the top 20 world's most powerful celebrities

The Top 20 Most Powerful Celebrities in the World : 2010What can businesses learn from them?

The Top 20 Most Powerful Celebrities in the World : 2010What can businesses learn from them?

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#20 | Michael Jordan

2009/10 EarningsSocial Media RankingTV RankingPress Ranking

$55m273831

cce r s"I can a pt failu e, everyone fail at om i t ca os eth ng. Bu I n’t accept n t y ng ’ ot titr i . I m n out there swea ng e h u e e a ffor thr e o rs v ry d y just to ind h t e wout w a it f els like to s eat".

#19 | Rush Limbaugh


$58.5m781045

"Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.".

#18 | Angelina Jolie


$20m411930

"I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - That's when I get in trouble".

#17 | Bruce Springsteen


$70m484832

“Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. . . . Success makes life easier.It doesn't make living easier.”

#16 | Black Eyed Peas


$48m374236

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#15 | Jay-Z


$63m264529

"I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company".

#14 | Kobe Bryant


$48m222216

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#13 | Miley Cyrus


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#12 | Taylor Swift


$45m3827

"Everybody has that point in their life where you hit a crossroads and you've had a bunch of bad days and there's different ways you can deal with it and the way I dealt with it was I just turned completely to music."

#11 | Simon Cowell


$80m642020

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#10 | Madonna


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$58m33163

#9 | Johnny Depp


$75m213422

"If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color".

#8 | Sandra Bullock


$56m62621

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lyou've ost it."

#7 | U2


$130m285418

h o b"T e w rld is more mallea le than n n f r uyou thi k and it's waiti g o yo e t eto hamm r i into shap ".

#6 | Britney Spears


$64m21524

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#5 | Tiger Woods


$105m3476

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#4 | Lady Gaga


"I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me." $62m1134

#3 | James Cameron


$210m81219

"I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself".

#2 | Beyonce Knowles


$87m15913

"“Trust is really impor nt, tajust n relationshi s ini p general. I really don't like people that aren't real eople around me at all. I pon t like people that are d 'yes' people. I don't l ke ' ipeople that tell me what they think I want to hear.”

#1 | Oprah Winfrey


$315m1115

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Sex, Brands & Rock'n'RollReleased November 2010 Twitter:Email:Website:Blog:@[email protected]://JeremyWaite.Wordpress.comwww.JeremyWaite.co.uk

Jeremy WaiteFreelance Brand Consultant, Blogger, Ex-Giraffe Keeper,Digital Curator and Author of Sex, Brands & Rock'n'Roll.

All the figures in this document were taken from theForbes.com Power List 2010 which ranks celebritiesaccording to their income, exposure in the press, tvcoverage, internet content and endorsements.

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