How to determine how much a person is known worldwide, how popular he is on planet Earth? If for mere mortals such statistics is “the secret behind seven seals”, then for the Forbes publication, which specializes in such calculations and ratings, this is a chore.
And in order to identify the top 100 most famous people of 2010, specialists from this company simply needed to include some additional indicators in the counting system.
This time, not only annual revenues were taken into account, but also references in the press, on the Internet, on TV and some other factors.
Below are the 10 most popular world personalities for 2010.
10. Madonna
Revenues for the year: $ 58 million
Closes the top ten authoritative pop diva, slightly giving way to the hierarchy of pop industry Lady Gage and Britney Spears.
Fees for Madonna’s tour of the world are among the five highest grossing, and episodes of the popular comedy series Fox and Glee, where the actors performed her songs, increased the singer’s already high prestige, and allowed them to get a good royalty income.
9. Johnny Depp
Revenues for the year: $ 75 million
Depp was able to get closer to the top of the list of top 100 thanks to the role of the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's film “Alice in Wonderland”. Disney movie grossed around 1 billion dollars worldwide. Also, the actor received a large advance payment for the main role in the film "Tourist". Thus, Depp became the only actor to star in two films with a billion-dollar film distribution.
8. Sandra Bullock
Revenue: $ 56 million
The eighth place in the ranking is occupied by the star of the film industry, which became one of the highest paid actresses of this year. The seven Oscars of the film Gravity (directed by Alphonse Cuaron), where Bullock played the main role, brought her good fees and wild popularity.
But the bad parting with her husband Jesse James was the number one topic in the yellow press, which was smoothed out by the news of adoption and public return to the MTV Movie Awards.
7. Group U2
Revenue: $ 130 million
The well-known and most profitable group in the world at the peak of popularity: each stop of the world tour brings musicians 10 million each. Also, members of the group benefit from the sale of goods, intensive radio broadcasting and album sales.
6. Britney Spears
Revenues for the year: $ 64 million
Not so long ago, the scandalous singer was the most prominent celebrity in the entertainment industry, but over the past year, Britney took only fifth place at the box office. But the public remembers, waits and hopes that Spears will be in the spotlight forever.
Among the high-profile deals of the star can be called contracts with Elizabeth Arden and Candies ’.
5. Tiger Woods (Tiger Woods)
Revenue: $ 105 million
Top five closes the master of golf and the favorite of the "yellow press" Tiger Woods. This year was a bit unsuccessful for him professionally: back surgery, major scandals with partners (ElectronicArts, Accenture, AT&T and Pepsi stopped working with celebrities), the economic crisis - all this had a negative impact on the athlete. But overall, the golfer continues to receive millions on deals with Nike, Electronic Arts and Upper Deck.
Woods is likely to fall significantly next year due to a tarnished image and stagnation in the business of designing golf courses.
4. Lady Gaga (Lady GaGa)
Revenue: $ 62 million
She successfully made her debut on the list and immediately got to 4th place a new pop star Lady Gaga, who even beat Madonna herself. She spent more than 100 days on a world tour, and her videos went online like hotcakes. The performance, the scandalous reputation and theatricality of Gaga provided her with wide media coverage, as well as the first place in terms of her presence in social networks and the Internet in general. Among other things, the singer has partnerships with large corporations Virgin Mobile, Polaroid, etc.
3. James Cameron
Revenue: $ 210 million
Thanks to the overwhelming success and huge box office grossing of the Avatar movie, a filmmaker with the unspoken title of “King of the World” entered the top three leaders of this year’s most influential celebrities. Despite the fact that the Avatar did not receive the Oscar, the film became the highest grossing film, bypassing the Titanic and collecting around $ 2.7 billion at the world box office. Cameron changed the way in which films are made in Hollywood: soon every studio blockbuster will be released in 3D.
2. Beyonce Knowles (Beyonce Knowles)
Revenue: $ 87 million
R’n’B-performer has risen two lines compared to last year, if only because her world tour, which lasted more than 3 months, brought her more than $ 85 million. Also, profit, coupled with growing popularity, was supported by the sale of the latest album and the expansion of its own business empire. Beyoncé is not limited to just music: she launched the production of House of Dereon clothes, developed a line of perfume, and made a lot of advertising deals, including with L’Oreal.
1. Oprah Winfrey (Oprah Winfrey).
Revenue: $ 315 million
The popular television presenter regained her crown. OWN cable network and work in the most popular American talk show brought her annual income. Oprah also successfully produces and publishes her own magazine, O Magazine.
The leader of the previous year, Angelina Jolie “flew” right up to 18th position. And the most popular Russian woman - Maria Sharapova, entered the hundred most famous, taking the honorable 81th place.
Other participants in the top 100 ranking:
11. Simon Cowell (Simon Cowell), income: $ 80 million
12. Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift), income: $ 45 million
13. Miley Cyrus (Miley Cyrus), income: $ 48 million.
14. Kobe Bryant (Kobe Bryant), income: $ 48 million.
15. Jay-Z, revenue: $ 63 million.
16. Black Eyed Peas, revenue: $ 48 million.
17. Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen), income: $ 70 million
18. Angelina Jolie, income: $ 20 million
19. Rush Limbaugh (Rush Limbaugh), income: $ 58.5 million
20. Michael Jordan, income: $ 55 million
21. Dr. PhilMc Graw, revenue: $ 80 million
22. Steven Spielberg (Steven Spielberg), income: $ 100 million.
23. Ellen De Generes, revenue: $ 55 million
24. David Letterman (David Letterman), income: $ 45 million.
25. Tyler Perry, revenue: $ 125 million
26. Jennifer Aniston (Jennifer Aniston), income: $ 27 million
27. Pink, revenue: $ 44 million.
28. LeBron James, income: $ 43 million
29. Roger Federer, revenue: $ 43 million
30. Brad Pitt (Brad Pitt), income: $ 20 million
31. Floyd Mayweather (Floyd Mayweather), income: $ 65 million
32. Michael Bay (Michael Bay), income: $ 120 million
33. Donald Trump (Donald Trump), income: $ 50 million
34. Jay Leno (Jay Leno), income: $ 35 million
35. Coldplay, revenue: $ 48 million.
36. David Beckham, income: $ 44 million
37. Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld), income: $ 75 million
38. AC / DC, revenue: $ 114 million.
39. Howard Stern, income: $ 70 million
40. Jonas Brothers, revenue: $ 35.5 million.
41. Tom Hanks, revenue: $ 45 million
42. George Lucas (George Lucas), income: $ 95 million.
43. Glenn Beck (Glenn Beck), income: $ 35 million
44. Ryan Seacrest, income: $ 51 million.
45. Phil Mickelson, revenue: $ 46 million
46. Ben Stiller (Ben Stiller), income: $ 53 million
47. Jerry Bruckheimer, revenue: $ 100 million
48. Cristiano Ronaldo, income: $ 36 million
49. Alex Rodriguez, income: $ 36 million.
50. Robert Pattinson, income: $ 17 million
51. Conan O’Brien, revenue: $ 38 million
52. Shaquille O’Neal, income: $ 31 million
53. James Patterson, income: $ 70 million
54. Kenny Chesney, revenue: $ 50 million
55. Manny Pacquiao, income: $ 42 million
56. Tom Cruise, revenue: $ 22 million
57. Adam Sandler (Adam Sandler), income: $ 40 million
58. George Clooney, income: $ 19 million
59. Stephenie Meyer, revenue: $ 40 million.
60. Cameron Diaz, revenue: $ 32 million
61. Serena Williams, income: $ 20 million.
62. Rascal Flatts, revenue: $ 45 million.
63. Charlie Sheen, income: $ 30 million.
64. DerekJeter (Derek Jeter), income: $ 30 million
65. Lance Armstrong (Lance Armstrong), income: $ 20 million
66. Kristen Stewart (Kristen Stewart), income: $ 12 million
67. Toby Keith, income: $ 48 million
68. Sean (Diddy) Combs, income: $ 30 million.
69. Stephen King, income: $ 34 million.
70. Sarah Jessica Parker, income: $ 25 million
71. Leonardo DiCaprio, income: $ 28 million
72. Judge Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy Sheindlin), income: $ 45 million
73. Robert Downey Jr (Robert Downey Jr), income: $ 22 million
74. Dwayne Carter (Lil Wayne), income: $ 20 million
75. Reese Witherspoon, revenue: $ 32 million
76. Keith Urban, revenue: $ 27.5 million
77. Julia Roberts (Julia Roberts), income: $ 20 million
78. Steve Carell (Steve Carell), income: $ 34 million.
79. Meryl Streep, revenue: $ 13 million.
80. Akon, revenue: $ 21 million.
81. Maria Sharapova, income: $ 25 million
82. Daniel Radcliffe, income: $ 25 million
83. Venus Williams, revenue: $ 15.5 million.
84. Ray Romano, income: $ 35 million
85. Gisele Bundchen (Gisele Bundchen), income: $ 25 million
86. Heidi Klum (Heidi Klum), income: $ 16 million
87. Drew Barrymore (Drew Barrymore), income: $ 15 million
88. Alec Baldwin, income: $ 8.5 million
89. Kiefer Sutherland, revenue: $ 20 million.
90. Tina Fey, income: $ 7.5 million
91. Kate Moss (Kate Moss), income: $ 9 million
92. Eva Longoria Parker, income: $ 12 million
93. Jeff Dunham, income: $ 22.5 million
94. George Lopez (George Lopez), income: $ 18 million
95. Katherine Heigl (Katherine Heigl), income: $ 15.5 million
96. Danica Patrick, income: $ 12 million
97. Kate Hudson (KateHudson), revenue: $ 11 million
98. Chelsea Handler (ChelseaHandler), income: $ 19 million
99. Jennifer Love Hewitt (Jennifer Love Hewitt), income: $ 6.5 million
100. Mariska Hargitay, revenue: $ 9.5 million
