Beyonc� tops Forbes" Celebrity 100 list

Beyonc? has topped Forbes magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 list.

The Drunk In Love singer topped the annual list – which is compiled based on estimated earnings, how many times a celebrity is mentioned in the media, their social-media activity and estimated influence – with an estimated worth of $115 million in the past year, a staggering $43 million higher than second-placed-stare, basketball player LeBron James.

Beyonc? performed 95 shows on tour – taking home an estimated $2.4 million per gig – and also fronted ad campaigns for Pepsi and H&M, as well as having her own fragrance line and clothing company, which all contributed in allowing her to take the top spot from Oprah Winfrey, who came first last year, but could only manage fourth place this time around as others were deemed more influential and powerful.

Dr Dre had the highest financial worth of all the top 10, with an astonishing $620 million – the highest any celebrity has ever recorded in a single year in the history of the list – but could only manage third place, while talk show host Ellen DeGeneres rounded out the top five, coming in one place ahead of Beyonce’s husband, Jay Z.

Also making the top 10 were boxer Floyd Mayweather, singers Rihanna and Katy Perry and actor Robert Downey Jr.

Forbes Celebrity 100 2014 top 10:

1. Beyonc? – $115 million

2. LeBron James – $72 million

3. Dr Dre $620 – million

4. Oprah Winfrey – $82 million

5. Ellen DeGeneres – $70 million

6. Jay Z – $60 million

7. Floyd Mayweather – $105 million

8. Rihanna – $48 million

9. Katy Perry – $40 million

10. Robert Downey Jr. – $75 million

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Beyonc� tops Forbes" Celebrity 100 list

Beyonc� tops Forbes" Celebrity 100 list

Beyonc? has topped Forbes magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 list.

The Drunk In Love singer topped the annual list – which is compiled based on estimated earnings, how many times a celebrity is mentioned in the media, their social-media activity and estimated influence – with an estimated worth of $115 million in the past year, a staggering $43 million higher than second-placed-stare, basketball player LeBron James.

Beyonc? performed 95 shows on tour – taking home an estimated $2.4 million per gig – and also fronted ad campaigns for Pepsi and H&M, as well as having her own fragrance line and clothing company, which all contributed in allowing her to take the top spot from Oprah Winfrey, who came first last year, but could only manage fourth place this time around as others were deemed more influential and powerful.

Dr Dre had the highest financial worth of all the top 10, with an astonishing $620 million – the highest any celebrity has ever recorded in a single year in the history of the list – but could only manage third place, while talk show host Ellen DeGeneres rounded out the top five, coming in one place ahead of Beyonce’s husband, Jay Z.

Also making the top 10 were boxer Floyd Mayweather, singers Rihanna and Katy Perry and actor Robert Downey Jr.

Forbes Celebrity 100 2014 top 10:

1. Beyonc? – $115 million

2. LeBron James – $72 million

3. Dr Dre $620 – million

4. Oprah Winfrey – $82 million

5. Ellen DeGeneres – $70 million

6. Jay Z – $60 million

7. Floyd Mayweather – $105 million

8. Rihanna – $48 million

9. Katy Perry – $40 million

10. Robert Downey Jr. – $75 million

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Beyonc� tops Forbes" Celebrity 100 list

Jamaica’s Damar Forbes in Worlds long-jump Wednesday

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PAUL A REID Observer WriterTuesday, August 13, 2013 | 9:14 AM

MOSCOW, Russia — Damar Forbes will feel the red hot glare of the Jamaican track and field fandom on Wednesday, Day 5 of the 14th IAAF World Championships when he takes part in the qualifications of the men’s long jump starting at 10:25am  (1:25am Jamaica time) at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow Russia.Forbes will be the lone Jamaican performing on the day that will have only a morning session, but it is unlikely the confident jumper will wilt under the pressure or allow it to affect him in any way.The recent Louisiana State University (LSU) graduate who won his first professional event at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in France two weeks after winning his second Jamaican Senior title at the JAAA National Championships says he is not bothered by pressure.“I am ready…not feeling too much pressure, if there is any it is what I put on myself, I just came here to have some fun and compete,” he told the Jamaica Observer as he completed a light workout at the warm up track adjoining the main stadium late last week.The St Ann-born man who moved to the US with his family at a young age has set his sights on James Beckford’s 8.62m National Record set in 1997.Forbes says that despite not been able to compete at the London Anniversary Games that was to have been his final tune up, due to visa problems, he is not overawed by what he is seeing in the competition.Forbes will be seeking Jamaica’s second men’s long jump medal after Beckford’s silver in Sweden in 1995. Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver

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Jamaica’s Damar Forbes in Worlds long-jump Wednesday