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100 Most Powerful Celebrities

Forbes puts Lady Gaga ahead of Oprah this year

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 18, 2011 6:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – Sorry, Oprah, the lady has you beat. Gaga has ousted Winfrey from the No. 1 spot in the annual Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities. (Her 32 million Facebook followers and 10 million Twitter fans helped.) Justin Bieber debuts at an impressive No. 3. Other notables: Britney Spears fell off entirely after being No. 6 last year; Angelina Jolie (11) outranked Brad Pitt (45); and Charlie Sheen is at 28, notes Entertainment Weekly. The top 10:

  1. Lady Gaga
  2. Oprah Winfrey
  3. Justin Bieber
  4. U2
  5. Elton John

  1. Tiger Woods
  2. Taylor Swift
  3. Bon Jovi
  4. Simon Cowell
  5. LeBron James
Click for the full list.

No. 1: Lady Gaga
No. 1: Lady Gaga   (Getty Images)
No. 2: Oprah Winfrey
No. 2: Oprah Winfrey   (Getty Images)
No. 3: Justin Bieber
No. 3: Justin Bieber   (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
No. 4: U2
No. 4: U2   (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
No. 5: Elton John
No. 5: Elton John   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
No. 6: Tiger Woods
No. 6: Tiger Woods   (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
No. 7: Taylor Swift
No. 7: Taylor Swift   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
No. 8: Bon Jovi
No. 8: Bon Jovi   (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)
No. 9: Simon Cowell
No. 9: Simon Cowell   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
No. 10: LeBron James
No. 10: LeBron James   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 4 comments
stevsie
May 18, 2011 9:41 PM CDT
 what a sorry lot.
Rembrandt_Q_Einstein
May 18, 2011 7:16 PM CDT
 100 people I tend to ignore.
Mad
May 18, 2011 6:42 PM CDT
Proud to say that although I recognize most of those names, I couldn't pick 50% of them out of the crowd

 
Elton John • Oprah Winfrey • Lady Gaga • celebrities • Justin Bieber

 
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