And Oprah Winfrey has been taken down.It’s Beyonce who now runs the world. The sensational singer has climbed the highest ladders to the No.1 spot on the Forbes Celebrity 100 after an amazing year comprising of a massive tour.
Beyonce known also as Queen B played 95 shows, bringing in an average $2.4 million per show, Poll Star disclosed. She also dropped her most innovative album simply titled Beyonce and the album has had huge hits on iTunes without any publicity and there are music videos for all the 14 songs on the album. You heard her single “Drunk in Love” right? it sold more than 1 million copies, and this amazing woman does not just do music, she’s got a small business empire. She makes millions of dollars endorsing brands like H & M and Pepsi.She’s got a line of fragrances with names like Heat. Rise and Pulse, and ooh, there’s her clothing company House of Dereon, which features jeans shoes and accessories. Putting all this together, Beyonce earned $115 million between June 1, 2013 and June 1, 2014.
Her husband Jay Z places sixth on the Celebrity 100 this year with an estimated $60 million in earnings coming from several sources including his album Magna Carta.. Holy Grail, and a dozen of live shows.
FORBES’ annual Celebrity 100 list ranks the top stars from the worlds of movies, TV, music, sports, books and modelling based on money and fame.
Now Forbes estimates earnings by talking to lawyers, producers and other giants to find out how much 200 celebrities earned in the year. They also measure fame by counting the number of times a celebrity was mentioned in print, tv and radio and they factor in social media by using starcount a website that is able to tell the number of following you have of twitter, facebook and youtube.
On the list also, there is Lebron James estimated to have made $72 million and Dr. Dre been third of the list. Oprah Winfrey who held the first position last year has fallen to 4th this year making an estimated amount of $82 million in earnings.
And guess who is on number five? It’s the woman who said she had a hard time trying to locate where Ghana was on the map, yeah, Ellen DeGeneres who made $70million in estimation.
So you know the top six, and for sure, you and i are not in it. Lol let’s keep working hard. Now that’s another reason why Nadia Buari and many other girls adore Beyonce. She’s that good. Comment what you think and your questions. Share with your friends.