Oprah Is #2 On Forbes List! Who’s #1?!

By The Urban Daily June 5, 2009 12:26 pm

VIA EUR:

For the first time in a bajillion years, Oprah Winfrey is not ranked No. 1 on Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list of the world’s most powerful stars. Also for the first time ever, the annual list includes a sitting Commander-in-Chief.

Based on media exposure and career earnings over the past year, the Celeb 100 title-holder is now Angelina Jolie, who jumped to the top from third place last year. She made just $27 million, but Forbes says the actress wields more power than any other entertainer due to high-profile turns in such hit films as “Wanted” and “Kung Fu Panda.”

Winfrey is still the list’s richest celeb, with $275 million earned last year, but she ranks No. 2. Madonna came in third, trailed by Beyonce ($87 million), Tiger Woods ($110 million), Bruce Springsteen ($70 million) and Steven Spielberg ($150 million).

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt came in at eighth and ninth place, respectively, while Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant takes the tenth spot ($45 million), due in large part to endorsement deals scored after the Beijing Olympics.

President Barack Obama makes an appearance at No. 49 ($2.5 million) as the first sitting head of state to appear on Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list. He was chosen because of his worldwide fame, his historic election and his career as a best-selling author.

Although he’s one of the biggest acts in entertainment, Justin Timberlake went from 12th to falling off the list completely, since ending his lucrative “FutureSex/LoveShow” concert tour. Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp and Tyra Banks also dropped off the list.

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  • 6-9-2009 1:27 pm

    Maybe Angelina came in as #1 for Forbes 100 Celebs. But when it comes down to the MOST influential celebs that also have money in the bank, Oprah & Obama have this in the bag. Oprah has money, money equals power, and power equals Oprah. The power she has gained from her money enables her to have such an impact on the world today and such an influential “icon” in our history.

  • 6-7-2009 4:57 am

    holy s**t! angelina beat da dress off oprah. but i thot da list wuz bout richest celebs not most powerful celebs. i liked da tomb raider movies but i wuz hopin sum sista wuda been 1st place.

  • 6-6-2009 11:18 pm

    yay angelina! she deserves to be number 1!

  • 6-6-2009 10:38 pm

    Let me get this straight. She earned almost $300 million and played a major in the election of the first African American President (In which he beat the brakes off MCain), but Jolie ranks #1…Get the f**k outta here.

  • 6-6-2009 10:14 pm

    yeap rich niggas usually puppets

  • 6-6-2009 5:36 pm

    As Big once rapped, “Mo Money Mo Problems.” That’s still true to this today. Money is good, but it’s not all everything if you’re still miserable.

  • 6-6-2009 5:02 pm

    WHY CAN;T WE BE HAPPY FOR SUCCESSFUL BLACKS! I MAN BLACK PEOPLE KILL ME! SURE, WE MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THEY DO, BUT DAMN!

  • 6-6-2009 3:17 pm

    You go O

  • 6-6-2009 12:04 pm

    Oprah the Puppet…….!!!*sigh* dang, Only the popular black folks got all the Money!!! the Ones who are real and true too themselves are the struggling ones…Id rather Struggle with my bills paid……..

  • 6-6-2009 11:11 am

    forbes is full of it and so hollywood.the only #1 spot for angelina jolie is blood sucking.

  • 6-6-2009 10:45 am

    F**K OPRAH SHE HAVE AND HELP MORE WHITE PEOPLE ON HER SHOW THEN BLACKS…SHES FROM THE HOOD…LOL..SHE SHOULD KNO WE NEED HELP..F**K HER..

  • 6-6-2009 3:24 am

    wow first of all i dont think any of these so-called celebrities deserve even half of the money they making especially Oprah .

  • 6-6-2009 12:35 am

    Hissing teeth, now thats the biggest load of crock ive heard all week, if forbes want a white person at number 1 just say so, and if they cant admit to it use someone else thats a little bit more believable. The way i see it Oprahs number two Maybe three behind Barack and Michelle Obama.The first black president man come on.

  • 6-5-2009 11:05 pm

    Angelina Jolie? Lol I Laugh At That.

  • 6-5-2009 8:22 pm

    oprah holds number one.. dont care what the roster says. cause she has the power to make any star more powerfull just by having them on her show. i think who ever made that forbes need to rethink their roster line up just one more time.

  • 6-5-2009 8:18 pm

    i think they did that to keep oprah from winning every year

  • 6-5-2009 8:11 pm

    Good for Angelina…!

  • 6-5-2009 7:46 pm

    No offense to anyone but I refuse to believe that Angelina Jolie holds more power than Oprah.

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