Taylor Swift ranked at the top of Billboard’s Top 40 Money Makers in a list released today. Taylor came in at #1 with $35,719,000!

After wrapping the final leg of her Fearless tour, Taylor Swift’s blockbuster success two years ago left music industry observers wondering what she could possibly do for an encore. The pop-country superstar answered them with her smash Speak Now album and accompanying tour, which jetted through Asia and Europe in addition to making its way across North America. Grossing $88.5 million in the U.S. alone, the tour netted Swift a remarkable $29.8 million. Honored as Billboard’s Woman of the Year in December, she racked up U.S. album sales of 1.8 million units last year-led by booming business for late 2010′s Speak Now, which sold 967,000 units and digital single track sales of 7.8 million. Songwriting royalties were another highly beneficial source of income, given that Swift wrote all 14 Speak Now tunes herself.

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Michael Buble knows a thing or two about publicity. During his Nov. 8 performance at the iHeartRadio Live concert in New York, the Canadian singer announced to his audience “Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very special guest. Please welcome Kim Kardashian [to the stage].”

Then, according to the New York Post, the audience roared, but Buble revealed he was just kidding. “Nah, just f**king with you! That bitch isn’t coming on my stage!”

The Post reports the singer dedicated his next song, a cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” to Kris Humphries and made another joke about the couple who filed for divorce after 72 days of marriage.

“She hurt him, she hurt him! I wish she had hurt me!” he joked.

Okay, I think I love him.

Great news… Michael Buble and Luisana Lopilato got married last week!

Bad news… while the two were busy tying the knot, thieves were busy breaking into Michael’s home in Argentina!

Buble and his wife Luisana were staying at a resort outside Buenos Aires during the break-in.  Luisana’s parents and brother spoke with police before the happy couple arrived back from the wedding.

According to reports, the bad guys covered up the security cameras and cut the lines to the alarm system — though it’s unclear what they took from the home.

After learning about the burglary, Luisana told local reporters, “I will not let this ruin the happiest day of my life.”

The couple was married on Thursday … but the celebration lasted all weekend.

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I would mob him.  I like how he’s always wearing a suit. Nice!

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