Forbes Celebrity 100

The Celebrity 100 is an annual list compiled and published by Forbes magazine since 1999. The purpose is to list the 100 most powerful celebrities of the year. Factors that are taken into account include income, Google hits, fan base, press clips and magazine covers.

Celebrity 100 Lists

1990s

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
1999	1	Michael Jordan	Basketball Player	[1]
	2	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	3	Leonardo DiCaprio	Actor
	4	Jerry Seinfeld	Actor and Comedian
	5	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	6	Spice Girls	Singers
	7	Harrison Ford	Actor
	8	Robin Williams	Actor and Comedian
	9	Céline Dion	Singer
	10	The Rolling Stones	Musicians

2000s

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2000	1	Julia Roberts	Actress	[2]
	2	George Lucas	Filmmaker
	3	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	4	Tom Hanks	Actor
	5	Michael Jordan	Basketball Player
	6	The Rolling Stones	Musicians
	7	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	8	Backstreet Boys	Singers
	9	Cher	Singer and Actress
	10	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2001	1	Tom Cruise	Actor	[3]
	2	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	3	The Beatles	Musicians
	4	Britney Spears	Singer
	5	Bruce Willis	Actor
	6	Michael Jordan	Basketball Player
	7	Backstreet Boys	Singers
	8	NSYNC	Singers
	9	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	10	Mel Gibson	Actor

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2002	1	Britney Spears	Singer	[4]
	2	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	3	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	4	Madonna	Singer
	5	U2	Musicians
	6	NSYNC	Singers
	7	Mariah Carey	Singer
	8	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	9	Michael Jordan	Basketball Player
	10	Tom Hanks	Actor

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2003	1	Jennifer Aniston	Actress	[5]
	2	Eminem and Dr. Dre	Rappers
	3	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	4	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	5	Jennifer Lopez	Singer and Actress
	6	Paul McCartney	Musician
	7	Ben Affleck	Actor
	8	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	9	Tom Hanks	Actor
	10	The Rolling Stones	Musicians

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2004	1	Mel Gibson	Actor	[6]
	2	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	3	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	4	Tom Cruise	Actor
	5	The Rolling Stones	Musicians
	6	J.K. Rowling	Author
	7	Michael Jordan	Basketball Player
	8	Bruce Springsteen	Musician
	9	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	10	Johnny Depp	Actor

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2005	1	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress	[7]
	2	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	3	Mel Gibson	Actor
	4	George Lucas	Filmmaker
	5	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball Player
	6	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	7	Johnny Depp	Actor
	8	Madonna	Singer
	9	Elton John	Musician
	10	Tom Cruise	Actor

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2006	1	Tom Cruise	Actor	[8]
	2	The Rolling Stones	Musicians
	3	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	4	U2	Musicians
	5	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	6	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	7	Howard Stern	Radio Personality
	8	50 Cent	Rapper
	9	Cast of The Sopranos	Actors
	10	Dan Brown	Author

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2007	1	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress	[9]
	2	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	3	Madonna	Singer
	4	The Rolling Stones	Musician
	5	Brad Pitt	Actor
	6	Johnny Depp	Actor
	7	Elton John	Musician
	8	Tom Cruise	Actor
	9	Jay-Z	Rapper
	10	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2008	1	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress	[10]
	2	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	3	Angelina Jolie	Actress
	4	Beyoncé	Singer and Actress
	5	David Beckham	Football Player
	6	Johnny Depp	Actor
	7	Jay-Z	Rapper
	8	Usain Bolt	Athlete
	9	J.K. Rowling	Author
	10	Brad Pitt	Actor

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2009	1	Angelina Jolie	Actress	[11]
	2	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	3	Madonna	Singer
	4	Beyoncé	Singer and Actress
	5	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	6	Bruce Springsteen	Musician
	7	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	8	Jennifer Aniston	Actress
	9	Brad Pitt	Actor
	10	Kobe Bryant	Basketball Player

2010s

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2010	1	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress	[12]
	2	Beyoncé	Singer and Actress
	3	James Cameron	Filmmaker
	4	Lady Gaga	Singer
	5	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	6	Britney Spears	Singer
	7	U2	Musicians
	8	Sandra Bullock	Actress
	9	Johnny Depp	Actor
	10	Madonna	Singer

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2011	1	Lady Gaga	Singer	[13]
	2	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	3	Justin Bieber	Singer
	4	U2	Musicians
	5	Elton John	Musician
	6	Tiger Woods	Golfer
	7	Taylor Swift	Singer
	8	Bon Jovi	Musician
	9	Simon Cowell	TV Personality
	10	LeBron James	Basketball Player

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2012	1	Jennifer Lopez	Singer and Actress	[14]
	2	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	3	Justin Bieber	Singer
	4	Rihanna	Singer
	5	Lady Gaga	Singer
	6	Britney Spears	Singer
	7	Kim Kardashian	TV Personality
	8	Katy Perry	Singer
	9	Tom Cruise	Actor
	10	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2013	1	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress	[15]
	2	Lady Gaga	Singer
	3	Steven Spielberg	Filmmaker
	4	Beyoncé	Singer and Actress
	5	Madonna	Singer
	6	Taylor Swift	Singer
	7	Bon Jovi	Musician
	8	Roger Federer	Tennis Player
	9	Justin Bieber	Singer
	10	Ellen DeGeneres	TV Personality and Actress

Year	No.	Recipient	Career	Ref
2014	1	Beyoncé	Singer and Actress	[16]
	2	Lebron James	Basketball Player
	3	Dr. Dre	Rapper and Record Producer
	4	Oprah Winfrey	TV Personality and Actress
	5	Ellen DeGeneres	TV Personality and Actress
	6	Jay-Z	Rapper
	7	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	Boxer
	8	Rihanna	Singer
	9	Katy Perry	Singer
	10	Robert Downey, Jr.	Actor

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References

External links

• The Celebrity 100, latest