Taylor Swift becomes youngest person to make Forbe's most powerful women list

The 25 year old singer and songwriter has become the youngest woman ever to be included on the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful woman.

She's included at number 64 in the list released on Tuesday.

Forbes says, she 'has not only broken record sales and captivated the world with her fantastically honest lyrics, but she has proven herself as an impressive businesswoman' and "she has changed the nature of celebrity by posting personally on Twitter and Instagram and making time to engage with her fans or 'Swifties'. 

Taylor, who's 1989 album was her third consecutive release to sell one million copies in its first week, 

'There’s no denying that she’s one of the most significant cultural influencers of our time,' Forbes said.  

Joining Taylor on the Forbes list are fellow celebrities Oprah Winfrey, the most powerful woman in entertainment ranking 12, Beyonce at 21 and Ellen DeGeneres at number 50.

Also making the cut are Angelina Jolie at number 54 on the list and Sofia Vergara at number 57. 

The world's most powerful woman remains German Chancellor Angela Merkel followed in second place by Hilary Clinton.First Lady Michelle Obama is in tenth place on the list and Queen Elizabeth II is at 41. 

This year's power women have a combined social media footprint that includes 474 million Twitter and YouTube followers.

 

 

THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN ACCORDING TO FORBES

 1. Angela Merkel

2. Hillary Clinton

3. Melinda Gates

4. Janet Yellen

5. Mary Barra

6. Christine Lagarde

7. Dilma Rousseff

8. Sheryl Sandberg

9. Susan Wojcicki

10. Michelle Obama

11. Park Geun-hye

12. Oprah Winfrey

13. Ginni Rometty

14. Meg Whitman

15. Indra Nooyi

16. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

17. Irene Rosenfeld

18. Ana Patricia Botín

19. Abigail Johnson

20. Marillyn Hewson

21. Beyoncé Knowles

22. Marissa Mayer

23. Helen Clark

24. Safra Catz 

25. Angela Ahrendts 

 26. Ellen Kullman

27.  Michelle Bachelet

28. Anna Wintour

29. Ursula Burns

30. Arundhati Bhattacharya

31. Sri Mulyani Indrawati

32. Ruth Porat 

33. Lucy Peng

34. Loretta Lynch

35. Chanda Kochhar

36. Federica Mogherini

37. Gina Rinehart

38. Nancy Pelosi

39. Adena Friedman

40. Ewa Kopacz

41. Queen Elizabeth II

42. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi

43. Ho Ching

44. Laurene Powell Jobs 

45. Renée James

46. Drew Gilpin Faust

47. Ertharin Cousin

48.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

49. Samantha Power

50. Ellen DeGeneres  

 51. Amy Hood

52. Bonnie Hammer

53. Mary Callahan Erdoes

54. Angelina Jolie

55. Beth Comstock

56. Phebe Novakovic

57. Sofía Vergara

58. Donna Langley

59. Sheikh Hasina Wajed

60. Katie Jacobs Stanton

61. Arianna Huffington

62. Margaret Chan

63. Mary Jo White

64. Taylor Swift

65.  Rosalind Brewer

66. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik

67. Lubna S. Olayan 

68. Peng Liyuan

69. Zhang Xin

70. Güler Sabanci

71. Elvira Nabiullina

72. Elizabeth Holmes

73. Tory Burch

74. Dana Walden

75. Diane von Furstenberg  

 76. Carol Meyrowitz

77. Mary Meeker 

78. Solina Chau

79. Miuccia Prada

80. Katharine Viner

81. Shakira Mebarak

82. Yao Chen

83. Fabiola Gianotti

84.Padmasree Warrior

85. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 

86. Kaci Kullmann Five

87. Folorunsho Alakija

88. Judy Faulkner 

89. Patricia Harris

90. Gwynne Shotwell

91. Sara Blakely

92. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

93. Shobhana Bhartia

94. Beth Brooke-Marciniak

95. Weili Dai

96. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

97. Raja Easa Al Gurg

98. Jenny Lee

99. Greta Van Susteren

100. Lee Boo-Jin