Thursday, May 19, 2011
Lady Gaga Tops Forbes Magazine's Most Powerful Celebrities List
Forbes released their annual power celebrities list. The power rankings are based on Money, TV/Radio, Press, Internet and Social rank. Lada Gaga is leading the pack, with a social rank of 1. Also on the list is Justin Bieber at #3 and Irish rocker U2 in at #4. Music artists dominate the top 5 with Elton John closing off the top of the list at #5. Rounding out the top ten are Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi and Simon Cowell. The list also marks the first time that rapper/businessman Jay Z is the bread winner in the Carter household. He out earned his wife Beyonce by $2 million this time around. Of the 100 power celebrities, there were a total of 22 musical artists with combined earnings of $1.2 Billion. Now if that isn't earning power, we don't know what is. See the full list here



