Katy Perry has been named the highest paid female celebrity of the year, beating Taylor Swift to the top spot.

Ellen DeGeneres, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian's millions followed not too far behind in the women's category - though they didn't make it into this year's top ten highest paid celebs which was 80 per cent male.

30-year-old Perry earned $135 million over the past 12 months, according to a report published in the latest edition of Forbes.   That number makes her not only the biggest female money-maker but also the third-highest-paid celebrity in the world this year.

Taylor and Katy were the only women on the top 10 list. The rest of the big money-makers were men - Howard Stern, Garth Brooks, James Patterson, Robert Downey Jr., and Christiano Ronaldo - or a group of men - One Direction.

Source: Daily Mail