The most influential celebrities of the world in 2013

TV presenter and producer Oprah Winfrey for the fifth time topped the list of 100 most influential celebrities according to Forbes the world. Winfrey went back to the first line of the rating after two years, when the rating was headed by Lady Gaga (2011) and Jennifer Lopez (2012). TV host has become the most influential woman in the world, despite the decline in revenue to $ 88 million. How could she do it? She is still a strong presence in the media industry.

The wealthiest party rankings in the period from June 2012 to June 2013th was the Madonna. Singer, two years absent in the list, returned immediately to fifth place thanks to revenue of $ 125 million. In total, ranking 2013 65 men and 35 women. Their combined income is close to $ 4, 3 billion.

Stars list takes into account the level of income, the valuation of assets, and also fixes the level of popularity of the participants, that celebrities are not as important as money. Talking about mentions in the press and on television, the Internet search queries, activity in social media. Is also taken into account the level of demand by advertisers stars - this indicator is calculated on the basis of research analyst firm E-Poll, which evaluates 6600 celebrities from various sectors on 46 criteria.

Oprah Winfrey

Industry: TV

Age: 59

Salary: $ 77 million

American telediva held not the most successful in financial terms a year: in the ranking of the 2012 Forbes estimated her income at $ 165 million, the current also list the amount was reduced by $ 88 million (the overall assessment of the state Winfrey - $ 2, 8 billion, it ranks 503rd place in the world ranking of billionaires Forbes). The main reason for the fall of the indicator was the closure of the iconic talk show host Winfrey. But even this fact does not prevent her to get ahead of all rivals for the leadership. Return Winfrey on Olympus contributed to a strong position in the media industry - of references in the press and social networks it is ahead of most of the rating, but the case of its cable channel Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) go uphill: unprofitable for the past 4 years, the project in 2013, projected to finally be released in plus. In recent years, the air OWN out several blockbuster programs authorship itself Winfrey - especially candid interviews cyclist Lance Armstrong, who confessed to doping and basketball player Jason Collins, who has publicly declared his homosexuality. Among teledivy assets and Sirius radio and magazine O: The Oprah Magazine.

Lady Gaga

Industry: Music

Age: 27

Salary: $ 80 million

It was a difficult year for the main eccentric world of show business. Lady Gaga has lost time and money due to hip fracture - due to a serious injury in February, the singer was forced to abort the tour Born This Way. As a result, revenue from the series of performances was $ 168 million instead of the planned $ 200 million. Singer herself has received about half that amount.

Nevertheless, Lady Gaga, few can compete in the ability to convert to the glory of activity in the social media. Army fans of the singer consists of 38 million Twitter followers and 58 million Facebook users, put the "Like" on its official page in the social network. The singer recorded a new album, and therefore not far off a new round of her career and a new rise in popularity.

Steven Spielberg

Industry: Film

Age: 66

Revenue: $ 100 million

The famous film director, whose fortune Forbes estimated at $ 3, 2 billion, issued on the screens biopic "Lincoln" in the last year, which won two "Oscars" and collected cash in $ 275 million worldwide with a budget of $ 65 million. In addition, Spielberg produced another big Hollywood hit - the third part of "Men in black" - and continued to cooperate with the NBC network.

Beyonce Knowles

Industry: Music

Age: 31

Salary: $ 53 million

The wife of rapper Jay-Z and Beyonce young mother held percussive year. She not only managed to complete the world tour (every concert the singer has brought at least $ 2 million), but also entered into a series of profitable advertising contracts - with PepsiCo, H & M and other companies. There the singer and his own business - a line of women's clothing House of Dereon. Title Beyoncé supported performances in the final Super Bowl half-time - of the tent-pole event on American television - and the inauguration of Barack Obama.

Madonna

Industry: Music

Age: 54

Revenue: $ 125 million

Pop queen returned to the leading position in the rankings after two years of absence in the list due to higher revenues. MDNA tour grossed $ 305 million worldwide and won Billboard. Madonna also successfully earns in the sale of clothing and accessories, perfumes and other "branded" with the name of the singer goods.

Taylor Swift

Industry: Music

Age: 23

Salary: $ 55 million

The young star of the American country music scene is not too well known in Russia, but hugely popular at home. Released in October 2012, the 4th album Red singer has sold 1, 2 million copies per week. With single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Swift for the first time climbed to the top of the charts Billboard's Hot 100. The next year it can rise in the rankings even higher - Swift performances are organized not in concert halls and stadiums.

Bon Jovi

Industry: Music

Salary: $ 79 million

The motto of the concert tour group Bon Jovi, John speaks for itself: "Because we can." Each performance brought musicians from New Jersey at least $ 3 million. As a result, the group has earned over the past year more than Kanye West and Rafael Nadal put together.

Roger Federer

Industry: Tennis

Age: 31

Salary: $ 71 million

Federer beat in the rating of influence of peers on sports shop. 10 advertising sponsors an athlete, including Nike, Rolex, Credit Suisse, annually pay him at least $ 40 million. In 2012, this pool was added the famous manufacturer of luxury champagnes Moet & Chandon. Another $ 14 million Federer brought a commercial tour of South American countries. Swiss, despite his advanced for their sport age, holds a huge number of records. In particular, on account of his 17 wins in Grand Slam tournaments and $ 77 million in prize money in his career - this unique achievement is unlikely someone subdued in the coming years.

Justin Bieber

Industry: Music

Age: 19

Salary: $ 58 million

Teen idol, who last year was on the cover of the Forbes, for the period from June 2012, the time to complete the world tour, to get 20 million new subscribers in Twitter and earn $ 58 million. Bieber, despite her young age, shrewdly invest in promising startups. Among its assets - shares in Spotify, Enflick and other projects.

Ellen Dedzheneris

Industry: TV

Age: 55

Salary: $ 56 million

US television star after the close of the Oprah Winfrey was the most influential presenter. Dedzheneris program in which frequent guests even Barack Obama leaves the 10th consecutive year and steadily collects audience 3, 5 million viewers. Disney-Pixar soon begin shooting the continuation of the animated film "Finding Nemo" grossed under $ 1 billion - in the sequel, "Finding Dory" will voice the main character Dedzheneris. Leading successfully mastering social media: the number of subscribers to her YouTube channel is close to 1, 7 million people, and Twitter - to 18 million.

Hugh Jackman

Industry: Film

Age: 44

Salary: $ 55 million

Jackman - one of the most versatile stars of Hollywood. In addition to acting skills, he can boast of an excellent dance and vocal training, it is often claimed by filmmakers in recent years. Peak career was the role of the Australian Jean Valjean in the screen adaptation of "Les Miserables" in the musical format. Jackman was nominated for "Oscar", and the film grossed $ 438 million with a budget of $ 61 million actor tries himself as a social entrepreneur:. Its manufacturer tea and coffee Laughing Man takes all the profits to charity.

Jennifer Lopez

Industry: Music

Age: 43

Salary: $ 45 million

Last year's leader of the rating dropped by 11 lines. In the reporting period, she could interrupt the tour in order to participate in the jury of American Idol show. The new work has earned Lopez $ 12 million, but did not allow to continue sverhuspeshnyh a series of performances, each of which is replenished bank account of the singer at least $ 1 million.

Rihanna

Industry: Music

Age: 25

Salary: $ 43 million

A native of Barbados continues to conquer the world musical Olympus. During the year, Rihanna has given more than 40 concerts around the world and released a 7 for 7 years career Unapologetic album. Even if you are not one of the more than 30 million subscribers of the singer on Twitter, it is unlikely you could dodge listening Diamonds and Stay singles and viewing of commercials featuring the singer.

of Coldplay

Industry: Music

Salary: $ 64 million

British pop-rockers are increasingly strengthened in the status of the heirs of the main concert band modernity - U2. Each performance of Coldplay at last year's Tour has brought the musicians more than $ 3 million Climb on 14 place in the rating they have helped and some congenial stars: lead singer of Coldplay Chris Martin and his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow friendly families with another star couple, - Beyonce Knowles and. jay-Z.

Tiger Woods

Industry: Golf

Age: 37

Salary: $ 78 million

The wealthiest sportsman the world has overcome a difficult phase in his career and personal life, when, due to adultery, he was forced to leave with his wife and lost important sponsors. Now Woods has come to his senses, he returned excellent physical shape and regained the trust of partners. The mere participation in commercial tournaments earned him at least $ 10 million.

LeBron James

Industry: Basketball

Age: 28

Salary: $ 60 million

Last year turned out for the "King" James remarkable: he won a second NBA championship, the fourth title of the most valuable player of the league and the second gold medal of the Olympics. Thanks to a promotional contract with Nike, Coca-Cola and Samsung LeBron more than other basketball players earn on advertising. Sales registered his Nike sneakers increased in 2012 by 50% - to $ 300 million - on this indicator it is second only to the legendary Michael Jordan.

Simon Cowell

Industry: TV

Age: 53

Salary: $ 95 million

Television producer and presenter. After leaving the American Idol program it is not so noticeable, but still remains one of the most influential television people. His program The X Factor (in Russian - "Factor A") is broadcast in 41 countries, and the show Got Talent (in Russian - "Minute of Fame") has become the best-selling TV format in the world. Still there is the music: Cowell - producer of the popular band One Direction (participants in the UK version of The X Factor).

Katy Perry

Industry: Music

Age: 28

Salary: $ 39 million

It was a relatively quiet year for the singer after the release of the album Teenage Dream, five singles who led the Billboard music chart. Katy Perry continues to give private concerts and to work with Coty, in addition, she became co-producer of snack Popchips. A biopic of singer Part of Me has raised about $ 25 million at the box office.

David Beckham

Industry: Football

Age: 38

Salary: $ 47 million

Beckham decided to retire from football after a 5-month contract with French club Paris Saint-Germain, with whom he won his 10th club championship (6 as part of Manchester United, 2 - Los Angeles Galaxy, 1 - Real Madrid). Beckham donated his salary to PSG in the amount of $ 5, 3 million for children's charities. Footballer earned $ 42 million on advertising contracts with Adidas, Coty, H & M, Sainsbury's, Samsung and Breitling. In addition, Beckham signed a multi-year agreement with the Chinese Football Super League and will now be its ambassador. Also British footballer is thinking about buying a football team in the league MLS.

Robert Downey Jr.

Industry: Film

Age: 48

Salary: $ 75 million

"The Avengers" movie, in which Downey Jr. acted in the familiar role of "Iron Man", gathered in a worldwide box office of $ 1, 5 billion (and at the box office second only to tapes of James Cameron's "Titanic" and "Avatar"). Another film - "Iron Man - 3" - is in the box and his charges have already exceeded $ 1, 2 billion While Downey is ready to part with a suit of Tony Stark and kinofranshizy with its participation collect hundreds of millions of dollars, it will be one of the most. highly paid Hollywood actors.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Industry: Film

Age: 38

Salary: $ 39 million

Films c DiCaprio can not be called fun (and often his characters die or go crazy), but they always bring profit to the producers. The film version of the book "The Great Gatsby" by director Baz Luhrmann was hard to sell, but nevertheless, the film has collected in world hire more than $ 300 million - and this is the most commercially successful work Luhrmann.

Tyler Perry

Industry: Film and TV

Age: 43

Salary: $ 78 million

Director, screenwriter, actor and producer - in almost all his works, Tyler Perry speaks at once in four roles. As a rule, his movies and series addressed the African-American audience.

Channing Tatum

Industry: Film

Age: 33

Salary: $ 60 million

Tatum gets a lot of attention because of their appearance, but this year he has shown himself to be one of the smartest businessmen in Hollywood. Tatum and directed by Steven Soderbergh themselves financed the shooting of the film "Magic Mike", partly based on the experiences Tatum, who worked in the past a stripper. Film with a production budget of $ 7 million in worldwide box office collected $ 167 million. Now, Tatum is trying to build on the success of the franchise, launching a show on Broadway, a bar in New Orleans and the production of a sequel.

Kobe Bryant

Industry: Basketball

Age: 34

Salary: $ 62 million

Over the past three seasons, a future member of NBA Hall of Fame gets the highest salary in the league: in 2012-2013, Bryant earned about $ 28 million, a $ 7 million higher than the salary of any other NBA basketball player. Last season, Bryant continued to perform at a very high level and became the 4th player in scoring in the entire NBA history (behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan). In the reporting period, the basketball player signed a promotional contract with Hublot (other sponsors - Nike, Coca-Cola, Turkish Airlines, Lenovo, Panini and Mercedes-Benz).

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Industry: Film

Age: 41

Salary: $ 46 million

Former wrestler became one of the most successful stars in Hollywood in recent years. In 2013, the movie "Fast and Furious 6", which starred Johnson collected in world hire about $ 650 million. Cash another film with its participation "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - 2 ". Is about $ 370 million in early summer on the channel TNT went the reality show The Hero, where" The Rock "serves as the master and the producer: the participants - ordinary people - have to show a real heroism in pursuit of cash prizes .

Ryan Seacrest

Industry: TV

Age: 38

Salary: $ 61 million

One of the most popular American TV last year began to study Today show for Comcast / NBC. In addition, he works for the network E !, leading American Idol program for Fox and a special New Year's show for ABC channel. Only at the CBS has not yet found work for Seacrest.

Tom Cruise

Industry: Film

Age: 50

Salary: $ 35 million

"Jack Reacher" - a perfect illustration of why you can never underestimate the Tom Cruise. A film about the former military snipers picked average reviews from critics, but with a budget of $ 60 million global charges picture has exceeded $ 200 million.

Mark Wahlberg

Industry: Film

Age: 42

Salary: $ 52 million

"Odd Man Out" movie (Ted) was one of the surprise hits of 2012. Comedy about ozhivshem teddy bears collected at the box office of about $ 550 million with a budget of $ 50 million. In addition, Wahlberg is producing successful TV series "Boardwalk Empire," which for three seasons has won 12 awards "Emmy".

Seth MacFarlane

Industry: TV and Film

Age: 39

Salary: $ 55 million

Actor and producer of animated series "Family Guy" and American Dad! Last year he made his debut in a new role - director of the feature film "Odd Man Out" (Ted). MacFarlane is not only directed but also wrote and voiced one of the main characters - a teddy bear named Ted. The film grossed about $ 550 million in worldwide box office.

Donald Trump

Industry: TV

Age: 67

Salary: $ 63 million

The billionaire owner of the property continues to earn money not only in business, but also on his star status. Trump is the show The Apprentice on NBC, publishes books, in favor of the money before the audience, holding beauty contests "Miss Universe" and "Miss USA". His collection name clothing (suits, shirts and ties) can be bought at Macy's, Trump and the label can be found on anything from alcohol to expensive mattresses.