The Forbes Best-Paid Celebrities Under 30 list is out and while everyone else is struggling to get by, these 20 young celebrities have raked in the big bucks and are already multimillionaires at their respective ages. Altogether they rake in about a total estimated $690 million just for the period May 2010 and May 2011. Here’s the full list:
1. Lady Gaga, $90 million
2. Justin Bieber, $53 million
3. LeBron James, $48 million
4. Roger Federer, $47 million
5. Taylor Swift, $45 million
6. Katy Perry, $44 million
7. Cristiano Ronaldo, $38 million
8. Beyonce Knowles, $35 million
9. Lionel Messi, $32 million
10. Rafael Nadal, $31 million
11. Rihanna, $29 million
12. Dwight Howard, $28 million
13. Dwyane Wade, $26 million
14. Carmelo Anthony, $25 million
15. Maria Sharapova, $24 million
16.-17. Kristen Stewart, $20 million; Robert Pattinson $20 million
18.-20. Carrie Underwood, $15 million; Miley Cyrus, $15 million; Lil Wayne $15 million
Lady Gaga tops the list and this wasn’t due to her quirky fashion sense of eggs, horns, killer heels and meat dress. This is mainly due to Gaga’s power and her consistency of her music and passion. Her albums always sell like hotdogs and tickets for her tour always solds out no matter where it is being held in the world. Though her recent album sales dropped, she still managed to crash Amazon’s website when her “Born this Way” digital copy album released. Just imagine how much she could have earned had Amazon not sold it at just 99 cents. But still Gaga need not fret since Amazon is still going to pay her full price.
The very young Justin Bieber at just 17 years-old, takes the number two spot. His earnings from his albums and his world tours helped earn him the big bucks. He also has his very own 1 hour and 45 minutes hit concert documentary “Never Say Never” which was out in cinemas on February 11, 2011. It earned $73,000,942 at the U.S. Box Office.
Nine people of the twenty top earning celebrities under 30 list are athletes and LeBron James takes the third place for bringing in $48 million for the 12-month period. Although Lebron’s reputation have been affected when he moved from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Miami Heat with Cleveland winning the 2011 series, it still didn’t manage to hurt his earning power. His basketball shoe is still the No. 1 on the market and his jersey is still the top NBA seller.
The 29 year old Queen B is the oldest celebrity on the list. She is at No. 8 earning $35 million. Though this is a low earning year for her, it is mainly due to the fact that she was recording for her new album. Most of her earning comes from her non-music ventures and promotional contracts.
“Twilight” stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are the only ones representing Hollywood tying for the 15th place. They both earned $20 million each and may still be growing due to two more “Breaking Dawn” movies which will then complete the “Twilight” franchise.
Read Also
