They are here and they have proved their might. These are the 10 most popular celebrities. It is not easy to be a celebrity but we believe that you can be one overnight. There could be a lot of people out there making a lot of money but they are not celebrities. Ask yourself why? To be a celebrity is not just money alone but other things too. To be a celebrity apart from looking at the money i.e. how much a celebrity has, Forbes looks at the T.V and Radio ratings, how many times the celebrity is mentioned in magazines and newspapers and how many times the celebrity appears on T.V. They also look at the Press ranking, marketability ranking through opinion polls and the social ranking, how popular are you in the internet. How do the American communities view you? Through the Star count number, Forbes is able to detect this. Therefore it is not just a matter of money, you can have a lot and still not be at the top. Madonna is an example, she made a whooping $125 million and is number five yet Oprah made $77 million and she became first.
1. Oprah Winfrey
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Oprah Winfrey is ranked position one. Oprah 59 is a resident of Montecito, CA US holds a Bachelors of Arts/Science, Tennessee State University. Her earnings as of June 2013 is $77 million She has made $14 million in money, $2 million in T.V and radio, $10 million in Press, $19 million in social and $25 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that she has done well in marketability. Oprah has been in the limelight for long. She has been position two 2 years running and has appeared in the top ten, five times. Since she is not the highest earner, one may ask how she became number one. Oprah’s money and the fact that she is famous and the social network is what has made her be there. By end of 2013 her Oprah network would make profit. Apart from her show going off the air waves, Oprah still made money that pushed her to the top with her Harpo produced TV spin offs. In her other network the OWN, she has interviewed Rihanna and Lance Armstrong which has made her famous. As if that is not enough, Oprah has made a deal with Sirius radio network and The Oprah magazine (O). She has some shows with Tyler Perry. Rachael Ray and Dr Phil talk shows also makes her earn some money.
2. Lady Gaga
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Lady Gaga 27 is ranked position two. Lady Gaga, a resident of New York US dropped out of New York University. Her earnings as of June 2013 is $80 million. She has made $9 million in money, $7 million in T.V and radio, $2 million in Press, $3 million in social and $65 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that she has done well in marketability. Her many tours are her reaping. Despite her hip injury in her tour ‘This Way Ball’ she still managed to make$168 million. She has also done well in the social media and has about 38 million Twitter socialist and 58 million face book supporters. She is not resting because another of her new album is coming up.
3. Steven Spielberg
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Steven Spielberg 66 is ranked position three. Steven, a resident of Pacific Palisades CA in US Is married with seven Children. He holds a Bachelors of Arts/Science, California State Long Beach. His earnings as of June 2013 is $100 million. Steven has made $2 million in money, $12 million in T.V and radio, $6 million in Press, $86 million in social and $4 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that he has done well in social. He has made a lot of money from the movies and others self made. His latest movie ‘lincoln’ which won 12 Oscar nominations showed that he is still good in his work. The movie earned him $275 million worldwide. Last year he made MIB3 movie.
4. Beyonce
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Beyonce 32 is ranked position four. Her earnings as of June 2013 are $53 million. Beyonce has made $33 in money, $1 million in T.V and radio, $5 million in Press, $5 million in social and $25 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that she has done well in money. She has surprised many with the way she ia aggressive because no one expected that after a year off from the birth of baby Ivy, she still managed to come back and make money in the Mrs Carter Tour. She gets $2 million in every city she sings. She stills gets money from her old songs. Pepsi and HSM has made a deal with her as well as her clothing line, ‘House of Dereon’
5. Madonna
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Madonna is ranked position five. The 55 year Old musician has been singing for four decades now. Madonna’s earnings as of June 2013 are $125 million. Madonna has made $1 in money, $13 million in T.V and radio, $25 million in Press, $22 million in social and $73 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that she has done well in marketability. Most of the money she has made through her tours. In the MDNA tour she grossed $305 million. To add onto that, she has also made money in her clothing line ‘The Material Girl’ and Truth or Dare Fragrance. During her concerts, her merchandise is also sold.
6. Taylor Swift
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Taylor swift is ranked position six. Taylor’s earnings as of June 2013 are $55million. Taylor has made $29 million in money, $9 million in T.V and radio, $11million in Press, $7 million in social and $41 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that she has done well in marketability. Both her singles and albums have sold many copies no wonder she earned $41 million. In October 2012, she released fourth album ‘Red’. Her albums have been selling tremendously. She sold 1.2 million in a short time. Her album was the first to appear at the top of the 100 chart
7. Bon Jovi
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Bon Jovi is ranked position seven. Bon Jovi’s earnings as of June 2013 is $79million. Bon Jovi has made$11 million in money, $35 million in T.V and radio, $47million in Press, $17 million in social and $25 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that they have done well in Press. The number of times they have appeared in magazines and newspapers has been marvellous. They are covered many times when they are on tour. The music group’s latest tour was graced with the slogan; ‘Because We Can’ and indeed they proved themselves by gaining $3 million. They also celebrated their anniversary of the soul Kitchen in New Jersey.
8. Roger Federer
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Roger Federer is ranked position eight. Federer’s earnings as of June 2013 is $71million. Federer has made $17 million in money, $45 million in T.V and radio, $7 million in Press, $33 million in social and $41 million in marketability. From the list we can conclude that he has done well in marketability. Federer has marketed several companies like Nike, Wilson, Credit Suisse and Rolex. He has a good endorsement photographs in sports. He also tours and plays so he makes a lot of money. His tour of South America netted $14 million when he played six matches. Federer has won 17 most singles Grand Slams and $77 million career prize money. Between 2005 and 2010, he won 18 out of 19 Grand Slams.
9. Justin Bieber
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Justin Bieber is ranked position nine. Justin’s earning as of June 2013 is $58million. He has made $27 million in money, $4 million in T.V and radio, $4 million in Press, $1 million in social and $96 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that he has done well in marketability. His musical tours have been very successful and being young, the youth have come out very strongly to support him. Forbes did him proud by posting him on the cover of their magazine. This made him make a lot of money. His twitter followers are 20 million.
10. Ellen DeGeneres
In the top ten most popular celebrities ranking, Ellen DeGeneres is ranked position ten. Ellen’s earning as of June 2013 is $56million. She has made $28 million in money, $31 million in T.V and radio, $46 million in Press, $9 million in social and $19 million in marketability. From the list we can deduce that she has done well in Press. The number of times she has appeared in magazines is what has made her make that much money. Ellen DeGeneres is the producer of a daytime talk show, ‘The Ellen DeGeneres show’ which began ten years ago and draws 3.5 million people who watch it. Apart from the talk show, she is also famous in the social media. This too has made her make a lot of millions. She has a You Tube channel which has about 1.7 million people who watch it. Her Twitter followers add up to 18 million.
