Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, LeBron James, Jackie Chan and Melissa McCarthy–what do they all have in common? They’re members of this year’s edition of the FORBES Celebrity 100, the definitive accounting of the top-earning entertainers on the planet.
These stars pulled in a collective $5.1 billion pretax during our June-to-June scoring period. Regrettably, that’s more than the GDP of Belize, Gambia and Bhutan combined. Yet the list is surprisingly international in scope, ranging from Hollywood’s usual suspects like top-earning actor Dwayne Johnson (No. 19, $64.5 million) and cover star Kim Kardashian (No. 43, $51 million) to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen (No. 99, $30.5 million) and Korean pop sensation Bigbang (No. 54, $44 million).
So, without further ado, here they are:
The 2016 Celebrity 20
1 Taylor Swift $170,000,000 USA
2 One Direction $110,000,000 UK
3 James Patterson $95,000,000 USA
4 Dr. Phil McGraw $88,000,000 USA
4 Cristiano Ronaldo $88,000,000 Portugal
6 Kevin Hart $87,500,000 USA
7 Howard Stern $85,000,000 USA
8 Lionel Messi $81,500,000 Argentina
9 Adele $80,500,000 UK
10 Rush Limbaugh $79,000,000 USA
11 LeBron James $77,000,000 USA
12 Madonna $76,500,000 USA
13 Ellen DeGeneres $75,000,000 USA
13 Rihanna $75,000,000 Barbados
15 Garth Brooks $70,000,000 USA
16 Roger Federer $68,000,000 Switzerland
17 AC/DC $67,500,000 Australia
18 Rolling Stones $66,500,000 UK
19 Dwayne Johnson $64,500,000 USA
20 David Copperfield $64,000,000 USA
