Highest Paid Musicians in the Last Year

Billboard Magazine has released their annual list of top earning musicians for the last 12 months, and I don't think anyone is going to be surprised at who's at the top of the heap.Taylor Swift, duh. But we are happy to see that country music is well represented as well, with Kenny Chesney and Luke Bryan both in the top 10. Check out the Top 20 below, and thanks for buying all those t shirts, digital downloads, and concert tickets, ya'll!

1. Taylor Swift - $73.5 Million
2. Kenny Chesney - $39.8 Million
3. The Rolling Stones - $39.6 Million
4. Billy Joel - $31.7 Million
5. One Direction - $24.2 Million
6. Grateful Dead and Company - $23.8 Million
7. Luke Bryan - $23.1 Million
8. U2 - $21.8 Million
9. Adele - $20.5 Million
10. Maroon 5 - $19.2 million
11. Jason Aldean - $18.9 Million
12. Shania Twain - $14.4 Million
13. Dave Matthews Band - $14.1 million
14. Madonna - $12.7 Million
15. Elton John - $12.4 Million
16. Rush - $12 Million
17. Ed Sheeran - $11.6 Million
18. Juan Gabriel - $11.6 Million
19. Florida Georgia Line - $11.5 Million
20. Fleetwood Mac - $11.3 Million