The £93million power-pair: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris replace Beyonce and Jay-Z as world's highest paid celebrity couple

By Helen Zhao for MailOnline

Published: 18:24 EST, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 19:41 EST, 26 June 2015

Beyonce and Jay Z have officially been dethroned as the world's highest paid celebrity couple.

New couple Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have slid into the top spot with combined earnings of $146 million over the last year, according to Forbes. 

They earned $35.5 million more than Bey and Jay Z, whom came in second with $110.5 million. 

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Rolling in dough: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, pictured at the Billboard Music Awards in May, are the world's highest paid celebrity couple with combined earnings of $146 million over the last year, according to Forbes

Rolling in dough: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, pictured at the Billboard Music Awards in May, are the world's highest paid celebrity couple with combined earnings of $146 million over the last year, according to Forbes

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In third place is Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, with combined earnings of $57 million.

Taylor's earnings over the last year are surely boosted by her smashingly successful fifth studio album, 1989, which debuted in October 2014.

1989 moved 1.287 million copies in one week, the highest selling album since 2002.

The 25-year-old musician is currently embarked upon her 1989 world tour, with the secondary price of tickets averaging $315.41, according to Forbes. 

You go girl! The 25-year-old singer is currently embarked upon her 1989 world tour, performing in Manchester, England on Wednesday

You go girl! The 25-year-old singer is currently embarked upon her 1989 world tour, performing in Manchester, England on Wednesday

Furthermore, Taylor has endorsement deals with Diet Coke, Keds and Sony, while Calvin works with Giorgio Armani and Sol Republic headphones.

The 31-year-old DJ released his fourth studio album, Motion, in October 2014, with 35,000 copies sold in its first week.

Meanwhile, Taylor has made waves within the music industry by persuading Apple to compensate artists for plays of their songs during a three month free trial of their new streaming service, Apple Music. 

The 22 hitmaker wrote an open letter to the technology giant, advocating on behalf of her fellow musicians.

Runner-up: Beyonce and Jay Z, pictured at the Met Gala in May, are number two on the list, with combined earnings of $110.5 million

Runner-up: Beyonce and Jay Z, pictured at the Met Gala in May, are number two on the list, with combined earnings of $110.5 million

Apple responded by agreeing to compensate artists during the free trial period, tweeting: '#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer's free trial period. We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple'

Taylor has agreed to allow Apple Music to stream her 1989 album.

Calvin took to Twitter to congratulate his girlfriend after performing at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas over the weekend.

The Summer hitmaker wrote: 'I just played a gig inside a giant owl and my girl just changed the entire music industry what a day'

Rounding out the top three: Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, pictured at the Grammys in February, are in third place with combined earnings of $57 million

Rounding out the top three: Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, pictured at the Grammys in February, are in third place with combined earnings of $57 million

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