Country Music’s Biggest Money Makers

Forbes has just released their annual list of the World’s Highest Paid Musicians and not surprisingly, many of country music’s biggest names are on it. Here are the country stars who made the top 25 for the time period of May 2010 – May 2011:

11. Toby Keith ($50 million)
13. Taylor Swift ($45 million)
15. Brad Paisley ($40 million)
18. Tim McGraw ($35 million)
23. Rascal Flatts ($34 million)
24. Kenny Chesney ($30 million)

Also released this week was Forbes’ Best Paid Celebrities Under 30 list and two of country music’s leading ladies made the cut. Taylor Swift came in at No. 5 on this list ($45 million) while Carrie Underwood ranked at No. 19 ($15 million.)