Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood Make Forbes Young & Rich List

By The Boot Editors Posted Jun 13th 2011 07:30PM

Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood work hard for their money -- and it shows. The two young superstars both ranked on Forbes' Best Paid Celebrities Under 30 list, joining an all-star cast.

Not surprisingly, Lady Gaga topped the list by grossing $170 million. She is followed by the youngest celeb to make the roll, 17-year-old teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, who raked in $53 million. Miami Heat star LeBron James came in third with $48 million, fourth place went to tennis star Roger Federer with $47 million, while Taylor rounded out the top five with $45 million.

Carrie brought in a cool $15 million, which placed her in the No. 19 slot. Other celebs on the list include Katy Perry with $44 million, Rihanna with $29 million, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart who tied with $20 million and Miley Cyrus who earned $15 million.

Taylor seems to be earning a permanent spot on Forbes lists. The 21-year-old has placed on their annual Celebrity 100, Highest Earning Women, Most Powerful Celebrities and their Highest Earning Stars lists. In spite of her big paychecks, the humble star says her bank account isn't the biggest perk of her job.

"I feel like out of all of the things that have happened to me in my life, [my fans] are the best thing that I've ever gotten to have," she tells The Boot. "My relationship with them is everything to me, and the fact that this was the by product of that, it makes it that much more beautiful."

Taylor is in the middle of the U.S. leg of her Speak Now World tour. Fellow country music millionaire, Mrs. Mike Fisher, is spending the next several days in Australia promoting her 'Play On' album, as well as her new film, 'Soul Surfer.' Next, she will head back home to Nashville, Tenn. to work on a new album.

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Monday 13 June

By ghdhjrt

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By Terrell

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Those are real & beautiful talented women that act like ladies, not like those talentless nasty mexican skanks like selena gomez and demi lovato.

By John Doe

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You left out the Kardashian skanks. Oh that's right. They're not celebrities. They only think they are!

By Allen

One is a beautiful, fabulously-talented singer and performer, the other a out-of-tune hack.

By Stan

I agree Allen. Taylor Swift can rake in all the dough she can through these syrupy little no brain tunes; She'll never be able to match Carrie Underwood in talent in a million years.

By rosenfeldspagent

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Taylor Swift? Yuck. Don't even mention her in the same breath as Carrie.

By stu

how much to charity?

By Marcus

How can Taylor Swift make 3 times more than Carrie when she has about 1/3000th the talent?

By wendy

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53 million for Justin Bieber? Wow I need to get my grandson on youtube.

Tuesday 14 June

By Murray