Beyoncé Knowles Tops The FORBES Celebrity 100 Most Powerful List, While Her Hubby Jay-Z took the Fifth Position

FORBES recently ranked Beyonce the most powerful celebrity! In addition to landing to cover of TIME Magazine as the most influential person in the world, Beyonce was also ranked #1 on Forbes Celebrity 100 List, which ranks the biggest names of movies, TV, music, sports, books and modeling based on money and fame (press mentions, social media influence and, for the first time, impact on the entertainment industry and pop culture).

Beyonce tops the list thanks to 95-sold out "Mrs. Carter Show" tour stops (averaging $2.4 million per show), the Beyonce album, fragrances, H&M and Pepsi endorsement deals and House of Dereon where she made an estimated $115 million between June 1, 2013 and June 1, 2014.

NBA baller LeBron James made $72 million which put him in second place. Meanwhile Dr. Dre's BEATS deal landed him in third place with $620million, Oprah Winfrey hit fourth place with $82 million, Jay-Z (#6, $60 million) with Floyd Mayweather (#7, $105 million, ), and Rihanna (#8, $48 million),
See full coverage of the Celebrity 100 here.

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