7 Powerful Celebrities 2011

These are all the celebrities that influence whole world and listed in Forbes as the world most powerful celebrities. Let’s check out any of your celebrity is listed!


1 ) Lady Gaga
Earning – $90M

• Age: 25
• Title: Singer and performance artist
• Source: Music
• Big Break: Poker Face, 2008
• Residence: New York, NY
• Country of citizenship: United States
• Hometown: New York, NY
• Education: Dropout, New York University
• Marital Status: Single

Sometimes it pays to be weird. The Queen Monster grossed $170 million on 137 shows in 22 countries over the past 12 months and has sold an estimated 15 million albums worldwide. No surprise that advertisers want a piece: endorsement deals include Polaroid, Virgin Mobile, Monster Cable, Viva Glam and PlentyOfFish.com. A Russian billionaire reportedly paid $1 million to appear in her “Alejandro” video. Her new album, Born This Way, hit stores in May; the title track clocked one million downloads in five days, making it the fastest-selling song in iTunes history.


2 ) Oprah Winfrey
Net worth – $2.7 Billion
Earning – $290M

• Age: 57
• Title: Media Personality
• Organization: The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Source: television , self-made
• Big Break: The Oprah Winfrey Show, 1986
• Residence: Chicago, IL
• Country of citizenship: United States
• Hometown: Kosciusko, MS
• Education: BA/BS, Tennessee State University
• Marital Status: Single

As her long-running syndicated show winds down, Winfrey is doing all she can to make her new cable station, OWN, a success. The network features shows like The Judds about the mother daughter country music team. Ratings so far have been anemic leading to the ouster of chief executive Christina Norman.


3 ) Justin Bieber
Earning – $53M

• Age: 17
• Source: Music
• Big Break: Baby, 2010
• Hometown: Stratford, Canada
• Marital Status: Single

Though he may not know where Germany is, the cherubic crooner has attained international superstardom: his new album My Life 2.0 quickly attained platinum status, his concert movie Never Say Never grossed $100 million globally and Bieber’s live shows around the world bring in $600,000 in gross ticket sales per night. The music video for Bieber’s hit song “Baby” has been viewed a YouTube record 500 million times.


4 ) U2
Earning – $195M

• Band Age: 35
• Big Break: Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1983
• Hometown: Dublin, Ireland

The ageless rockers are wrapping up the most lucrative tour in the history of music. In April the group’s 360 Tour surpassed the Rolling Stones’ Bigger Bang Tour, which grossed $554 million from 2005 to 2007. By the time U2′s tour ends this summer, the band will have sold $700 million worth of tickets over two years and played to more than 7 million people.


5 ) Elton John
Earning – $100M

• Age: 64
• Source: Music
• Big Break: Your Song, 1970
• Hometown: Pinner, England
• Marital Status: Married
• Children: 1

Sir Elton has sold 250 million records worldwide over the past 30 years and isn’t slowing down, he grossed $204 million performing 102 live shows in the past 12 months. The Rocket Man still has time for family. With partner David Furnish, he welcomed surrogate son Zachary in 2010. Lady Gaga is the tyke’s godmother.


6 ) Tiger Wood
Earning – $75M

• Age: 35
• Source: Golf
• Big Break: Masters, 1997
• Country of citizenship: United States
• Hometown: Cypress, CA
• Education: Dropout, Stanford University
• Marital Status: Divorced
• Children: 2

Woods has struggled to win tournaments and sign new sponsorship deals since his November 2009 car crash and the infidelity scandal that followed. Yet Woods continues to be the world’s best-paid athlete thanks to $3 million overseas appearance fees and two sponsors that stuck with him: Nike and Electronic Arts. First week sales this spring of EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters were the highest in the 14-year history of the popular video game franchise.


7 ) Taylor Swift
Earning – $45M

• Age: 21
• Source: Music
• Big Break: “Tim McGraw,” 2006
• Hometown: Wyomissing, PA
• Marital Status: Single

Whether you consider her music country, pop or both, there’s no question that Swift is a moneymaking machine. Her new album Speak Now was certified triple-platinum barely a month after its October release. Touring brings gross ticket sales of some $750,000 per night. Just don’t break her heart: scathing love ballad “Dear John” was rumored to be directed at former flame John Mayer.