Lady GaGa has been crowned the highest-earning female artist of 2011 by Forbes.

The Marry The Night singer has taken the No.1 spot in the Top-Earning Women In Music list compiled by the publication, which reports that Lady G pocketed a cool $90million (£58million) this year alone.

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GaGa - real name Stefani Germanotta - earned double the income of second-ranked artist Taylor Swift, who is thought to have made $45million (£29million) in 2011.

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Katy Perry came third with a estimated income of $44million (£28million), while Beyoncé was behind the Teenage Dream hitmaker with £35million (£22.6million).

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Bajan babe Rihanna completed the top five wealthy women in music list, after bagging a cool $29million (18.7million).

Following the success of her record-breaking album 21, Adele is the only UK songstress to appear on the list, with earnings of around $18million (£11.6million)

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Forbes 10 Top-Earning Female Artists In 2011:

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  1. Lady GaGa

  2. Taylor Swift
 

  3. Katy Perry
 

  4. Beyonce Knowles
 

  5. Rihanna
 

  6. Pink
 

  7. Carrie Underwood
 

  8. Celine Dion
 

  9. Adele
 

10. Alicia Keys & Britney Spears (both coming 10th)