a stomach bulge, which we all know she doesn’t. Not sure why she keeps wearing them either.
@allie
A stomach bulge?
I see no bulge there.
Those shorts -while not the best- absolutely do NOT give her the appearance of a stomach bulge. Ugh come ON.
I don’t see a stomach bulge either. I was looking really hard for it and could’t find one.
Right?! No one is completely flat in the front. that’s just not how the human body is shaped.
@stormsmama Ummm, I’m not sure why you’re getting upset? I see a bulge, but I also said I’m aware that she doesn’t actually have one. It just gives the illusion of one. Maybe not in these exact photos, but she wears these type of shorts frequently and it’s always something I notice. I don’t understand how that’s offensive?
@Allie
I see the bulge too. People often confuse Swifty’s skiny body to being “in shape”. People who actually lift weights and do hardcore conditioning can eliminate the soft bulge. Halle Berry was had a kickass completely flat belly for many years until after her second child. Even the VS models are flat. Swiftly just goes to the gym to get photographed. Check out pics of female body builders, no bulge.
You can be healthy, in shape AND have a tummy bulge. I work out – yes, cardio and weights – and I eat right. I have, and have always had since high school before I had children, a tummy bulge. Unlike Halle Berry, I don’t get paid to not have one, so I don’t put a focus on eliminating it. So Swifty’s bulge or lack thereof don’t indicate one way or the other how in-shape she is.
How long have they been together? I don’t think of them as married or sharing assets.
They haven’t been together that long. I think Forbes just needed a couple to put on the list since Britney Spears and Charlie Ebersol broke up.
It just confirms to me that they got approval from both their camps to run it. The numbers might not be right but the fluff story is.
Except Bey and Jay are worth well over $1 Billion together, which makes Squints and whatever his name is fortune’s look like chump change. They are not even close to being more powerful than even Beyoncé all on her own. And this is AFTER Jay put tons of money into a totally flop business deal.
Stay pressed.
It’s only their annual worth. I think from June ’14 to June ’15.
As someone already mentioned, it’s dumb to include Taylor and that dj since they’ve only been together for a few months and their not sharing their assets.
How do their salaries count as a couple if they aren’t even married? If they aren’t sharing their assets, they have no joint net worth.
That”s what I’m wondering. Seems almost as logical to combine my income with the person behind me in line at a grocery store. Not getting the point of this Forbes article.
I don’t think she’s dumb enough to let him spend even a small portion of her money.
Forbes needed a flashy cover story with Taylor Swift’s name in it for buzz. Notice everyone else are actual married couples. Swift and her boyfriend of a minute are laughae in comparison.
Exactly. They should either be married or a common law couple to be included on a richest couples list, not a pair that has only been dating for the last month.
Agreed. It’s like why not just pair up two random celebrities instead to see who could have the most money? It’s almost like what they’re doing here, except those two have actually been dating for a month.
At least they didnt have to raise Tower Bridge for these guys, thats a sure fire way to piss every commuter off in a millisecond.
I give this relationship until the end of her tour, at exactly the time she needs some more song inspiration.
Their break up will be messy and public.
But it will lead to more stupids and #1 songs. She knows what she’s doing.
Goodness that’s alot of money!
I wouldn’t compare a couple that’s been together for a few months to a couple that’s married and been together for almost 15 years though…
But seriously how awkward/funny would it be if they broke up in short relation to the Forbes listing?
Personally I’m not going to count the combined income of a couple that isn’t married/seriously committed, in a year Calvin might just be another name on her list. If they do wed then they can up their marketing.
Umm shouldn’t Brangelina be top?
Angelina earned 33 millions plus 10 percent of Maleficent profits (750m) and merchandise (not a clue how much), Brad earned from Fury and Angelina also earned from Unbroken.
Combined that should be more than 150m
It’s in the music industry
Sorry my bad – let’s blame it on the fact that it’s Monday;)
I really can’t wait for her to take a break and stay just stay home. I really think that relationship is lame and I don’t see it working. At all. I don’t like either of them.
No surprise she’s rich as f*** if you look at her target audience:
little girls – teens with daddy’s money to spend. Not only is her “I’m a private person but look at me” persona annoying, I find her to be extremely overrated by critics and her peers aswell.
What happend to ACTUAL talent? Writing songs about the same subject matter over and over again in a diary style is not mindblowing. There’s a difference between catchy cookie-cutter pop songs and songs with dept. I don’t know why I even bother. So over it.
Tell me about it. The only good song she has is Blank space, and I highly doubt she was the one who came up with the idea of making fun of herself while attacking misoginy.
Is that…Joe Jonas in her Instagram??
Yup and the Hadid sister who used to be with Cody Simpson.
I think you’re right. Good catch. What is he doing there? The boy from her great Shakespearean tragedy of a relationship, the Lindsey Buckingham to her Stevie Nicks, the ex that spawned some of the greatest love hits of the 21st century? The no contact clause in his contract must have finally expired.
Joe and the Hadid girl are dating. Why do I know this? I need to stop reading the Daily Mail.
whats true love when you can be a celeb power couple?
That is the 1st thing I noticed! Is that Joe Jonas? Who cares about Calvin, when did she start hanging out with Joe? LOL
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How long is Calvin going to be happy to be Mr Taylor Swift? This coupling is giving him a big boost in the US. I don’t see it lasting. He is too much of a fkboy and her career will always come first.
I’m sure she’ll make some more money off the breakup song. And he can compose his own, too.
I saw a clip of her show, the one where all her model friends paraded on stage. It was so incredibly cringeworthy. And the faces she makes while singing are hilarious.
I like my musicians to do music, without dancers, and lights, and costume changes and famous friends.
Its sheer, unadulterated hubris for a wannabe-taken-seriously mag like forbes to come out with a trashy-tabloidy take on a story like this.
First of all, as many have pointed out, swift and that guy have been together for all of 2 minutes. Why could forbes not wait til next year’s list to see if theyre still together and THEN write their suspect ‘list’. (because forbes hasnt been consistent in how they arrive at each person’s income on these lists.)
Secondy, i strongly believe that forbes was just so desperate to get a white ‘couple’ in their #1 spot, no matter how spurious the claim of couplehood.
#ISeeYouClearly
#ISeeWhatYouDidThere
#IKnowWhyYouDidIt
I remember reading in an early interview, when she was just starting (golden curls and all), she said she used to be an outcast, shy and insecure, and I also remember not buying her whining. Now, I wonder if she’s living her “popular girl” dream, or something like that.
I think she wears the shorts that high because they cover her belly button. Belly buttons are slutty to a lot of people (not me! Just say’n) so this is her way of showing skin, showing off her figure, and staying with clean lines and faux-coverup good girl vibes. Pretty sure that’s the thinking there.
Calvin’s looks are so overhyped. Nice gym body but his face is like every other guy you see on the street. Joe Jones looks like an Adonis next to him.
Would love to know how Forbes arrives at there conclusions of late. At one time they had great respectability but lately not so much..they seem to be more in the PR business.. It’s all about sources of late and we know about sources. I suppose it depends on what category your placed in as to how and where you end up on list. Many are private companies people and will never make there lists and are far richer.. We now have Forbes declaring today that Perry made more money then Taylor..last week we had Alba being billion dollar company only to find out it only sells over a hundred million a year each year for three years.that was done as the company was going on the market.padded figures of course..just my opinion on Forbes being a true source on celebs and income seems more PR driven
Girl can wear whatever she wants, She’s flawless.
Ugh, I’m so tired of her. (I know, I know, then why read the stories about her?) She’s so calculating with everything. All her public parading of relationships, humorless bitching anytime anyone criticizes anything she does (the Amy/Tina joke, specifically), the #squadgoals parade of girlfriends, and now we’re right back to the parading of relationships.
You’re rich, popular, successful and seemingly have a full social calendar. Stop trying so very hard.
So if Taylor has a new boyfriend next June,will she make the list with the new guy?