Pop star Taylor Swift has been named the most charitable celebrity of 2014 for the third year in a row.

The Shake It Off hitmaker topped the DoSomething.org list in 2012 and 2013, and now she has racked up a third successive title, thanks in part to agreeing to donate the proceeds from her Welcome to New York song to New York City Public Schools earlier this year (14), after she was named the Big Apple's new tourism ambassador.

Transgender actress Laverne Cox places second after becoming an outspoken advocate for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (Lgbt) community, while Beyonce, Miley Cyrus and Emma Watson round out the new all-female top five.