#3 Madonna – The 2009 Celebrity 100
Power Rank 3
Pay $110 mil
The queen of pop’s Hard Candy album tour became the top-grossing international tour of 2008, bringing in $280 million on 58 concerts in 17 countries. Keeping the 50-year old star’s name in the papers: a reported love affair with allegedly juiced baseball slugger Alex Rodriquez, the end of her eight-year marriage to director Guy Ritchie, and trouble with her latest attempt to adopt a second African baby.
Pay Rank: 4
Web Rank: 9
Press Rank: 6
TV/Radio Rank: 8
Top 10:
Rank / Name / Pay ($mil) / Web Rank / Press Rank /TV Rank
1 Angelina Jolie 27 3 5 3
2 Oprah Winfrey 275 4 8 2
3 Madonna 110 9 6 8
4 Beyonce Knowles 87 2 20 16
5 Tiger Woods 110 54 4 4
6 Bruce Springsteen 70 32 19 25
7 Steven Spielberg 150 48 26 48
8 Jennifer Aniston 25 6 30 21
9 Brad Pitt 28 11 7 6
10 Kobe Bryant 45 53 10 15
Sticky & Sweet 
Tom Munro 
Revolver 
Hope For Haiti 
Sticky & Sweet 
Madonna - Celebration 
Madonna - Celebration
Madonna - Celebration
Madonna - Celebration
Madonna - Celebration 
I Am Because We Are 
Filth and Wisdom 
I Am Because We Are 
Miles Away 
Sticky & Sweet 
Madonna Confessions 
Madonna 2009 
Give It 2 Me 
Give It 2 Me 
Hard Candy 
Hard Candy 
4 Minutes 
4 Minutes 
Seriously, madonna? Have you seen the nude pics taken by paparazzi? The reason she wears cones is because it’s the only way she can get them up off the floor.
madonna is old. she’s done. people keep going to see her. not sure what the appeal is. did she have an affair with a-rod? is there anyone who hasn’t done her?
if she had as many d$%^&s sticking out of her as she’s had in her, she’d be a porcupine.
incopme is not the only thing that creates power. Of course oprah should be number 1. certainly not madonna. angeline is a good 2nd.
I was really shocked to see that Angelina was #1…for what?? She makes movies that nobody sees – her movies have never been big at the box office in America. Is it her earning power? She’s so over hyped it’s ridiculous. IMO, she’s nothing but a glamorous baby machine. And why is Springsteen even on the list?? And Oprah?? Newsweek has just denigrated her on their current cover for her wacky beliefs.
number #3 is really good but she desrved teh number 1
Oprah and Madonna are the only ones on that list I really care about and they both have been around for more than twenty years. I have much respect for both women.
OPRAH??? UGH. What a joke.
she’s the queen of pop
Queen of Poop
Madonna rulz a lot
she is 3 on the list but she made more money than angelina
hi
The only two who have been around since Madonna started are Bruce Spingsteen & Spielberg, & Madonna beat them both. That is so impressive. Wheres Micheal Jackson? Wheres Whitney Houston? Wheres Tina Turner? Wheres Billy Joel? Mariah Carey? Bono?
Madonna is a bad ass bitch and she knows exactly what shes doing. I want more!
She might not be on the list…but lets give Tina Turner some applause….she is 70 years old and had a world tour this year. I saw her at Madison Square Garden and she ROCKED the joint! amazing!
i love tina.she is amazing and she loves madonna.all the rest fuck them
i agree farto…. i do respect Tina…but i know what road work wanted to mean…
Actually, I agree with Farto on this one. Gotta hand it to Tina. :-)
Tina Turner rules!!! I saw her last concert in Chicago, just one word: WOW!!! Tina rocks!! So does Madonna!!! Love them both!!
Tina is not 70 years old. Shes 66 ok!
WRONG 70!
LETS GET HIGH
TEN rich and important people on this list….
but only ONE ICON
she’s at number three…
thats simply not true
I bet Madonnas pussy smells like money.
in other words – - it smells great!
and it takes money to get to that pussy
yep! – - sure does
who gives a shit. Madonna might be rich but she cant buy youth which she so despeartely desires.
“Madonna :Old and Rich” would be a cool Cd title!
she is not just ritch she is powerfull and damn sexy.old??lol.everybody gets old and nor ritch.madonna is ritch.sorry asshole
to M’s credit, she has been in the spotlight
longer than 7 of the 10 that are listed here
perhaps if her gold-digging ex husband
would have stuck to his word, M would have
at least had a higher ranking financially speaking
however,
after being in the music industry for over 25
years now….number 3 on the list is not too shabby
Well Done M.
she had no choice but to pay off Guy…he knows way to many secrets from her closet.
most likely,
then again, i am guessing she also wanted
Rocco to have the best life possible in regards
to maintaining the standard of living they had
too bad that loser of a guy also
gets to enjoy the fruits of M’s labor
ah well…
Yes! Finally the Great Shardy has spoken!
All behold The Great Shardy!!
Knower of all things Madonna!
All bow down to The Great Shardy!
(gag, barf!)
now that you’ve barfed – - you can leave
adios!
Guy is far, far from being a loser. I actually admire him for having the balls to confront M and tell it like it is instead of cowering. He’s all guy – no pun intended.
Where’s MARIAH??? What?? Oh, that’s what I thought, she’s not on the list AT ALL. LOL.
EXACTLY….Mariah didnt even crack the top 20!…..wah wahhhh.
She never even made the top 100:-)no comments from the Mariah fans now.
i think Mariah didn’t make the list,
because she is no where near as driven
as M is…or will ever be
Mariah never takes ANY chances musically
or artistically, hence the reason i feel Mariah
is merely an “entertainer”
while M is an artist
Mariahs on the Top Ten List of Celebs who have had nervous breakdowns.
or weight problems… eating disorder..hehe
hahahahahahah! good one!
Miss Madonna rich tippy top moonbeam.
in this list, I would like to see the ratio between income earned and money given to charity….because Tiger Woods is a notorious tight wad…
http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-04-angelina-kicks-oprah-out#comment-3874710
madonna 3.rd !!!!!
Madonna is the #1, theres no way that Angelina earned more than M
By the way, wheres Peggy Carey?, lmao
no madonna earned more money than angelina but this year ,forbes list its about how many magazines they were and stuff like that.cause if it was all about earning madonna will be at first cause the forbes said in the end of 2008 that madonna is toping the moneymaker list of the year.donbt worry guys madonna still making more money.please go here
http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-04-angelina-kicks-oprah-out#comment-3874710
Madonna has been going long before them all & will outlive them all, the money does not even matter to her.
Long Live Madonna!
Madonna is first on the world, sorry guys!
THE MONEY DOES NOT MATTTER, MADONNA WILL OUTLIVE THEM ALL!
LONG LIVE MADONNA!
Common Oprah Winfrey 275? Is she single? eheh
Wow 275 M? She always does this number every year? Wow! She should be number one than.
Well, what Is the list “name”? “the World’s Most Powerfull” – This Is simple: The most powerfull Is the one that makes more money and interects with more people.
So this should be Oprah Winfrey and Madonna! No way Angeline would move crouds to see her.
sorry!i mean my point!oops!
angelina made 27 million bucks!like only!and her other ranks are not the best!while M’S pay is way bigger and the rest of her ranks are very good!so mypoin is she deserves 2# or 1#!tottaly
All list is incorrect…
oh dear this list is more dificult to understand than my english..why not susan boyle nr 1..
THAT THIS YEAR THE LIST WAS CALCULATED IN TERMS OF EARNINGS AND *EXPOSURE* EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE (MEDIA EXPOSURE) SO OF COURSE ANGIE WHO HAS HER SIX PRODUCTS WHO APPEAR SPLASHED WITH HER FREQUENTLY ACROSS MEDIA OUTLETS WOULD TOP THE LISt
madonna still moneymaker of the year
All of you claim that A-rod and Madonna never had an affair. And he claims that they are just friends. Madonna said that she wasn’t responsible for the state of his marriage or involved w/him romantically (via Liz R; and we know Liz R’s track record). But she didn’t say she weren’t involved with him sexually, not did she? IF they weren’t involved, everyone still (media/public) links them as lovers. Big mouth friends have linked them together as well.
I would love for Madonna to give an interview and someone ask her point blank about the entire A-rod thing. Were you two involved sexually in an adulterous affair? I mean, if it isn’t true, as a person I wouldn’t want a footnote in my biography to state that I’m an adulterer (here Forbes is mentioning it, when they are a money mag, and her alleged affair has nothing to do with her earnings), and nor would I want my kids thinking that I was an adulterer, or have their lil friends thinking it. So, you may say she doesn’t care what the people think, but how can you not? I mean, how many of us would want to walk around with our friends, co-workers, family thinking we had committed adultery? So, why doesn’t she definitely put a rest to these rumors. You may say b/c its publicity, but I wouldn’t want this kind.
it was soooooo last year….move on…
Jay, that’s not a valid response.
If it was soooo last year, why is it brought up by Forbes? Why is it brought up on Entertainment shows, and esp now that A-rod is w/Kate Hudson? Why is it still made fun of by late-nite talk show hosts? Why is it brought up on sports radio by sports commentators? It will never be soooo last year. Once a rumor is stated (and it is not dealt with immediately and properly, as Lenny Kravitz did when they alleged he was having an affair with C-Rod) it will always have life to it and be sooo now!
it is because she s with jesus for six months already…and i don’t even care if she is his girlfriend or not…..i can’t reaaly waste my time wondering if she had sex with arod on the backseat of a limo…the press still talk about it because they make MONEY out of it….i find this reallly booooooring…
of course she had an affair with ARod…but he could not handle the glare of her spotlight and the fact that he was simply nothing more than a getting over of divorce fuck..so he went back to his wife….end of story.
i know it probably is gonna turn out to be true, i wish it wasn’t cause it doesn’t make M look good at all.
But where are the photos of these two together?I’ve not seen one.
they can’t have been that careful all the time. Besides this all started when M was at a baseball game with all of her kids etc, so she must have wanted to hand it to US Weekly on a plate, and I don’t understand why she would do that, ’cause they (the media)gleefully ripped her to shreds over it
MADONNA IS NUMBER 1. SHE IS THE THE QUEEN. I LOVE YOU MADONNA,AND FOR ME YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST!!!
get a grip
…grip this.
madonna is number one.in the end of 2008 the forbes magazine said madonna was toping the list of moneymakers of the year.and now she comes in number 3???not bad but the numbers are wrong
Angelina Jolie doesnt deserve the 1st place……..Oprah ok but not Angelina…..Madonna is much better than her and I agree that the numbers are incorrect and misleading
the numbers are incorrect.she earned with her tour 200 million,anbd then theres the album,LV campaign and many more.angie did nothing actualliy.just her oscar movie.and ophra is not the same
wheres Mariah lol.
lololol.where she is that i cant see her
lololol.where she is that i cant see her !!1loll
:-)Not even in the top 100
madonna just with her tour earned 200millions.and she was the money maker of the eyar according to forbes in the end of 2008.not bad but the numbers arent correct
Forbes always underestimates madonna’s fortune, she’s a billionaire, they say 300 million$, but they can not possibly know all her sources of income. Angelina and Oprah r 2 retards, Madonna nr 1
this is outrage…. i expected Madonna to CLEARLY be at number 1 this time.
Angelina Jolie is nothing… she doesn’t mke shit…. she’s only the big gun when it comes to tabloid sales and media things…..
Oprah is overestimated as always…. she is one of the most powerful in Hollywood, but she is not more powerful than almighty MADONNA.
This is bullshit… Madonna’s number 1.,… everyone knows… EVERYONE…. haters included, whether they dig her shit or not…
Bitches….
WRONG….MADONNA BOWS DOWN TO OPRAH……MONEY MONEY MONEY.
wrong bitch!!
madonna bows to NO ONE.. its the other wy around…
oprah could NEVER have the power and influence GLOBALLY like Madonna has…
please bitch…. no discussion.
madonna could make 500 million per year if she wnted to…. but she chooses to indugle in her creative business/music things…
do u know how much real estate oprahs got.. in the US alone???
plus her tv and cable/satellite dealings and maagzines and shit..??
DO U KNOW HOW MNY RECORD BREAKING OFFERS MADONNA’S REJECTED THROUGH THE YEARS, BITCH??
have u any idea who ur talking bout….. don’t think so…
I’ll assure you, once Madonna goes in to the hotel/real estate/MOGUL business…. she’ll wipe everyone….
anyway… Madonna, like Oprh, is BILLIONARIE… deal with this, bitch.
ahahha… “would you like me better if i was”??
ahaha…. no discussion here… madonna’s truly no. 1 on the list…
she made AT LEAST 150-200 MILLION in 2008… but Forbes doesn’t give insight on inofficial sttements and handlings.
peace bitch
Madge sure have earned more than that..Forbes always underestimates madonna’s fortune while overestimating the others..
yeah right…like Forbes has a grudge against Madonna?…….bullshit.
I wonder if M has had to tighten her belt this year with the funky bunch growing everyday?
With that many mouths to feed, I’m sure.
She is supporting 4 kids after all (Lola, Rocco, David and…Jesus).