Forbes has just released its annual Celebrity 100, a list of the most powerful celebrities in the world. As culture junkies, we spent the morning poring over the fascinating (if slightly reductive) document. Since we had been wondering about how the list broke down by gender, race, age, and career, we actually sat down with pencil and paper to crunch the numbers. The results of our hard work — and some other interesting observations about the Celeb 100 — are after the jump.
Gender:
Male: 64
Female: 35
Mixed: 1 (Black-Eyed Peas)
Age:
Under 30: 17
Over 60: 11
Race:
Black: 14
White: 81
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1 (Boxer Manny Pacquiao, #55)
Latino: 2 (Eva Longoria Parker and George Lopez, both in the bottom 10)
Claim to fame:
Actors/comedians: 34
Musicians: 22
Athletes: 18
TV personalities: 12
Filmmakers: 5
Models: 3
Authors: 3
Radio personalities: 2
Producers: 1 (Damn you, Jerry Bruckheimer!)
Observations:
1. The two most powerful celebrities in the world are black women: Oprah and Beyoncé.
2. While only 35 of the Celeb 100 are women, ladies make up six of the top ten.
3. Sandra Bullock (#8) is the top actor on the list, just ahead of Johnny Depp (#9).
4. The most powerful celebrity couple is Beyoncé (#2) and Jay-Z (#15). Sorry, Brangelina!
5. Bruce Springsteen (#17) is the highest ranked celeb over 60.
6. Is a sex scandal good for your career? The two biggest athletes on the list, Tiger Woods (#5) and Kobe Bryant (#14) don’t seem to be suffering much… Amid his year of scandal
7. Guess who the most powerful woman over 60 is? On second thought, don’t even try to guess: It’s Judge Judy (#72), who beat out Meryl Streep (#79).
8. Stephenie Meyer (#59) isn’t the most powerful author in the world; this year, it’s James Patterson (#53).
9. Something else for Team Coco to fret about: Jay Leno is #34 on the list, while Conan only made #51.
10. Last year, Oprah (#1; $315 mil) earned almost as much as the other five women in the top ten combined ($326).
11. Avatar director James Cameron is at #3, but his Academy Award-winning ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, didn’t make the list at all.
12. Has the student surpassed the teacher? Lady Gaga (#4) is higher ranked and made more money last year than Madonna (#10).
Comments (4)
Madonna didn’t release new music or tour. GaGa is completely overexposed and just a weak copy of an original. Madonna has been on this list for years and she’ll always be the Queen of Pop
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if your under the impression that gaga is over-exposed, then your about fucking retarded lady gaga has put madonna to shame, sold more than madonna in 3 years then madonna has all her life, shes got most viewed youtube video ever two times, she outdid the president on facebook, she was the only artist to have had 4 number one songs on a single album, and to add too it shes the most popular singer on earth, and she was asked to open for Michael Jackson the king of pop, where the fuck was madonna ??? NO WHERE because she couldn’t cut it, just fucking face it gaga has taken over and madonna is old news so she’ll just have to get over it and you too dumb ass your so naive obviously her album the fame went diamond madonnas didn’t and diamond is the highest you can get….. she was also voted one of the most influential and powerful woman of our time Madonna wasnt so open ur eyes and see madonnas done, go gaga take that music to all new level
she also didnt release any more music or tour cuz shes a hazbeen’
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