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Top Highest-Paid Country Musicians of 2014

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8:20 AM PDT, July 28, 2014

Taylor Swift has found herself in quite the boys club! The country crooner is the only female inForbes top five list of the Highest-Paid Country Musicians of 2014. Who's No. 1? Click the pics to find out!
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Taylor Swift has found herself in quite the boys club! The country crooner is the only female in Forbes top five list of the Highest-Paid Country Musicians of 2014. Who's No. 1? Click the pics to find out!

5. Luke Bryan, $34 million

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Luke Bryan's Crash My Party album moved "half a million copies in the first half of 2014 alone."

4. Jason Aldean, $37 million

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Jason Aldean is making his money the old fashioned way-- by selling albums. His 2012 Night Train sold over 1.5 million units.

3. Kenny Chesney, $44 million

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Though he only played 29 shows this year, Kenny Chesney performed to "average crowds in excess of 30,000 in every city."

2. Taylor Swift, $64 million

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Does this make her the No. 1 Country Cash Queen?

1. Toby Keith, $65 million

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Here's a fun fact, this good ol' boy out-earned both Jay Z and Diddy this year thanks in part to "his Show Dog label, a growing list of I Love This Bar And Grill restaurants, a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal with Ford, and his own Wild Shot mescal."

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