OPRAH WINFREY RECLAIMS NO 1 SPOT ON FORBES 2013 MOST POWERFUL CELEBRITIES
After being displaced by singers, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez in the year 2011 and 2012, billionaire talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey is back to number one spot on Forbes' 2013 most powerful celebrities.
The 59 year-old who's topped the list four times since 1999 is being credited with $77 million (£50m) earnings between June 2012 and June 2013. Forbes writer, Dorothy Pomerantz asserts that she still weilds an enormous amount of power.
"She is taking this cable network and turning it around just through the sheer force of her will, her connections and her ability." She added
For the 2013 compilation, Forbes looked into celebrity's earnings on income from tours, books, contracts, endorsements, movies and residuals etc and how they appeared in the media using different polls.
2013 FORBES' CELEBRITY 100
1) Oprah Winfrey $77m
2) Lady Gaga $80m
3) Steven Spielberg $100m
4) Beyonce $53m
5) Madonna $125m
6) Taylor Swift $55m
7) Jon Bon Jovi $79m
8) Roger Federer $71m
9) Justin Bieber $58m
10) Ellen DeGeneres $56m
11) Hugh Jackman $55m
12) Jennifer Lopez $45m
13) Rihanna $43m
14) Coldplay $64m
15) Tiger Woods $78m
16) LeBron James $60m
17) Simon Cowell $95m
18) Katy Perry $39m
19) David Beckham $47m
20) Robert Downey Jnr $75m
TEN DIGITAL SELLING ARTISTES OF ALL TIME: RIHANNA TOPS THE LIST
Barbados-born diva, Rihanna has topped the list of highest selling digital artistes of all time
The 23 year-old singer who rose to limelight in 2005 with her first single Pon Da Replay is by this virtue, the most downloaded artiste in history
Top ten list.
1) Rihanna-42,571,000
2) Black Eyed Peas- 42,405,000
3) Eminem- 42,290,000
4) Lady Gaga- 42,078,000
5) Taylor Swift- 41,821,000
6) Katy Perry- 37,620,000
7) Lil Wayne- 36,788,000
8) Beyonce -30,439,000
9) Kanye West- 30,242,000
10) Britney Spears-28,665,000
PHOTOS: BABY BLUE IVY CARTER
PHOTO: BEYONCE'S FIRST POST-PARTUM APPEARANCE
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Since the birth of baby Blue Ivy, American diva, Beyoncé had been placed on ‘house arrest’. Dressed in red Temperley dress, Christian Louboutin shoes and an Alexander McQueen clutch, the 31 year old made her first postpartum appearance last night as she stepped into Carnegie Hall where Jay Z performed.
Chilly hot!
AMERICAN COLLEGE OFFERS COURSE ON BEYONCE
Like for real? What's with celebrity couple, Beyonce and Jay Z? It would be recalled that Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, New York offered a course on Jay Z last year titled sociology of hiphop: Jay Z, this year, another professor, Kevin Allred in a different American university, Rutgers to be precise is currently offering a course on Beyonce, titled; Politicizing Beyonce.
The course according to Allred isn't about Beyoncé's political engagement or how many times she performed during President Obama's inauguration weekend but rather about how she promotes feminism and pushes boundaries
Professor allred explained that "She certainly pushes boundaries. While other artists are simply releasing music, she's creating a grand narrative around her life, her career, and her persona.
So who's next? Rihanna, course title: Exploring the Economic….never mind people!!!