July 12th, 2012
04:31 PM ET
Swift, Bieber among highest-paid celebrities under 30Seven musicians and three “Twilight” stars make up Forbes’ list of the 10 highest-paid celebrities under 30. Taylor Swift, 22, swipes the top spot with a cool $57 million, beating out Justin Bieber and his $55 million. At 18 years old, the “Boyfriend” singer is the youngest of the top 10 earners. Mom-to-be Adele nabs the sixth spot on the list, followed by Kristen Stewart and Lil Wayne, who, at 29, is the oldest celebrity of the bunch. Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson and their matching $26.5 millions, round out the top 10.
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Taylor Swift deserve to be first.. but Justin Bieber? Are u kiddin me? Hes just a boy whos pretending to sing..Justin Bieber cant even be in the top 10 list :/
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I wish they would bring back celebrity boxing for charity. I'd like to put beaver in the ring with one of my hard hitting mexican gang banger buddies. Malo has won 10 out of 10. He had a record of 32 out of 35 during his amateur days. He would break that button nose. Permanently injure his kidneys and ribs. Give him some vegetation on those ears. I can only dream
I am so tired of this buck toothed horse legged excuse for a country singer. Her songs are ridiculous. She should use some of that money and take some guitar lessons as well as some courses on composition. She's just a kid and she's already sold out to the corporations. Perfume, makeup, guitars, clothes.....where's her dignity and self respect. God I miss the young Joni Mitchells, Carly Simons, Carole Kings, Nanci Griffith's,....you'd never catch them endorsing products for cash. They had too much self respect.
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Lady Gaga sucks. She is so gay
Whovever your favorite musician is, there will be a million people who tell you they aren't as good as their favorite. It's not always easy to get into new muisc. There were a lot of people who thought all Jimi Page did was make lots of noise. But if you gave yourself a chance to "hear" it, you never would forget how beautiful that music was! As for this list, the woman at the top belongs at the top. The soul inside her truly does burn brighter than the sun. Give her a chance and you'll never forget her either!
Taylor is self-praising,talentless woman. Don`t care about the short guy either.
These Turks deserve the Dough.
I'm glad it's Taylor swift right!
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YOU CANNOT EVEN HAVE A FUN AND NORMAL CONVERSATION ON YOUR BB ANYMORE ON THESE WEBSITES WITHOUT SOMEHATER THREATING WHAT THEY CAN DO...GO DO YOUR "PRIORITEIS" AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS...DONT' YOU EVER THREATEN THE PUBLIC WITH AN INTERNET POWER TRIP..
ITS AGAINST THE LAW..GOT IT...NOW LETS TRY TO HAVE SOME FUN TODAY...WITH ALL THE RACIAL COMMENTS, AND FAT COMMENTS,.,I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO DID THE ADELE FAT COMMENTS...AND THE DUNCAN COMMENTS..IF YOU CANNOT BE NORMAL AND HAVE SOME FUN GET LOST
THE WAY YOU CHECK OURS WE WILL CHECK YOURS...YOU PEOPLE CANNOT MAKE A SIMPLE WEBSITE FUN....DO NOT LISTEN TO BULLIES...CNN PROVIDES YOU CAN SPEAK.. WE HAVE ANOTHER 50,000 PEOPLE JOBLESS SHORTLY. HATERS CHOP AND SPIT OUT. CHOP AND SPIT OUT THATS ALL THEY DO FOLKS....
MIND YOUR BUSINESS AND GO BULLY SOMEBODY WHO CARES. HOW DO THEY GET THROUGH THE F-CKING DAY...
It comes as no surprise that Taylor Swift tops this list....and rightfully so. The people that trash her don't understand what a good person she is and I doubt they know little to anything about her music. She is an excellent song writer in her own right minus her abilities as a singer and performer. She is the real deal and will be around for many years to come...many music insiders like myself already know this.
Amen, Joe.
I guess talent is not considered to make top of the list!! I noted the comment you made in your comment."minus her abilities as a singer" At least you were right about that. Hooray Auto Tune!!! If it wasn't for the teen boppers, she wouldn't qualify, Oh well, I guess it helps to have her father's money and connections!! It is a shame, much better singers are pushed aside for this 22 year old with a 12 year old ability. JUST SAYING......
Taylor Swift owes some of that money to Kanye West.
Richard Fore is back! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
...And somewhere in America, a family is starving. Let's not be hearing about such drivel as which pop "sensation" (and I do mean sensation) is making more than everyone else. Greed is getting old...let's kill it before it gets any older and takes anymore fools down with it.
Kristen Stewart always looks like she is about to cry. She doesn't seem to have much range.
Old stone face is a worthless tramp. I'm not spending my hard earned money on this loose STD tramp.
the office and myself saw the biebs in person in the early morning on the today show ...he's a cutie...don't pick on biebs he's cute good example for young teens...lets hope he stays that way...
he is a good example for young kids?? You kidding me?? He beat up a 13 year old at an arcade and got off scott free, almost caused a huge accident .. again got off free.. cheated on Selena... again got off ... You gotta be kidding me.. he is a horrible example for young kids.. he needs to be locked up...he is over paid, under talented and because he is famous he gets away with crap they neither me or you would get away with.. I wish he would vanish forever.
the kid is still wearing diapers when did this happen!
Kind of confused. The two pictures at the top of the article, which one is Justin Bieber?
Best post of the day
The one on the left is Justin.
they are really talent. i admire them !!!!! especially, Lady Gaga.she is very different?i love her!
you guys are too much!
Adele for president
I don't know why more isn't being written about Bristol Palin. She has what it takes with brains to boot. She could certainly be the next Gaga or Madonna. Anyone who saw her on DWTS would have to agree.
She was a tool even before she had a chin sculpted out of her own butt meat.
You really do have some serious issues............
Yes Sarah – we know you love your daughter.........
How is it fair that these kids make all that money and other kids have to sleep overnight in the streets to buy sneakers?!?!?!
Seriously, anyone that has a problem with Mitt Romney's money should really hate these people.
OCCUPY HOLLYWOOD!
Anyone who has a problem with hard working wealthy people, needs to quit complaining. Get off their lazy back sides and get a job. Job=money. Dont occupy anything but a job. Priorities.
Whoever said life was fair ?
Figure out who told you and go back & slap them.
life is NOT fair. Never has been & never will be.
Taylor Swift actually does a lot of charity work. I think most of these people on this list know how fortunate they are to be where they are and have what they have. Never assume. We all know how that ends up.
Obviously people will pay.. Can't blame them for getting paid. It's the payers that are at issue.
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all teen music except adele. Who makes adult music. Good for them. Does not change my life.
Why aren't Obama and Biden complaining about the amount of money that these 'economic juggernauts' are making? They must either be creating thousands of jobs, or making big enough campaign contributions to avoid the relentless attacks the Dems level against the Wall Street 'meanies' who earn a small fraction of what these 'wunderkids' make?!
Pfft. I've got better market saturation than all of these "artists" combined. Where's my recognition?
At least your still relevant worldwide. I am only big in Africa.
#4 and#8 are ugly are and are arguably the most talented of the bunch,you must be ugly,untalented,and nasty."Herpes".You sorta sound live old licky balls.
I would rather make my lowly salary doing my job, actually helping people than be a slave to almighty dollar that is only made because people's definition of "music" is so skewed that they will actually purchase your albums.
Not me.
sure you would, do u take us all for idiots
I have one question for you. What the heII kind of drugs are you on? I have never read such jibberish in my life! You have 14 posts since 8 am this morning, and I'm not so sure a lot of the other moronic blue posts are not you, too. Somebody needs to walk away from the blog, and get a life!
Chocolate covered pizza with chocolate roses taste like chocolate
Like I said, just walk away. I guess school is out, & the children have come out to play. They say kids are our future. If you are a representative, we are so screwed!
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Him for posting, you for counting...
Why waste ur tym hatn on someone, b'cos he/she is successful when u can actually work hard 2 b lk that person in question..... When u hate success,u can neva b successful.... So al those ranting abt who shld earn more nd who shld nt earn, shld try nd sit dwn nd think abt his/her lyf b4 they say anything in affairs concerning other people....
cally, why don't you type in English? This is, afterall, an English language website. And if you get hungry, try a Thomas' English muffin. Witt nooks and crannies, it's a taste kids AND adults are sure to love. I need to go and drink a beverage now. I am SOOOOOO thirsty!!!!!
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SPELLING CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone holds champion to his opinion.but redearch deep before writing an article.
HAHA, haters are always gonna hate...They will get the last laugh with their millions while you live your boring pathetic lives, criticizing these people on the list. They actually went out and did something...
what did you do, Bill? I bet you can't even do twenty chin ups on the tweedle Beatle bottle puddle. Why not make yourself a suitcase?
Pliggity Ploch!
Ok really guys? You people sit around here and talk about each other for nothing then you post stupid comments on here. Please get lives. Just congratulate them and get it over with. I think you all are haters. They obviously worked hard to getthat far and if you don't like them get on with your life and just dont comment. Or you could sit here and look like idiots. Your choice.
Tia, what's your problem? Not enough cereal in the dime washing fan pro toboggan refurb Iton first burst?
When Kirk Ottis long hearing flies Forbes for love gogo java because lag fob horror ooooh. Darn it! Why does mah spell checker always change mah words?
chocolateCommentsChocolate covered pizza with chocolate roses taste like chocolate
tia, what's your best score in golf? Now go and multiply that by the number of hamburgers McDonalds has sold in Ocvember and you'll see how data storage really optimizes the flimflam of your beloved Nacho cheese combos. They really do cheese your hunger away, whatever that means. Of course, all of this is contingent upon gingham shirts being on sale at JC Penny's during their semi annual boat halo picnic ditches Judith posh shave daft goat bot foggiest ouch dare had logs fighting modish pastry of HDTV donut money
In the past you had to have natural born talent. You hd to know how to sing. I think I will stop here.
yes, yes, Shelly. How right you are. Tell me, what do you think about the Sixera for this year? Bagel farm?
Yes, yes. We ALL have gadzooki left in the cheddar, but, I mean, really. Just REALLY? What does Snooki have to do to get a good piece of this proverbial keystone pie, now?
my goodness, who is Godfrey Gray? I mean, wowee! What insight. Such style. I bet he even makes a mean stack of blueberry hoecakes in his pajamas! I just love this guy. He the bomb dignity for shizzle!!!
Diggidy geek.
what the f are you people saying to each other..get a life!
Taylor deserves the money. Adele is okay, just don't care for the 3-pack-a-day voice. The rest of the crap on that list should have their asses kicked.
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Who's the little girl on the right?
justin bibber needs to go play a GOOD round of golf before gnat fling any further purple gantoors, as far as MYSELF is concerned. He leaves turds in the punch bowl (and terlet) as far as I am concerned, but hey, once again, Godfrey Gray has dumped what y'all are thinking. R and B is bull crap that's what I'm dumpin. They want to talk about Kris Kross and all that, if they axe how we rock, say believe dat. Jump, jump; the Mack daddy will make you jump jump. In the boo-tay!!!!!
so where is the OWS outrage over how much money these people are making?
Sweet!
CARA
how much justin and taylor paid u for telling favor of them?
Can anyone actually name a Taylor Swift song? How in the world did she get $57 million?
you belong with me
Love story
Mine
Ours
Hey Stephan
Never grow up
Picture to burn
Tim McGraw
Ours
Stay beautiful
Revenge
Haunted
Best day
Long live
Sparks fly
Eyes open
Safe and sound
There, ya happy
Oh , and she EARNED that money by working hard to write and sell music for her amazing fans,
I hope I could answer your questions 😉
Cara, building a bridge is hard work, going on patrol in Afghanistan is hard work, toiling away in a lab in an attempt to cure cancer is hard work. However, penning the lyrics to mind-numbing tripe such as 'Baby, Baby' or 'Show Me your Teeth' isn't! Damn kids need a paddlin'!
she blew the SHOFAR!
No one is better at singing along with pre-recorded music than Taylor. To answer your question, no, I can't name one Taylor Swift song. They all sound the same.....
Taylor Swift and her beady little eyes can't sing anything but hillbilly music. Can't figure out who buys that stuff.
I agree 100%. When one of her songs come on the radio, I change the station!! ..
Who? Never heard of any of these children.
I wouldn't consider 18 and 22 year olds children, but wtever
Oh and in case u can't read words that r on the tops of pages, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber
I like good music adele is music she can sing and is talented i dont like the rest of them that is on the list but hey who am i to judge they rich &$%#@ !
I like pizza. I like pizza and I like pistachios. I also like cassette tapes of the people who sing the good music. And I like Jell-O pudding pops. I say this like Bill Cosby. This is not a paid endorsement. As of late, the folks at Jello haven't signed Godfrey Gray to a contract, but they will once they see how prolific and frisbang I am here on the CNN web site. Boo-yeah-ka-sha!!!'
No one has any idea what you just said. You should have stayed in school..............
I like good music adele is music she can sing and is talented i dont like the rest of them that is on the list but hi who am i to judge they rich &$%#@ !
Who cares dont buy there music I get it for free. And movies tell them to take some of that money and buy someone a house ...that's just don't make sence do u really need all that
Honey, spend your money on some written English lessons. It is 'their' not there!!!
yeah, Matt. And you ought to spend your money on some Magnum PI posters. You damn skippy!!!!!!
Godfrey Gray in the heezey!!!!
I wish I had a legit reason to sew all these people really badly. I would have like 100-200 mil.
Maybe you should learn to spell before you try to sue them. I would be very interested in how you sew them for that much money.
Sew them? Like in that human centipede movie?
Why would you "sew" someone?
maybe they need a sweater or something. Gee whiz, people. The great Goddrey Gray is here for YOU. Now, take that purple flapper paper toe and yodel on downstream with your bicycle helmet. Boo-yeah! Godfrey Gray, superstar pixel eating buffalo tester!!!!!!!!!!
I ordered you to gargle
Gargle dude
AND I MEAN REALLY SUCK TOTALLY !!! GRIZ THE BEAR.
Oh ya they all suck long time
Does the amount next to their name mean that's what they've earned to date since they started being a star or singer or is it what they earned just this year alone or is it what they earn yearly or is it what they earn per movie or show or concert or whatever?
Doesn't Santa know everything? You should be checking your list twice.
Santa – it's CNN. You can read the statistics however you'd like, for all it matters.
NO ONE CARES! (except perhaps you)
THEY ALL SUCK PERIOD !!
I totally agreed .. especially re: Taylor Swift ... pretty girl but absolutley singing sucks !
Who is Justin beaver? Chocolate covered pizza with chocolate roses on it taste like chocolate
ok regular pizza with sausage.
dont' forget that sausage!
The economy has rebounded, America is saved, and these kids did it.
@Patriot Why is America saved and not their respective countries? They aren't all American.
CyberSpy some of you comments are stupid. What does it matter if they are American. He was making I joke. The point is if they are singing or acting am America, making that amount of money they some of that money would go to the USA, Americas economy is bad so are other countries, but we are not talking about other countries we as taking about singers and actors who primarily sing and make movies in the USA. I dont care if there people hat sung and made movies outside of the USA, because most of it was inside.
Sorry just hate dumb people
The chick on the left looks like a Stepford Wife.
Who's the gay boy that looks like Eraserhead in the photo?
Who's the kid with nothing better to do than make fun of a successful singer who worked hard to get where he was, oh and do you u have glasses, because his head doesn't look like an eraser
I honestly don't see the appeal, but congrats on their successes.
I need to show these young Americans how to hide their money in off shore accounts so they can pay even less in taxes. The rich get richer!
MRomney, I hadn't had a good laugh until I read your post. Thanks
@MRomney. Too bad they aren't all American, nice try, but you fail.
CyberSpy what does being am american have to do with it? If they are living in the united states they will (or should be) paying taxes, so MRomney doesn't fail, ou do.
I love Justin Beaver!
hysterical!
So much hatred, these people have done what alot of us wish we could, make millions legally.
lil' wayne's 'music' should be illegal
We better not raise their taxes from 35% to 39.6% like Obama wants or they might stop creating jobs.
Lol ! Good one !
Good thing I hide my money in over sea bank accounts
like it or they do create a lot of jobs
Good one!
@Brian How do you know what their tax rate is? Also, how can Obama raise it? He only controls the silly Americans, not the rest of the world. That list is made up of non-Americans as well.
seriously, what does justin biebar do to earn all that? am not hating or anything but its just a simple question
I'm assuming he does what all the other musicians on the list do. Was this question really necessary?
Next year Skrillex will be at the top of the list!
Why would kids want to study and get good grades in school when you can get millions by majoring in the arts?
Y – A – W – N
Hey! Who's that girl on the right in the pictures above?
What about Carrie Underwood? She's 29, and is in the $45M range.
Taylor Swift is the only one in the list with talent as for the others just proves Americans will buy any crap available to them.
Ummm well that is a highly subjective observation. I would argue that Adele, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga all have more musical talent than taylor swift. But time will tell. Will Taylor Swift's songs be played on the radio in 10, 15, 50 years? Will she be like the beetles who have immortalized themselves through their music or will the slowly be forgotten? Anyways, I think that Adele, Perry and Gaga's songs will survive due to their musical merit and not just their current "pop"ularity.
crappy music bought by stupid people making them millionaires And i thought K C and the sunshine band and WHAM sucked back in the day package anytihng right and people will buy it
Ok...I haven't been paying attention...what does Bieber do exactly? Taylor Swift has a very sweet voice and I can understand her good fortune...but what does Bieber do again?
He pretends to sing and pretends to be a boy.
Argyle bargyle,
I think you may be blind or mentally I'll, when you say he pretends to sing its wrong, he has released 4 albums that have all been on the billboard, and people would not buy it if there was no sound on it. And it is very hard to pretend to be the opposite gender, only females have breasts , and he does not, also when he was born trained professions observed he was a male, I hope you understand, I also hope you get glasses, and pills 🙂
how much was chris brown paid,in the same period?
Bieber looks like an eight-year-old girl. What shade of lipstick is he wearing?
I am very concerned about these individuas ErickMN and Argyle Bargyle, by saying "bieber looks like an 8 year old" you are saying you are are not all there in the head, and you defiantly need glasses. Also by saying "what shade of lipstick is he wearing" again......you need glasses, and straight men do not wear makeup, if you are older than 8 you will know this, please check youself in, then get glasses
I love Rihanna!!!!!!!! Katy Perry!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lady Gaga!!!!!!!!!!!!! They deserve everything they get.And I buy as much of the products as possiable.
Fluttershy your comment only goes to prove that young,uneducated (can't spell possible) with mommy and daddy's money go out and buy every scrap of lip synced prefabricated so called "MUSIC" and CORPORATE AMERCIA is loving every minute of it.Try listening to late 1960's and 70's band's where you actually had to have talent to play an instrument,sing lead vocals and in between back-up vocals doing all this at the same time "LIVE".I am sorry to inform you Fluttershy but the "MUSIC BUSINESS" is "DEAD".Invest your money in cd's with the highest interest rate return and you will thank me for giving you a reality check when you get a little older and wiser.good luck
You are a moron. Those dweebs all suck.
Thesekidsrsowealthytheygetthebestjunkydadada
I bet u there's other rich ppl under 30's in nyc
I like justin bieber i think he is a good influence on the young girls. I did not know he made so much. But, i am not surprised.
Black people suck!
You suck ok you racist moron!
Black people really do suck.
Mammy, sounds like you need treatment. You've been posting s lot of racist nasty comments. Well I'm going yo help you because I've reported you for abuse. Have a great life and remember hate isn't good for you.
AND I'M SUPPOSE TO CARE ABOUT THIS ARTICLE BECAUSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
It's clearly labeled and is in the entertainment section. Maybe, just maybe, you could have used your brain and not opened the article
Not a fan of his music or have anything negative to say about him. Good for him.
Pathetic bunch of pro-Obama drones.
Makes me ill thinking about it...actually.
NO Miley Syrus??? Right this isn't a list of highest paid teens~!!
What has Miley done this past year?
I guess being worth a Billion is not what it used to be.
All the so called people on this list are plastic, hologrammic, talentless parasites. And so are all the commenters.
Uhh your a commenter too
Regardless of the level of talent these ppl have,it seems to have gotten them on this list,like them or not.
I see only one talented person in there. And that is Taylor. Non of these other hoes could make an album on their own.
Um lady gaga is a classically trained pianist an has made three albums on her own, fool.
I look at this list and see only one person that has any talent and that is Adele. If the power went out she would be the only one who could continue with the show because with the others it's all about lots of make up, back up dancers and auto tune. Pretty sad.
Taylor has talent, at least like Adele, she writes her own songs.
And... with adele its all about making our obese lazy nation feel like we have a connection. She is just as cheap a gimmick as the others only thing carrying her is her weight (oh the irony), her rebellious nature (omg so rare), and her bad love life. She is what most fat ugly women identify with and thus is popular. If anything its more embarrassing that she claims to rise above the media even though if she was skinny she probably never would have made it. So thank you media for reminding us that fat, lazy, moderately talented people do exist so we can identify with them and get tattoos and not give a rats cause its ok.
Taylor Swift probably spends half her fortune just on make-up.
you probably waste half your life writing lame comments on random blogs
Ok, I'll bite. What's a Dick Fore?
Are you a virgin?
I never heard of these peoples before. I bet they are just a bunch of gays. Or Lesbeans.
That's "lesbians" idiot! Tsk tsk tsk
The fact that you can not spell or make a decent sentence you know everyone one the list. Plus if you did not know who they were you would not comment at all.
I never heard of you...hmmmm...guess that means you are a gay lesbian!!!
@StephenWilliams: As obnoxious and illiterate as Richard Fore (always) is, you're the least qualified person present to point your finger at his terrible spelling; your two sentences are loaded with grammatical errors.
RICHARD FORE YOU MUST BE A CLOSETED GAY MAN. YOU ARE TRULY A DISGRACE TO ALL HUMAN RACE.
Oh wait! I'm the gay lesbian. Sorry.