As for the different artists who travel intimately behind? Beyoncé is the adjacent highest ranking pistillate instrumentalist on Forbes' list, with a nett worthy of $760 million. Her husband, Jay-Z, is the world's richest musician; he's worthy a whopping $2.5 billion. 

Other stars connected the billionaires list include Tyler Perry ($1.4 billion), Kim Kardashian ($1.7 billion) and Oprah Winfrey ($2.8 billion).

Taylor's newly-minted billionaire presumption came arsenic she continues to re-record her aged albums after Scooter Braun's institution Ithaca Holdings LLC acquired her erstwhile statement Big Machine Label Group, which included the masters of her archetypal six albums. 

At the time, Taylor said she was "sad and grossed out" by the acquisition.

Scooter has since expressed immoderate regret astir however the woody played out.

"It makes maine bittersweet that Taylor had that absorption to the deal,” helium told Variety in 2021. “She and I lone met concisely 3 oregon 4 times successful the past, and each our interactions were truly affable and kind. I find her to beryllium an incredibly talented creator and privation her thing but the best.”

Taylor has truthful acold released 4 retired of her planned six re-releases and, according to stats reported by Billboard, the caller "Taylor's Versions" of her songs acold outperform their archetypal counterparts connected streaming.

And it's not conscionable Swifties who admit the updated version's of Taylor's discography—her peers do, too.

Kelly Clarkson, who tweeted astatine Taylor successful 2019 pursuing the acquisition quality suggesting that she re-record her music, gushed astir the vocalist connected the heels of Taylor releasing 1989 (Taylor's Version) past fall.

"I emotion however benignant she is though," Kelly exclusively told E! News successful Nov. 2023. "She's a precise astute businesswoman. So, she would person thought of that. But it conscionable sucks erstwhile you spot artists that you respect and you respect truly wanting thing and it's peculiar to them."

She added, "You cognize if they're going to find a loophole, you find a loophole. And she did it and virtually is, like, the best-selling creator I consciousness similar of all-time now."