The 10 Most Powerful Celebrities

    Forbes released its list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, and Lady Gaga has dethroned Oprah. With great power ranking comes great responsibility, Gaga. Here's the rest of the top ten from the list. Their methodology takes into account yearly earnings (provided here), media coverage, net worth, city-states conquered, harem size, inseam measurement, etc. Full list at Forbes.

    Gavon Laessig
    by Gavon Laessig

    BuzzFeed News Reporter

    • 1. Lady Gaga

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $90 million

    • 2. Oprah Winfrey

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $290 million

    • 3. Justin Bieber

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $53 million

    • 4. U2

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $195 million

    • 5. Elton John

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $100 million

    • 6. Tiger Woods

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $75 million

    • 7. Taylor Swift

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $45 million

    • 8. Bon Jovi

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $125 million

    • 9. Simon Cowell

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $90 million

    • 10. LeBron James

      Earnings from May 2010 to May 2011: $48 millioin