THE BIG EARNERS - How much fame should be worth it?

How much fame should be worth it?

TOP 10 EARNING ATHLETES:

The business of Tiger Woods has been taking on water the past two years. Sponsors like Accenture, AT&T, Gillette and PepsiCo have jumped ship since his November 2009 car crash and the resulting scandal. His golf course design business has been hammered by the economic downturn. His winless streak on the course is at 20 months and counting, and the former No. 1 golfer in the world is now ranked 13th. Woods’ annual earnings have plummeted $50 million over the past two years.

Woods can thank two long-term sponsors for his hefty income. Nike signed Woods to a five-year, $40 million deal when he turned pro in 1998. Electronic Arts released its first “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” videogame in 1998.

The two companies have built significant businesses on Woods’ back, and his paychecks from both have grown. Nike launched its golf division with Woods essentially holding up the brand; last year it reported sales of $638 million. EA released its 14th Woods videogame in March, and the game racked up record first-week sales of 225,000 units; that topped the old sales record, set in 2007, by 17 percent. EA and Nike combined are responsible for more than half of Woods’ $75 million in earnings.

The top 10:
1. Tiger Woods, $75 Million
2. Kobe Bryant, $53 Million
3. LeBron James, $48 Million
4. Roger Federer, $47 Million
5. Phil Mickelson, $46.5 Million
6. David Beckham, $40 Million
7. Cristiano Ronaldo, $38 Million
8. Alex Rodriguez, $35 Million
9. Michael Schumacher, $34 Million
10. Lionel Messi, $32.3 Million
This year’s 50 highest-paid athletes earned $1.4 billion combined, or $28 million on average. That’s down 11 percent from a year ago, thanks in large part to the drop in Woods’ earnings and the inactivity of Floyd Mayweather, who hasn’t fought in 13 months after appearing at No. 2 on last year’s list with earnings of $65 million. The minimum to make the list was $18.8 million, compared to $21 million in 2010.

Once again women are under-represented among the top-earning athletes. Tennis player Maria Sharapova is the only woman who cracked the top 50 for the second straight year. She ranks 29th with earnings of $24.2 million, largely from her lucrative Nike deal, which pays her royalties on her lines of tennis apparel and Cole Haan shoes.

TOP 10  ENTERTAINMENT EARNERS:

Total earnings of the Bon Jovi’s band show ‘The Circle’ was estimated as $201.1 million in the world wide stages making it the highest earning band tour in the year 2010. The most popular band in the world acquired the reputation and earnings from 80 stages worldwide. For almost 30 years Bon Jovi had the reputation as the unbeatable pop band from America with around 34 million fans around the globe.

Behind Bon Jovi’s ‘The Circle’, Australia’s leading rock band AC/DC took the second spot in the earning with an estimated total earning of $177 million collection. AC/DC is standing in this position for the second time in a row with their performance during the year in 40 stages worldwide.

U2 spotted in the third with a collection of $160.9 million from its 32 shows worldwide. U2 was in the first spot during the year 2009 shed down two ranks during the year 2010 for Bon Jovi and U2.

Lady Gaga and Metallica followed U2 with their fourth and fifth spots respectively. Gaga who was reputed for her flamboyant outfit during the shows had a total ticket sale of $133.6 million from her138 stage shows around the world which is highest in number of shows.

Michael Buble’s band ranked the 6^th place during the year. Show of The Education family – ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ steels the 7^th spot. Their total ticket sale was $104.2 million and 104.1 million respectively. Paul McCartney with $93 million came to 8^th position followed by Eagles with $92.3 million and Roger Waters with $89.5 million filled the remaining spots in top 10. 

THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CELEBRITIES

 (FORBES magazine)

	Pay	Money Rank	TV/Radio Rank	Press Rank	Web Rank	Social Rank
1	Lady Gaga	$90 M	8	3	2	1	1
2	Oprah Winfrey	$290 M	1	1	7	13	13
3	Justin Bieber	$53 M	24	4	8	2	3
4	U2	$195 M	2	59	10	16	17
5	Elton John	$100 M	7	18	19	28	54
6	Tiger Woods	$75 M	14	6	5	40	38
7	Taylor Swift	$45 M	33	14	45	6	6
8	Bon Jovi	$125 M	4	63	49	44	12
9	Simon Cowell	$90 M	8	22	17	62	74
10	LeBron James	$48 M	29	2	6	27	20
11	Angelina Jolie	$30 M	61	16	12	4	71
12	Katy Perry	$44 M	38	20	15	3	4
13	Johnny Depp	$50 M	27	33	20	22	26
14	Kobe Bryant	$53 M	24	24	14	34	18
15	Leonardo Dicaprio	$77 M	12	55	27	45	40
16	Black Eyed Peas	$61 M	20	41	31	16	11
17	Donald Trump	$60 M	22	5	38	15	57
18	Dr. Phil Mcgraw	$80 M	11	30	73	80	48
19	Tyler Perry	$130 M	3	71	83	82	27
20	Paul McCartney	$67 M	18	45	25	47	52
21	Jennifer Aniston	$28 M	64	25	39	19	78
22	Steven Spielberg	$107 M	6	68	42	61	85
23	Rush Limbaugh	$64 M	19	19	69	71	56
24	Ryan Seacrest	$61 M	20	32	78	70	29
25	Roger Federer	$47 M	30	48	1	64	23
26	Howard Stern	$76 M	13	46	85	56	60
27	James Cameron	$70 M	15	57	37	53	77
28	Charlie Sheen	$40 M	39	11	76	69	30
29	Beyonce Knowles	$35 M	47	23	23	7	8
30	Glenn Beck	$40 M	39	9	41	51	42
31	Ellen DeGeneres	$45 M	33	35	60	51	21
32	Usher	$46 M	32	65	63	10	9
33	David Letterman	$45 M	33	10	50	60	79
34	Muse	$35 M	47	26	24	16	14
35	David Beckham	$40 M	39	69	11	26	16
35	Phil Mickelson	$47 M	30	36	13	85	88
37	James Patterson	$84 M	10	96	80	92	49
38	Jay-Z	$37 M	45	37	32	32	19
39	Jerry Bruckheimer	$113 M	5	94	87	87	86
40	Jerry Seinfeld	$70 M	15	50	86	86	94
41	Adam Sandler	$40 M	39	42	62	63	10
42	Bethenny Frankel	$55 M	23	85	99	78	53
43	Cristiano Ronaldo	$38 M	44	84	4	24	5
44	Sandra Bullock	$15 M	85	17	53	90	98
45	Brad Pitt	$20 M	74	33	22	22	73
46	Rafael Nadal	$31 M	58	29	3	35	24
47	Christopher Nolan	$53 M	24	80	48	97	82
48	Brad Paisley	$40 M	39	39	84	83	41
49	Alex Rodriguez	$35 M	47	27	28	74	75
50	Jennifer Lopez	$25 M	71	15	33	14	28

  (Forbes nagazine - June 2011)

Top 10 Earning Dead Celebrities

 1. Elvis Presley

$40 million ***

 

2 Charles Schulz

$35 million ***

 

3 J.R.R. Tolkien

$23 million ***

 

4 John Lennon

$21 million ***

 

5 Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel

$10 million ***

 

6 Marilyn Monroe

$8 million ***

 

7 George Harrison

$7 million ***

 

8 Irving Berlin

$7 million ***

 

9 Bob Marley

$7 million ***

 

10 Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers ***

HIGH-INCOME CANADIANS - WHERE THEY LIVE

Almost half (46%) of the top 5% of the taxfiler population lived in Ontario. Quebec was a distant second, at 18%, followed by Alberta (15%) and British Columbia (13%).