10 Highest-Paid Women In Music 2014

2. Lady Gaga

Beyonce performs onstage on her Mrs. Carter World Tour, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP)
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Rating: $33 million

Another fall in the high-earner chart for the leader of the Monsters, who was earning around $90 million back in 2011, thanks in part to the muted success of her third album Artpop. She's got very little to worry about though: she remains an icon, both in terms of her music and her image, and she'll claw her way back up towards the top sooner or later. She just needs to make music as good as her outfits.

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