Oprah no longer tops most-powerful list

Lady Gaga Tops Celebrity 100 List

Men and women in the annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list - the most powerful people in show business this year - won 4.5 billion U.S. dollars in the last 12 months by starring in movies, playing basketball, walking down the runway, and more. But also reached the top by getting influence.

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In these days, which means the domain of social media. Lady Gaga falls Oprah Winfrey in point No. 1 on the list, which is given for the third time in seven years. Gaga is not there just for the $ 90 million won with a monster tour, but also for its 32 million fans on Facebook and 9.5 million followers in Twitter - aka Little Monsters - that helped to move 1 million digital downloads of his latest single "Born This Way" in just five days. They are also happy to buy MAC makeup, headphones Monster, and the Virgin mobile phones available in their videos.

Oprah does not fall far though. The expert to speak during the day, which earned 290 million U.S. dollars last year, took the second position. Winfrey's earnings sank 25 million U.S. dollars in part because of reduced pay SiriusXM. She continues to win big his syndicated show and the stars it is generated, among them Dr. Phil (No. 18) Rachael Ray, and Dr. Oz. purchasing power of Winfrey will have one year's biggest hit is coming, when she finishes her syndicated show, which concentrates all its efforts on the fight network.

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It might be helpful if Oprah took a lesson No. 3 Justin Bieber. Biebs debut on our list at the tender young age of 17, with $ 53,000,000 earned in the last 12 months, thanks to concerts, music sales, and a movie in 3-D film that grossed $ 100 million worldwide box office. If this were 10 years ago Bieber would still be paying their dues in small clubs and schools, but thanks to the Internet, is a sensation. His first hit, "Baby", has been viewed 500 million times, a record for YouTube.

Reality TV "that" girl Bethenny Frankel is another rookie worth noting. Famous for his hit Bravo program, "Bethenny Ever After", which uses the platform of the small screen to promote their brand Skinnygirl, helping her win 55 million U.S. dollars this year. She joins our list at No. 42. Your business skills - who sold his Fortune Brands Skinnygirl Cocktails and caught a cut of $ 100 million offer paid over several years - also put on the cover of our magazine this week.

Despite the problems on and off the golf course, Tiger Woods remains on 10, occupying the sixth place with $ 75 million in annual revenue. Woods has not won a tournament since the revelation of marital infidelity in 2009, and recently withdrew from The Players Championship. But still commands $ 3 million pop by appearances abroad, and collects money from other sponsors, Nike and Electronic Arts.

Have a much better year: Leonardo DiCaprio. The star makes the biggest leap in our list this year from 71st place thanks to 15, two great films: "Shutter Island" and "Inception." The latter won 825 million U.S. dollars in worldwide box office, becoming the sixth most profitable film of 2010. That was a long way toward helping DiCaprio earn 77 million U.S. dollars in the last 12 months.

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Will Smith returns to the list this year thanks to the upcoming "Men in Black III", which will reprise his role as Agent J. Smith. The actor had fallen off the list in 2010 because it took time to encourage the budding careers of his sons, Jaden and Willow. Jaden starred in a remake of The Karate Kid (which Smith produced), the film grossed $ 360 million. Willow Smith helped her with her hit song "Whip my hair." The video of the song has been viewed 11 million times.

sharp drop-offs include Britney Spears, who ranked sixth in 2010 but stumbled this year because it did not tour. With the "Harry Potter" franchise comes to an end, Daniel Radcliffe (who last year ranked 82 ) not to make the cut.

Celebrity 100 drops

The famous 100, which includes film and television actors, television personalities, models, athletes, writers, musicians and comedians, is a measure of income related to entertainment and the visibility of the media (media exposure print, television, radio and internet). Also measure the power of social media to observe for each celebrity on Facebook and Twitter. Income consists of earnings before taxes from May 1, 2010, and May 1, 2011. Management fees, agent and lawyer are not plausible. Forbes has published the list every year since 1999.

Celebrity 100: Top 10 

# 1 Lady Gaga
Category: Music
Earnings: $ 90,000,000

# 2 Oprah Winfrey
Category: TV
Earnings: $ 290 000 000

# 3 Justin Bieber
Category: Music
Earnings: $ 53,000,000

# 4 U2
Category: Music
195 million U.S. dollars

# 5 Elton John
Category: Music
Earnings: $ 100 million

# 6 Tiger Woods
Category: Athletes
Earnings: $ 75,000,000

# 7 Taylor Swift
Category: Music
Earnings: $ 45,000,000

Bon Jovi # 8
Category: Music
Earnings: $ 125 000 000

# 9 Simon Cowell
Category: TV
Earnings: $ 90,000,000

# 10 LeBron James
Category: Athletes
Win: $ 48,000,000