Forbes Magazine has put out their Top 100 List on the most powerful celebrities using a complex calculation. It's not all about popularity and income. To see the complete list, click here.
To generate the list, they used a combination of factors including income, Web references as calculated by Google, press clips, TV/radio mentions, and the number of times a celebrity's face has appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines. Earnings estimates are for June 2005 to June 2006 and are dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted.
Top Ten
1. Tom Cruise ($67M)
2. The Rolling Stones ($90M)
3. Oprah Winfrey ($225M)
4. U2 ($110M)
5. Tiger Woods ($90M)
6. Steven Spielberg ($332M)
7. Howard Stern ($302M)
8. 50 Cent ($41M)
9. Cast of The Sopranos ($52M)
10. Dan Brown ($88M)
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