The Forbes Top 40[1][2][3] was an annual list of 40 highest-paid entertainers compiled and published by Forbes magazine from 1987[4] until 1998. The following year, 1999, it was created the Forbes Celebrity 100. The list was published every September, compiled by using the income of performers over two years to overcome the year-to-year of a performer's income.[5]
Forbes representatives said that those individual are "more than entertainers, they are businesses", declaring: "Not only do they create wealth for the entertainment industry and their business sponsors, they create wealth for the nation in exportable merchandize in the form of TV programming, motion pictures, and videocassette and music recordings".[6]
Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, perennial individuals in the Top 10, have the most appearances with 12 and 10 respectively. Spielberg topped the list three times and Winfrey two (the first ever woman to do so in Forbes).
The Rolling Stone were the music band with most appearances (7), as well the most for non-American entertainers. The Beatles attained the highest ranks for non-Americans.
Forbes 20th-century lists were predominantly dominated by male figures. In 1996 alone, only four female celebrities made appearances at the list (Oprah Winfrey ranked 1, Roseanne Barr at 25, Mariah Carey at 33, and Sandra Bullock at 40). Winfrey, however, often appeared even above many individuals regardless of gender, which has been maintained with the inception of ForbesCelebrity 100 in 1999. Various musicians often dominated the list, although high ranks were not usually attained by female artists. Like Winfrey, Madonna was an almost premier exception.[18]
On the other hand, lists were dominated by American personalities rather than foreigners.[19]The Beatles attained the highest ranked for non-Americans.[19] According to Forbes, after list' 11th anniversary, Steven Spielberg and Bill Cosby were the individuals with the most appearances at the top, with three each.[19]
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^"Spielberg Is Top-Paid Entertaier; Syrupy Barney Rings in at No. 3". Deseret News. September 12, 1994. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
^"Beatles In The Money Again, Forbes Says Band Earned Third Most Money, Behind Steven Spielberg, Oprah". The Spokesman-Review. September 11, 1995. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^Gerhart, Ann; Groer, Annie (September 9, 1996). "Yoga Teacher Makes Peace in Cleveland Park". Washington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
^"TOP 40 (money makers for 95-96)". Racine Journal Times. September 9, 1996. Archived from the original on August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
^"In the money". Tampa Bay Times. September 9, 1997. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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The Forbes Top 40 1 2 3 was an annual list of 40 highest paid entertainers compiled and published by Forbes magazine from 1987 4 until 1998 The following year 1999 it was created the Forbes Celebrity 100 The list was published every September compiled by using the income of performers over two years to overcome the year to year of a performer s income 5 Forbes representatives said that those individual are more than entertainers they are businesses declaring Not only do they create wealth for the entertainment industry and their business sponsors they create wealth for the nation in exportable merchandize in the form of TV programming motion pictures and videocassette and music recordings 6 Contents 1 Forbes Top 40 lists 1 1 1980s 1 2 1990s 2 Statistics 2 1 Forbes reports and summarize 3 See also 4 ReferencesForbes Top 40 lists editBelow is the top 10 for each year since the list s inception 1980s edit 1987 6 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 2 nbsp Sylvester Stallone Actor 3 nbsp Bruce Springsteen Musician 4 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 5 nbsp Eddie Murphy Actor 6 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 7 nbsp Madonna Musician 8 nbsp Whitney Houston Musician 9 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 10 nbsp Johnny Carson Television personality nbsp nbsp Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey perennial individuals in the Top 10 have the most appearances with 12 and 10 respectively Spielberg topped the list three times and Winfrey two the first ever woman to do so in Forbes 1988 5 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 2 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 3 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 4 nbsp Sylvester Stallone Actor 5 nbsp Eddie Murphy Actor 6 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 7 nbsp Bruce Springsteen Musician 8 nbsp Mike Tyson Sportsperson Boxing 9 nbsp Madonna Musician 10 nbsp Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor nbsp nbsp Michael Jackson and Madonna were the perennial solo music performers of the Top 10 with 8 and 5 appearances respectively 1989 7 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 2 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 3 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 4 nbsp Mike Tyson Sportsperson Boxer 5 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 6 nbsp Eddie Murphy Actor 7 nbsp Pink Floyd Musicians 8 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 9 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 10 nbsp George Michael Musician nbsp nbsp The Rolling Stone were the music band with most appearances 7 as well the most for non American entertainers The Beatles attained the highest ranks for non Americans 1990s edit 1990 8 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 2 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 3 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 4 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 5 nbsp New Kids on the Block Musicians 6 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 7 nbsp Sylvester Stallone Actor 8 nbsp Madonna Musician 9 nbsp Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor 10 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 1991 9 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp New Kids on the Block Musician 2 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 3 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 4 nbsp Madonna Musician 5 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 6 nbsp Kevin Costner Actor 7 nbsp Johnny Carson Television personality 8 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 9 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 10 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker nbsp nbsp nbsp Bill Cosby 8 Charles Schulz 7 and David Copperfield 5 composed the rest of perennials Top 10 entertainers 1992 10 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 2 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 3 nbsp Kevin Costner Actor 4 nbsp New Kids on the Block Musicians 5 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 6 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 7 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 8 nbsp Madonna Musician 9 nbsp Julio Iglesias Musician 10 nbsp Guns N Roses Musicians 1993 11 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 2 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 3 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 4 nbsp Guns N Roses Musicians 5 nbsp Prince Musician 6 nbsp Charles Schulz Cartoonist 7 nbsp Kevin Costner Actor 8 nbsp U2 Musicians 9 nbsp Garth Brooks Musician 10 nbsp David Copperfield Illusionist 1994 12 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 2 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 3 nbsp Sheryl Leach Television personality 4 nbsp Pink Floyd Musicians 5 nbsp Bill Cosby Television personality 6 nbsp Barbra Streisand Musician 7 nbsp Eagles Musicians 8 nbsp David Copperfield Illusionist 9 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 10 nbsp Harrison Ford Actor 1995 13 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 2 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 3 nbsp The Beatles Musicians 4 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 5 nbsp Eagles Musicians 6 nbsp David Copperfield Illusionist 7 nbsp Pink Floyd Musicians 8 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 9 nbsp Barbra Streisand Musician 10 nbsp Sylvester Stallone Actor 1996 14 15 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 2 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 3 nbsp The Beatles Musicians 4 nbsp Michael Jackson Musician 5 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 6 nbsp Eagles Musicians 7 nbsp Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor 8 nbsp David Copperfield Illusionist 9 nbsp Jim Carrey Actor 10 nbsp Michael Crichton Filmmaker 1997 16 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 2 nbsp George Lucas Filmmaker 3 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 4 nbsp Michael Crichton Filmmaker 5 nbsp The Beatles Musicians 6 nbsp Jerry Seinfeld Television personality 7 nbsp David Copperfield Illusionist 8 nbsp Stephen King Author 9 nbsp Tom Cruise Actor 10 nbsp Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor 1998 17 No Recipient Career 1 nbsp Jerry Seinfeld Television personality 2 nbsp Larry David Television personality 3 nbsp Steven Spielberg Filmmaker 4 nbsp Oprah Winfrey Television personality 5 nbsp James Cameron Filmmaker 6 nbsp Tim Allen Actor 7 nbsp Michael Crichton Filmmaker 8 nbsp Harrison Ford Actor 9 nbsp The Rolling Stones Musicians 10 nbsp Master P MusicianStatistics editMost entries by entertainer at the top 10 Entries Individual Country of origin Main profession 12 Steven Spielberg United States Filmmaker 10 Oprah Winfrey Television personality 8 Michael Jackson Musician Bill Cosby Television personality 7 The Rolling Stones United Kingdom Musicians Charles Schulz United States Cartoonist 5 Madonna Musician David Copperfield Illusionist Forbes reports and summarize edit Forbes 20th century lists were predominantly dominated by male figures In 1996 alone only four female celebrities made appearances at the list Oprah Winfrey ranked 1 Roseanne Barr at 25 Mariah Carey at 33 and Sandra Bullock at 40 Winfrey however often appeared even above many individuals regardless of gender which has been maintained with the inception of Forbes Celebrity 100 in 1999 Various musicians often dominated the list although high ranks were not usually attained by female artists Like Winfrey Madonna was an almost premier exception 18 On the other hand lists were dominated by American personalities rather than foreigners 19 The Beatles attained the highest ranked for non Americans 19 According to Forbes after list 11th anniversary Steven Spielberg and Bill Cosby were the individuals with the most appearances at the top with three each 19 See also editForbes Celebrity 100 1999 2020 Forbes list of highest earning musiciansReferences edit The Forbes TOP 40 Forbes September 22 1997 Retrieved August 3 2022 Hollywood s idea moguls Forbes September 21 1998 Retrieved August 3 2022 The Forbes Top 40 Forbes Retrieved August 3 2022 Bibisi Suzan December 2 1991 Michael Jackson vs Madonna Orlando Sentinel Archived from the original on September 3 2022 Retrieved March 11 2023 a b Michael Jackson tops list of best paid entertainers United Press International UPI September 18 1988 Retrieved July 27 2022 a b Winship Frederick M September 6 1987 Bill Cosby tops list of highest paid entertainers United Press International UPI Retrieved July 27 2022 Michael Jackson tops Forbes s richest stars list again United Press International UPI September 16 1989 Retrieved July 27 2022 Forbes Magazine s Highest Paid Entertainers With PM Richest Entertainers Associated Press News September 17 1990 Retrieved July 27 2022 Forbes Magazine s Highest Paid Entertainers With AM Richest Entertainers Associated Press News September 15 1991 Retrieved July 27 2022 Forbes Magazine s 40 Richest Entertainers With AM Richest Entertainers Associated Press News September 13 1992 Retrieved August 2 2022 Oprah Tops Forbes List of Highest Grossing Celebs CELEBRITIES List Top 25 Jet September 27 1993 p 13 Retrieved April 18 2022 Spielberg Is Top Paid Entertaier Syrupy Barney Rings in at No 3 Deseret News September 12 1994 Retrieved August 2 2022 Beatles In The Money Again Forbes Says Band Earned Third Most Money Behind Steven Spielberg Oprah The Spokesman Review September 11 1995 Retrieved July 27 2022 Gerhart Ann Groer Annie September 9 1996 Yoga Teacher Makes Peace in Cleveland Park Washington Post Retrieved August 2 2022 TOP 40 money makers for 95 96 Racine Journal Times September 9 1996 Archived from the original on August 2 2022 Retrieved August 2 2022 In the money Tampa Bay Times September 9 1997 Retrieved August 2 2022 Forbes list of entertainers Associated Press News September 7 1998 Retrieved August 2 2022 Let s get Serious The Attack on Madonna Scholarship On the Issues 1993 Archived from the original on January 2 2011 Retrieved March 8 2022 a b c Little known facts about the Forbes 40 Forbes September 12 1997 Archived from the original on August 2 2022 Retrieved August 2 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forbes Top 40 amp oldid 1215159689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
