CELEBRITY 100
Superhero flicks and Sin City residencies power Forbes’ annual list of entertainment’s top earners. Marvel Movies have become the way for actors to earn Hulk-size paydays, while music’s brightest stars head to Las Vegas for months at a time. The price of admission to the Celebrity 100 has never been higher: $37.5 million, up 7% from a year ago.
1. TAYLOR SWIFT
$185 MIL MUSICIAN
2. KYLIE JENNER
$170 MIL PERSONALITY
3. KANYE WEST
$150 MIL MUSICIAN
4. LIONEL MESSI
$127 MIL ATHLETE
5. ED SHEERAN
$110 MIL MUSICIAN
6. CRISTIANO RONALDO
$109 MIL ATHLETE
7. NEYMAR
$105 MIL ATHLETE
8. THE EAGLES
$100 MIL MUSICIANS
9. DR. PHIL
$95 MIL PERSONALITY
10. CANELO ALVAREZ
$94 MIL ATHLETE
11. ROGER FEDERER
$93.4 MIL ATHLETE
12. HOWARD STERN
$93 MIL PERSONALITY
13. J.K. ROWLING
$92 MIL AUTHOR
14. RUSSELL WILSON
$89.5 MIL ATHLETE
15. DWAYNE JOHNSON
$89.4 MIL ACTOR
16. AARON RODGERS
$89.3 MIL ATHLETE
17. LEBRON JAMES
$89 MIL ATHLETE
18. RUSH LIMBAUGH
$87 MIL PERSONALITY
19. E LTON JOHN
$84 MIL MUSICIAN
20. BEYONCÉ
$81 MIL MUSICIAN
20. JAY-Z
$81 MIL MUSICIAN
22. ELLEN DEGENERES
$80.5 MIL PERSONALITY
23. STEPHEN CURRY
$79.8 MIL ATHLETE
24. CHRIS HEMSWORTH
$76.4 MIL ACTOR
25. DRAKE
$75 MIL MUSICIAN
26. KIM KARDASHIAN WEST
$72 MIL PERSONALITY
27. RYAN SEACREST
$71.5 MIL PERSONALITY
28. JAMES PATTERSON
$70 MIL AUTHOR
28. DIDDY
$70 MIL MUSICIAN
30. METALLICA
$68.5 MIL MUSICIANS
31. ROBERT DOWNEY, JR
$66 MIL ACTOR
32. KEVIN DURANT
$65.4 MIL
ATHLETE
33. AKSHAY KUMAR
$65 MIL ACTOR
34. TIGER WOODS
$63.9 MIL ATHLETE
35. GORDON RAMSAY
$63 MIL PERSONALITY
36. RIHANNA
$62 MIL MUSICIAN
37. DAVID COPPERFIELD
$60 MIL MAGICIAN
38. KEVIN HART
$59 MIL COMEDIAN
39. TRAVIS SCOTT
$58 MIL MUSICIAN
39. JACKIE CHAN
$58 MIL ACTOR
41. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
$57.5 MIL MUSICIAN
41. KATY PERRY
$57.5 MIL MUSICIAN
43. ADAM SANDLER
$57 MIL ACTOR
43. PINK
$57 MIL MUSICIAN
43. BTS
$57 MIL MUSICIANS
43. BRADLEY COOPER
$57 MIL ACTOR
47. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
$56 MIL ACTOR
48. BEN ROETHLISBERGER
$55.5 MIL ATHLETE
49. ANTHONY JOSHUA
$55 MIL ATHLETE
49. KHALIL MACK
$55 MIL ATHLETE
49. L EWIS HAMILTON
$55 MIL ATHLETE
52. RUSSELL WESTBROOK
$53.7 MIL ATHLETE
53. BILLY JOEL
$52 MIL MUSICIAN
54. BRUNO MARS
$51.5 MIL MUSICIAN
55. MIKE TROUT
$50.6 MIL ATHLETE
55. NOVAK DJOKOVIC
$50.6 MIL ATHLETE
57. EMINEM
$50 MIL MUSICIAN
57. JIMMY BUFFETT
$50 MIL MUSICIAN
59. JUDY SHEINDLIN
$49 MIL PERSONALITY
59. FLEETWOOD MAC
$49 MIL MUSICIANS
61. PHIL MICKELSON
$48.4 MIL ATHLETE
62. PAUL MCCARTNEY
$48 MIL MUSICIAN
62. ARIANA GRANDE
$48 MIL MUSICIAN
64. JAMES HARDEN
$47.7 MIL ATHLETE
65. CONOR MCGREGOR
$47 MIL ATHLETE
66. DEMARCUS LAWRENCE
$46.9 MIL ATHLETE
67. THE CHAINSMOKERS
$46 MIL MUSICIANS
67. SEAN HANNITY
$46 MIL PERSONALITY
69. STEVE HARVEY
$45 MIL PERSONALITY
70. B RYCE HARPER
$44.5 MIL ATHLETE
71. GUNS N’ ROSES
$44 MIL MUSICIANS
72. CHRIS PAUL
$43.8 MIL ATHLETE
73. CHRIS EVANS
$43.5 MIL ACTOR
74. KYRIE IRVING
$43.3 MIL ATHLETE
75. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
$43.2 MIL ATHLETE
76. JENNIFER LOPEZ
$43 MIL MUSICIAN
76. SOFIA VERGARA
$43 MIL ACTOR
78. LUKE BRYAN
$42.5 MIL MUSICIAN
79. DREW BREES
$42.4 MIL ATHLETE
80. SIMON COWELL
$42 MIL PERSONALITY
81. AARON DONALD
$41.4 MIL ATHLETE
82. DAMIAN LILLARD
$41.1 MIL ATHLETE
83. ROLLING STONES
$41 MIL MUSICIANS
83. PAUL RUDD
$41 MIL ACTOR
83. JERRY SEINFELD
$41 MIL COMEDIAN
86. SEBASTIAN VETTEL
$40.3 MIL ATHLETE
87. DJ KHALED
$40 MIL MUSICIAN
87. THE WEEKND
$40 MIL MUSICIAN
87. MARSHMELLO
$40 MIL MUSICIAN
90. LADY GAGA
$39.5 MIL MUSICIAN
91. BLAKE GRIFFIN
$39.1 MIL ATHLETE
92. RORY MCILROY
$39 MIL ATHLETE
92. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
$39 MIL MUSICIANS
94. PAUL GEORGE
$38.6 MIL ATHLETE
95. ZAC BROWN BAND
$38.5 MIL MUSICIANS
95. KENDRICK LAMAR
$38.5 MIL MUSICIAN
95. CALVIN HARRIS
$38.5 MIL MUSICIAN
98. BRANDIN COOKS
$38 MIL ATHLETE
98. SHAWN MENDES
$38 MIL MUSICIAN
100. CELINE DION
$37.5 MIL MUSICIAN