Measuring a public figure’s fame, wealth and influence- Forbes ‘Most Powerful Celebrity List’ is a tally many-if no most- performers hope to find themselves.
Now, in what can only boost their stock in the eyes of those who invest in them, the likes of Lady GaGa, Madonna and Beyonce have scored big on this year’s tally- released to the world today!
Find out where your favorite act came in below…
All too telling of the smoke’n’mirrors most acts use to ‘portray’ wealth and influence, we were amazed that Beyonce and GaGa ranked so high- considering the data used to put this list together was pulled from June 2012- June 2013.
In the bulk of this period, both ladies were inactive, but still continued to generate capital thanks to their hands on approach to pushing their causes…ie, earning publishing from songs they penned themselves.
Of course, while all praise goes to Oprah for coming at #1, there’s no doubt Madonna’s Top 5 placement stands a testament to her power and longevity as an artist, continuing to reap the rewards for being act who remains ahead of the curve, after almost three decades at the top.
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Where is Ciara on this list? Rihanna’s 43$ million outgrossed her total networth so bye. The only flop here is your fav who has yet to make Forbes list.
🙄
Beyonce, The Living Legend!!!!
^ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dead at Rihanna making less money than Gaga and Beyonce and her ass is the one working like a s**** with new stuff out every year.
yaaaas lmao
All the thumbs down but it’s true, they have no choice but to seethe.
trueeeeeeeeeeeeee… *2chainz voice* lol
& now they saying “IDGAF!!” 🙄
I say where are all of those who claims to fame is to be cutier,smarter, and don’t have a big head like that Curry Goat, who came to america and has made a place for herself in the entertainment industry.
And for you to say shes not as good as the next person are that her talent don’t count is to say that Beyonce Husband Jayz don’t know crap about Talent, Bey Hive.
How much did kelly,ciara,rita,solange, Foxy, Tiearria, FeFe, make this year where do these musician rate on the top 100 of the most powerful OR have any of them ever reach that Forbes list ,if Ever..
If Rihannna made it without Talent then why isn’t Beyonce the number one over Oprah since shes supposed to be a Queen kiiii.
Its clear that RIHANNA will never be Beyonce and nor does she ever want to but the truth is shes working and shes in her own lane doing her own thing and go on and build that bridge and get over it because Rihanna is here to stay and to keep you talking from now on
Uhh, just b/c people call her the queen doesn’t mean she has to rank higher than Oprah…come on, u sound delusional…Oprah is a more established business woman who’s been around for much longer than Bey…
And people call her the queen b/c she is the queen when it comes to entertainment and her brand in general.
Okay Kudos to Rihanna for being here to stay, no one’s taking that away from her…I love her music, but downplaying Beyoncé isn’t doing anything but making you sound pressed.
Over Oprah? Really???? Now that s*** just sounds stupid SMDH.
lol I know rite! she is still a Broke Ho!
THAT OPRAH REIGN JUST WONT LET UP !!
^ THIS TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wahahahah even J LO making more money than Rihanna.
You are so lame. Barely 45>>>>>43 -___- Sit your A** down somewhere Dumb S***. N Im not even a Ri fan
death!!!
Oh.
We all know these lists are b******* sam.
Co-Sign
When wil ur fave?
Lol
LoL @ Oprah Stan…
Wow says a lot. All that exposure and… Lemme stop.
Go OPRAH!
Lol Dead at Rihanna not making this list, yet she throws out rushed albums every year! Congrats to my girls Beyonce and GaGa.
But she is on the list you cant read dumb ass b****
LMAO!!!!!!
Yeah shes on the list… At the BOTTOM
Where are YOU on the list? You probably don’t even make $20,000 a year lmao
How is she at the bottom when this is Forbes Celebrity Top 100 list?
Suck a d*** B****,,,,,,,,
CRRRRYYYYYYIIINNNGGGG!!!!!!
Lol Dead at Rihanna not making less money, yet she throws out rushed albums every year! Congrats to my girls Beyonce and GaGa.
SHADE!
At least Rihanna made that list as bad as shes supposed to be many would have to think that Her name would never be connected with a Forbes that list since they are looking for people with talent and many say she don’t have any then explain why Her name can be seen on Forbes,Hellllllo.
Oh and to those of you talking smack about her working more ,work has not ever killed anybody its WORRY over what Rihanna is doing that keep your bloomers tied up in knots and you know the rest.
Funny how Rihanna made the same amount Beyonce made last year isn’t it.
Where are the other Million entertainers placing on that Forbes list.
Actually its not funny at all lmfao…Rihanna made the same amount of money that Beyonce made last year and Beyonce hadn’t even released any new material. That validates the point that Beyonce can make more money on vacation than Rihanna does while actually releasing music smdh.
Not a Ciara stan coming for anyone. When has Ciara ever been on the Forbes list? Is she even worth 50 million all together? 😆
about 5-10…MAYBE.
I only care about ‘Oprah, Madonna, Rihanna & Beyonce’. CONGRATULATIONS LADIES.
The rest are COMPLETELY INSIGNIFICANT to me.
Especially the Middle-aged Woman who has a fetish for 11 year old, pubescent boys and ‘America’s Sweetheart’ – the redneck who has had more D**** than a pair of boxers.
😉 🙂 😉
Especially the Middle-aged Woman who has a fetish for 11 year old, pubescent boys and ‘America’s Sweetheart’ – the redneck who has had more D**** than a pair of boxers.
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lmaoooooooooooooo.
LMAO!!!! ok EXTRA now THISSSS wass a funny ass post yo EXTRA ass posted lololol!!!!
I only care about OPRAH???!!! B****, please!
loooooooooooooooooooool.
*waits for the stupid stans to start a war over someone else’s millions*
Yeah that goes extra for the bey hive since they brags over time on Beyonce money all of the time and are mad if anybody else get paid especially Rihanna.
Oh please, your’re participating in a stan war by saying that, genius *face hits palm*. Your’re just mad that the hive have something to brag about. Fact is, Beyonce’s more established and makes way more money that Rihanna. Get over it.
Them bishes are Rich.
I’ve been waiting for this post lmao. Where is @ Rihoeanna Killed KING B Career, where is @Riking and the rest of the Rihc*nts. I told u c*nts R**** isn’t “About That Life” bwahahahahahahhaahahahahahaha. The b**** was all on instagram, trying to shade THE QUEEN and others about touring staduims. When THE MUTHAFAWKIN QUEEN is draggggggggggggggggging ur ass for dear life bwahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahahahahha. Isn’t THE QUEEN on break, when R**** was the one who was whoring around for the last 12 months bwahahahahahahhahahahahahahhaha. Hold on Rihc*nts! #IT KEEPS GETTIN BETTER
You need to shut the f*** up the reason flop beyonce on the list so high is because of pepsi giving her a chunks of money f*** u
DIGGER As long as Rihanna can out gross this blog post and all of your broke as^es who lives here waiting to try and insult Rihanna intelligence because of what Rihanna does.
Rihanna has millions and she made more and is more Powerful then Beyonce was at her age, and i know you dpn’t like that. You can keep your toxic shyt going on from now on because you despies Rihanna yet you are so predictable with your hate of that Curry Goat and she keep right on raining on h*es like you honey.
R**** says to kiss her famous a^s.
I’ve been waiting for this post lmao. Where is @ Rihoeanna Killed KING B Career, where is @Riking and the rest of the Rihc*nts. I told u c*nts R**** isn’t “About That Life” bwahahahahahahhaahahahahahaha. The b**** was all on instagram, trying to shade THE QUEEN and others about touring staduims. When THE QUEEN is draggggggggggggggggging ur ass for dear life bwahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahahahahha. Isn’t THE QUEEN on break, when R**** was the one who was whoring around for the last 12 months bwahahahahahahhahahahahahahhaha. Hold on Rihc*nts! #IT KEEPS GETTIN BETTER
Just look at all those who is more talented where are their names? on the list.
Where is the FORBES LIST OF THE RICHES Under 30 Thirty LIKE they used to always post before Beyonce’s ass turned 31 years young, lol.
Dead at Rihanna and Taylor Swift being youngest and yet ranking high with grannies and grandpa’s. That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.
Rihanna’s s**** ass is making money for Beyonce and Jay-Z honey!
MIAO and who are you a s**** too, and if i could make Millions and be sitting as good as Rihanna is sitting i would be doing just what shes doing and that is making money and she loves every minute of it.
To bad your broke ass can’t do nothing about her getting paid FOR NOTHING but what you are doing and that is paying her homage for all of her success.
You and the likes of you are always talking about Rihanna working for Beyonce and Jayz last time the world knew Rihanna had hired Jayz not the other way around are did you not get that memo, you broke ass.
Dead at Rihanna and Taylor Swift being youngest and yet ranking high with grannies and grandpa’s. That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.
Girl if you don’t shut up and be seated that list is not about who has talent its about who made the most money during the previous year RHIANNA HAS LITTLE TO NO TALENT DEAL WITH IT that’s all them singles she relies on that has her on this list. I really can’t stand the chick but hey I commend her for making the list.
B**** she the only f****** and youngest woman on that list im proud to see that so f*** h haters on here when will any of u make that much money screw all u broke ass b******
stupid, ummm…Taylor Swift is like 4 years younger than Rihanna and is ranked higher…so shut it!!
Rihannas getting milked as usual
Where is kelly and solange,though.
I thought the end was near for Beyonce? LOL 53 million nothing released DAMN!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol My Mother Monster wasn’t even out like that & she’s at number2 . Lol They said her album flopped it came in at Number2 on the world chart & has sold 6million, They said know one would see her on tour the Born This Way Ball sold out stadiums and had made over 168million & that’s with her hip breaking in the middle of it. And people on this site said that nobody’s checking for her yet she at Number2 with no number1 singles. Lol What do this mean? What I have always known……….People on this site don’t know sh*t! Lol P.s You guys stay saying Nobody checking for Beyonce yet she’s at number4??????? It’s getting harder & harder for you Haters to keep it up. Lol Peace & Love – Haters
They talk s*** but know their asses will be checking in when she drops new single and album.
Anyway this is their money, they’re not sharing it with me so I don’t really care tbh. I have a hard time believing Oprah’s fat ass is making that much though considering her network is a FLOP.
obviously it’s NOT a flop
Rihanna needs to step her “writing” and endorsements game up. She should be raking in more cash than that. Oh well, all of these people have more money than ill ever see in my lifetime lol.
Yay to Bey and Gaga! Beyonce is a money making b**** though the fact shes doing all this off her name alone.
No shade but at Rihannas age Bey was making around $80 million.
Beyonce had movies, endorsements galore, music, perfumes, concerts etc. Rihanna needs to step her game up! She still “GOT HER MONEY” though! ‘Grats to all…
But so does Rihanna have all those things. But yeah congrats to them its just an observation.
What endorsements does she have? Didn’t she lose most, if not all of her endorsements?
Mac and Budweiser
LIES! in 2006 according to forbes Bey made $30 million . She was the same age as Rihanna today . Giver her credit
2006 was 7 years ago…the value of money increases every year…so that $30 mil would probably equate to the amount Rihanna made this year…
Besides, Bey was only on her 2nd solo album back in ’06, Rihanna is on her 7th now (at the same age)…makes a difference now doesn’t it? Hmmm
2007-2008 she made 80 mill
Of course Beyonce is somewhere on top, not surprising.
Congrats to Bey, Ri, and Gaga.
Oprah of course slays everybody when it comes to banking.
you go bey may god continue to put more blessing on you and your family for life long live queen bey more success in all you do
ALL U BASIC BISHES WHO STAND FOR THOSE R&B H***, SIT DOWN…..UNLESS U STAND FOR BEY OR RIH U AINT SH…..BUT i will admit that its pretty sad we only got two premium blk singer that have world wide appeal right now!!!!
Me and my friends were talking about this the other day! Love them, or hate them…. Bey and Rih are doing it BIG!
YOU MAD!!! LOL them R&b singers s*** on r**** numbers.. all she got is singles 😆 !!! LOL SEETHE
Who run the world GIRLS! Good for ALL OF THEM LADIES get them coins girls
Beyonce & Gaga should just sing this for the rest of there Lives!!!!!! !!!!! And we can’t stop
And we won’t stop
Can’t you see it’s we who own the night
Can’t you see it we who bout’ that life
And we can’t stop
And we won’t stop
We run things, Things don’t run we
We don’t take nothing from nobody ………………..p.s They Just Make That Money! Catch Fire Haters LOL LOL
Is LoveStank losing the rest of her delusional mind? How is R**** winning, when JB and Taylor have made more lmao. Both haven’t been out longer than her and both are always n the top 10 lmfao. R**** has yet to make the top 10. Sorry b****. But she’s losingggggggggggggg bad! And lmao @Jlo, who hasn’t toured or had any major hits but still outshined The H** lmaooooooooooooooo. U Hoeianna stans should just give up and join the other stanbases. U can’t join THE HIVE though, we don’t accept delsuional c*nts. #DANCE, ITS OVER SOON
Rih was 4 last year dumbass
Y’all are so stupid…..rih is number 13 on a list of 100 at 25 and is the third highest ranked black person on the list….was beyonce even on the list when she was 25? And she’s lower because singers make music from touring, the stats for this list start in June 2012, gaga had like 80 tour dates since then,then she cancelled, plus her first perfume was released, beyonce had Pepsi and h&m…and she didnt release music but she’s been everywhere this year…..rih only had the 40 diamonds world tour dates and perfume success because rih didn’t really do anything last year
Yes actually BEYONCE was earning double Rihanna was at her age. Ijs.
Beyonce had way more money at 25 than Rhi does. Plus, I’m pretty sure this is based off last year’s earnings, which doesn’t include Bey’s H&M and Pepsi checks because that alone would be more than $53M.
What people need to understand is that Beyonce took last year off…yet she managed to still “make all them racks” because she is brand…. the ultimate brand as far as celberties go.
how is she the highest BLACK person on the list.. Did u see Oprah? Beyonce? Lol
it take from june2012 to june 2013 rihanna had an album, a stadium tour start in march, an endorsemnt with mac rand river island a movie that jsut came up so don’t come act rihanna didnt do nothing between june 2012 and june 2013 is just that when it comes to money BEYONCE have always made more beyonce dont spend time partying and smoking she spend time making smart bussiness decison that all
look at you BROKE B****** stanning for other ppl’s money…… 🙄
IKR?
Ikr what? You know if Rihanna was #1 you would be like YES RI GET THAT MONEY B****! Miss me with that b*******.
that is NEVER going to be me.
Considering the massive boaster Rihanna is when you put it in context against her peers like this its pretty embarrassing. But congrats to all of them I guess they’re all stupidly rich.
How is it embarrassing to make 44 million dollars as a black woman u sound retarded shut up and go beg beyonce for a dollar lets see if she gives it to your simple ass rihanna is the best so get over it she is on a list with billionaire thats a very big accomplishment go suck a c***
KENDALL If that is embrassing for Rihanna then i fill for all the people that is mentioned on this blog that have never been even close to a forbes list in their entire career.
As a matter of fact there are many who has never seen a fifety million dollar year like Rihanna shut up brokeie Mae
and miserable over Rihannas paper.
I stopped believing and buying into the Forbes list when I saw Beyonce ranking higher than the Queen of England plus countless of other billionaires.
It seems like something that anybody can buy and then position themselves anywhere they want except for the #1 spot because that would raise lot of brows. As for the rest on the list they are these to just fill-in.
Do the celebrities, mill-billionaires etc submit their income earnings to Forbes?
These types of things are appealing to the hives because they always have their hands in Beyonce’s pockets. And when you try and rub it in people’s faces …just so you know it didn’t come out of our pockets.
The hives love to celebrate Beyonce’s money.
Anyways I wouldn’t care whether my fav makes it or not.
Don’t be mad cos Rihannas not higher you know you would mocking Beyonce if Rihanna was slaying her.
stay pressed!
Forbes is not just about income either you dumbass if you read the table its based on pressed, TV and Radio exposure etc aswell.
press*
The queen is royalty. That doesn’t mean she’s filthy rich tho. Billionaire? Certainly not.
LMAO this f-g makes no sense. If R**** was #1, theyd be celebrating 😆
@music
Yeah you would say that.
They are rich. If you look into their history etc you will come to know that they’re actors in public.
I just love when my talented QUEENS are on top!
Lady Gaga and Beyonce = two top females in the game over and over again!
Keep slaying these basic, autotune, corporate made up puppets!
p.s. ARTPOP is coming! Telephone part 2 is coming!
Gratz to all of them
Congratulations to all of them. GaGa earned that much money thanks to her tour and perfume, don’t act like she did nothing, but it’s still great. Beyonce had Pepsi deal. Adele had the best selling album of 2012 and she didn’t even make top 100, so they earn more money from tours and endorsements than from selling album/singles. Anyway, why people try to downplay anyone when we will never see even 1$ million in our entire lives of their 40-50$ million? 😀
Why is the HIVE SO PRESSED ? DID YALL EVEN READ WHAT FORBES SAID:
THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION UNDER BEYFRAUD’S POSITION :
‘A world tour and millions earned shilling for Pepsi and H&M put Mrs. Carter near the top of the list.’
Ok ? So stfu. it’s not ‘ Beyonce earned millions more than Rihanna cause shes the biggest selling pop star of the world and the most relevant ‘ . So stop the delusions.
Beyonce will always make bank cause she’s a great business woman.
From what I see the only ones who are pressed is you. The hive’s fave is at the top so they really have nothing to be pressed about. People are questioning the hive for bragging too much about Beyonce but guess what, if RihCan’tSingForShit was at the top of the list, you’d being doing the same…just saying
Dummy, that’s what the Forbes List is ALL about…BUSINESS!!!!! Beyoncé doesn’t have to rely on singles because she is HIGHLY established in so many other outlets…and that is what the Forbes List measures…so your comment is irrelevant and invalid!!
Stop being delusional and admit that although Rihanna is very successful, she’s not on Bey’s status/level…and I’m a big fan of Rihanna’s music, but let’s take money/success aside…Rih is like a little girl compared to Bey…her whole attitude and behavior is very immature…come on, she’s 25 now and still wildin out, consistent unprofessional behavior…she has a lot of growing up to do…although she claims not to be a role model, a lot of young girls look up to her, she should want to take responsibility for that and be a good example for young females, her job as a highly popular celeb/pop star automatically puts her in the position of being a (role) model!!
But where’s Nicki Minaj?
Who cares. She’s worth 20 million at the most. She will never see Oprah Gaga or Beyonce figures.
^she has 24 mil since last yr, f-g .. GO CHECK FORBES HIP HOP CASH KINGS… and nor will you 😆
@faf we are talking about nicki flopage stay on topic.
lol Mickey ”one hit wonder – feature artist ” Minaj?
Lol @ pressed Navy members. Hasn’t Rihanna got a tour AND new music and endorsements out though. Dont be mad Beyonce is not label puppet like her and actually takes her money.
Anyway call me when I am getting a cut and I’ll actually care.
And to the idiot talking about the Queen of England Forbes most powerful is based on a number of things combined not just salary.
Yes to Beyonce and Gaga. And when Beyonces tour finishes lord have mercy shes already bumping it up more legs.
Good for them. I’m not getting a percentage, so I really could care less. 😆
Exactly my thoughts when one of these lists comes out like once every month 🙂
Damn I always say these lists are not important to me and there is a lot of crap and subjectivity in them. But if I have to comment there´s one thing I´m surprised about: Gaga being #2 in these last months. I mean, she is big, she´s not been doing anything in public and still look at this. She´s obviously the biggest star since 2008, whether the delusional stans like it or not. Congrats to Beyonce (ugh it´s like she´s always put there just cos she has contacts but anyway) and to Madonna.
Haters will make this about Rihanna and Bey. But for both to be top 20 is huge, and Rih being the second youngest. Bey is a great business woman and is one to look out for. But the biggest is that the big O is on top, a black woman on top, three in the top 20, now THAT’S something to talk about. I don’t see anyone battling over Madonna and Gaga, just shows that blacks bring down blacks. So give it up for the women, cause I don’t see any black males on here.
13 out of 100, go to forbes and see for yourself.
QUEEN KATY IS #18 YESSSSSS!!! WHERE ARE PIGRIAH HAIRY, CEDRIC, DICKI FLOPAGE, KELLY HOELAND????? DID THEY MAKE BUBBLING UNDER TOP 100 LIST? FATDELE, THAT OVERRATED P** ASS ALSO FLOPPED SO HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IDK ABOUT THE REST, BUT MIMI IS WORTH A COOL $550 MILLION, AND KATY????
Here comes pressed ass FAF again. Honey, worry about getting your coins together so that you can buy a few hundred copies of your faves album in two weeks….
@Rih Rox actually the Royal family live off the British Publics Taxes which is why many Brits cannot stand them.
MY SLAVES HAVE BEEN STEALIN MONEY FROM MY PLANTATION AAWW HEEEEEELLLLLL NOOOO!!! BEYONCE B**** GET CHO ASS BACK TO MY MANSION WITH THE OTHER HELP!! ONLY ONE UNCLE TOM UP IN HERE AND IT IS I
RIHANNA B**** MY ASS NEEDS SUCKIN YOU DARK THING!!
Retarded much. I knew gaga would be high up, cause she toured last year. On the other hand beyonce did s*** last year. Congrats ladies. R**** fans need to sit and stop embarrassing ur selves . Rih is a puppet and next year she still won’t make much cause she is a damn puppet her fans overhype. Remember last year with all her ventures she only did 53 milli. Last year Forbes was great for the navy but this year it is not valid huh. They made so much fun when bey was preggers. Take that b******
Beyonce had Pepsi and H&M deal so yeah, she did s***. No one gets much money from music. Adele couldn’t make top 100 with the best selling album :/ Anyway, Beyonce was her dad’ s puppet for 15 years, you forget about it, don’t you?
Beyonce Kept that money in the family babe, can’t say the same about Rihanna.
Bwahahahahaahaha @Rihoeanna making more than THE QUEEN @25. The Rihc*nts will say anything lmao. They don’t care if its pure lies or it doesn’t make any sense at all lmaooooooooo. Um THE QUEEN was making double what Hoeianna is making @25. She was raking n $80 million @25 years of age. Check The Facts C*nts. I’m just making this none, for @R**** is making more than THE QUEEN, and @ Anyother Rihc*nt. #ANY QUESTIONS
She was actually 26 when she did that not 25 lol
2007 – $24 million
2008 – $80 million
2009 – $87 million
2010 – $87 million
2011 – $35 million
2012 – $40 million
2013 – $53 million
$ 407 million in the last 7 years of her career…
King!
I expect her to make no less than $100 million next year… With the rest of her tour legs (57 arena, stadium and festival dates announced for NA and SA so far) and new era – backed by a $50 million Pepsi deal and a lucrative Warner Bros Global Publishing deal – in addition to H&M, L’Oreal, successful House of Dereon, and countless other sources . . . I’m sure she’ll make it there.
I’m so proud of her!
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Also, congrats to Rihanna, Jay-Z, Madonna . . And hopefully Frank Ocean and Adele will make the list next time.. I really wanted them to make it, at least they’re much more diserving than 8-year-olds and highschool/locker room acts like Justina and Faylwhore
I thought she made 80 million in 2006(when she was 25) well that what the hive said!!! lies????
rihanna will never be richer than beyonce get over it
deserving*
Frank Ocean?? what the hell has he done to make him even remotely thought of when talking about the Forbes List??
::scratches head::
LMAO @ the Navi calling Forbes irrelevant when they were praising them just a year ago when Rih finally made it.
I so wish we could rewind time and see some of The Rihc*nts bashing THE QUEEN, saying Hoeianna is making more, Hoeianna tour will do better, River Island is an bigger endorsement than any of THE QUEEN’S endorsements. Well, where’s the proof????????? Will it b next year or a couple of months?????? I wanna see the proof???? Bwahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahha I can’t….lmao. Looks like Forbes and Billboard Box Office have been making u c*nts liars for the second month n a row. May = 17th Most Powerful Women In The World! Where was The H**? June = Billboard Top 5 Hottest Tour! Where was The H**? June = Forbes 4th Powerful Celebrity! Ok, The H** is #13 but she should of been above THE QUEEN!
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bwahahahahahahahhahahaha Somebody want b on twitter and instagram shading THE QUEEN no more bwahahahahahahhahaah. B**** don’t never bite the hands that feed u!
Yes she will @ H20. She will come close to $100 million next year! Live Nation reportedly is going to pay her $116 Million for touring! The b**** will break Forbes Next Year! With the tour, new music out and endorsements she will over throw Oprah! She’s on the brink of becoming The Richest Women N Music! #ONLY THE QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN
I don’t understand, shouldn’t Rihanna be number one? I thought Rihanna was supposed to be *thee* “it”-girl of the moment, who was on some international “reign” that won’t let up?! How is it that the “local” Beyoncé, who is coming off of a “4lop” album, and is too scared to release a new song, is in Forbes top 5 and making more money than her? That Rihanna reign just won’t let up, huh? Heh. Her money tells a different story…
DYING!!!! LMFAO
But I’m wondering what’s going on with Sybil ATM . . ?
Probably sitting her iron-pressed 3-year-old skinny powerless ass behind her dad’s computer and slapping the p*** outta her “I Dislike” button since Beyonce showered her with BR stadium dates yesterday..
God . . Life’s a game but is not fair!!!!!
Well go ahead Queen Perry. I ain’t mad at #18 with 39 million made without doing much. She’s officially worth over 100 million dollars. Good for her.
Not sure why people are surprised by Gaga and Rihanna’s rankings. Gaga is a greedy money hungry b**** who inks as many deals as possible to sell her brand. And Rihanna is nothing but a cash cow for her label. If she was smart she’d do what Britney, the ultimate cash cow, did: get as many endorsement deals as possible and slap your name on anything and everything. Britney sold millions of albums but I highly doubt that’s where she got her money from. She made her name a brand.
Big ups to Gaga&Beyonce. LIL MONSTERS&BEYHIVE LINK UP! Congrats to the epitome of a “Money Making Machine”, Ms. Oprah Winfrey.
Yessss…
Yup #BOW DOWN B******
I KNOW THAT FLOP ASS CIARA-MAN STAN IS NOT TRYING TO TALK. WHEN HIS MANLY ASS FAVE CAN ONLY AFFORD TO PERFORM IN THE PARKING LOT OF WALMART. F*** YOU! ANYWAYS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BADDEST AND MOST POPULAR B****** IN THE GAME BEYONCE, RIHANNA, AND GAGA. AS LONG AS THEY ARE AROUND CIARA WILL ALWAYS BE A FLOP.
*waits for some pressed ass Titanic stan to bring up “4 was a flop” “When was her last number one” “Shes irrelevant”… Clearlythat KING B reign wont let up so any hate spewed on this post will most clearly have no merit. The ending numbers don’t lie.
*sits back while drinking tea
As always QUEEN OPRAH shits on all!!!!!!!!!!
BOW DOWN B******
DAMN!! OPRAH FAT BLACK ASS STAY AT NUMBER 1. THAT B**** BEEN NUMBER 1 FOR THE PAST 200000000 YEARS LOL CONGRATS OPRAH FOR THE 100TH TIME
So..nobody is checking for Beyonce?Gaga? Oprah’s network is SUCCH A FLOP? Rihanna runs this? “That Reign Won’t let Up”?
Selling cheap singles and albums only get you so far.
People need to remember that with this Forbes list its what you earn and actually not the personal wealth. That being said, with all the payola def scam uses,the vast amount of writers Rihanna uses,and not to mention all expensives that rack up from releasing and promoting an album every year…I wonder how much of it she actually sees of it?
The fact that she earned so much is still commendable.
Navy you can’t discredit Forbes because she didn’t rank as high as you like
Look at adele, she sold all those records and still hasn’t made it.
Artists don’t make much money from music, unless they own their publishing. Endorsements brings in the cash, along with touring, appearances, products like clothing, earphones, fragrances…you get my drift. You have to be business minded to bring in big bucks. That’s why Bey can make $40million just by napping with Blue Ivy. If Rihanna wants to be a big money b**** like the higher-ups, then she needs to get some writing credits (especially on her mega HITS), get some endorsements (unless she burned too many bridges already), release some more pointless products that her Navy will eat up….Adele is strictly music and a few shows here and there. She writes her own stuff, so shes good. I don’t think she’s really interested in the extra stuff!!!
Will Forbes ever write a positive article about Madonna?
Today Forbes announced their 2013 list of the world’s most powerful celebrities.
Unlike most Forbes lists, which are base on earnings or net worth, they decided this time to take the abstract parameter “fame” into account, which is based on impact across social media platforms.
Even though they acknowledge that Madonna is the highest-earning musician of the past 12 months, it’s apparently not enough. According to them, female musicians Lady Gaga and Beyoncé had a better year.
Yeah right!…
After several posts throughout 2012 and 2013 that tried to discredit Madonna’s success (including saying her MDNA Tour was a flop as soon as the tickets went on sale, and writing a piece trying to deny the fact that the Queen of Pop is a billionaire), Forbes was finally forced to admit Madonna was the highest paid musician of 2012. But, as predicted, not without petty, unbased remarks on the singer’s success:
They put Madonna as the #5 most powerful celebrity, besides the fact that she earned more money than the other four celebrities above her. One of them, a quite interesting choice, is Lady Gaga at #2.
And what reasoning did Forbes use to put Gaga at #2?
Hypothetical scenarios and the number of social media followers – really! That’s what they did:
“Even so, her massive social media presence, including 38 million Twitter followers and 58 million Facebook fans, helps keep her near the top of our list.”
“Her massive social media presence (…) 38 million Twitter followers”… except that 70% of Gaga’s followers on Twitter have been proven to be INACTIVE and GHOST followers.
38 million Twitter followers… yet, Gaga’s latest album (the one she said would be “the album of the decade”), sold only 5,3 million units on its first year, and since 2011, it has not surpassed 6.5 units sold worldwide.
If social media were such an important factor, don’t you think Gaga’s sales should be somewhere close to 38 million copies sold? And not only around 6?
Poor Lady Gaga, she had to cancel part of her tour… But Forbes also forgot to mention that before cancelling any date, Lady Gaga performed the same amount of shows Madonna performed with the MDNA Tour.
And with the same amount of shows performed, Lady Gaga failed to surpass Madonna both on GROSS REVENUE and ATTENDANCE.
In other words: with the same amount of shows performed, Madonna had more people going to see her than Lady Gaga. Meaning: Madonna makes more money with her MUSIC, but she is on #5, while Gaga is on #2 because of Twitter and Facebook?
In fact, while Forbes used hypothetical scenarios to justify Lady Gaga on #2 (despite failing to beat Madonna on revenue, attendance and merchandise), Madonna appears on the Top 5 at #5 with SOLID NUMBERS – and solid numbers only – not hypothetical scenarios, nor the number of ghost followers she may have on Twitter or any other social media:
Forbes… you are amusing.
I love the hate for Madonna
Damn, Madonna had more success with her tour, made more money, so? Is that the only important factor?
Money: Madonna 1, Gaga 9
TV/Radio: Madonna 13, Gaga 7
Press: Madonna 25, Gaga 2
Social rank: Madonna 22, Gaga 3
Honey, deal with the fact that Gaga is new TOP artist, the whole package in modern entertainment industry, Madonna had her time and still has. Facts are facts!!!
p.s. I love the fact that u know so much about Gaga, u r studying the phenomenon called Lady f.ing Gaga, loving and hating it at the same time!
*plays: LoveGame
Yes i do, in away that most don’t, i see the real Gaga but this wasn’t for her, it was for Forbes.
Plays: Express Yourself.
Yeah i know, it has nothing to do with Gaga.
plays: Respect Yourself by The Staple Singers.
I’m using her as an example of Forbes lack of credibility.
Plays the Newest remix of ‘Respect Yourself’ by The Staple Singers.
Born This Way by Lady Gaga.
Love your taste!
That’s my jam! Yeah, baby!
*subway kid rejoice your truth!
didnt beyonce didnt make the top ten last year, so what the problem with rihanna?
I find it ironic that the people who comment on this blog still manage to talk s*** about another artist. Like for real are y’all really arguing abt who made more money then who. At the end of the day they ALL made more money then y’all broke asses , instead off Googling your favs statistics make some money and do something with yourself and hopefully you too can end up on Forbes.
Wow congrats to bey, if she had an album it would have been more huge