Forbes Magazine Unveiled rating of the most popular and richest Russian celebrities. As befits such a publication, selecting "stars", the magazine was primarily guided by the size of their earnings from the beginning of July last year to the end of June this year. The public’s interest in these heroes of the show, as well as their popularity from the point of view of the Yandex search engine, was also taken into account.
Forbes magazine publishes the list of Russia's most important celebrities for the eighth time. In total, there were 50 "stars", of which 23 were musicians and singers, 13 television presenters, 6 representatives of the world of theater and cinema, 6 athletes, one ballerina and one model. If you add their income, the total amount will be 219 million dollars.
10. Nikolay Baskov
Nikolai Baskov is nicknamed the holiday man and the romantic of Russian pop music. Over the past year, he met his bride, Yandex information was searched for him 2.3 million times. However, the commercial "vein" is not alien to him. During this time, Nikolai managed to add another 6.4 million dollars to his article of income.
9. Dima Bilan
Dima Bilan on the Internet was interested 6 million times. However, he earned a little less than Baskov - 5.2 million dollars. He also distinguished himself for taking the second place in the national selection of “Eurovision” in a duet with Yulia Volkova, singing the song “Back To Her Future”.
8. Nikita Mikhalkov
About a famous director during the year, Runet users remembered 700 thousand times. Earned a representative of the directorial dynasty for the year in cinema 2.7 million dollars. But he did not calm down and announced the filming of the next film masterpiece with the working title “Sunstroke”.
7. Ksenia Sobchak
Ksyusha Sobchak, in spite of the acquired nickname “Opposition Horn,” and perhaps thanks to him, was popular with an Internet audience. Her name was driven into the search line of Yandex 7 million times. She earned $ 2.4 million per year.
6. Gregory Leps
The favorite of women and even men was also interested in Russian users of the global network 7 million times. However, Ksyusha Sobchak earned more than an example - as much as 12 million dollars.
5. Alexander Ovechkin
Russia's first hockey player turned out to be the richest hockey player in the country, earning $ 15 million over the year. However, Russians still love hockey less than popular music, and they searched for information about an athlete in a search engine only 830 thousand times.
4. Philip Kirkorov
The pop king of the Russian stage spent this year with great benefit: he became a father for the second time, found a future wife. In parallel, he earned 8 million. They searched for information about him on the Internet more than 8 million times.
3. Alla Pugacheva
The permanent Diva over the past year has once again become a grandmother, recorded a new song "Do not lean out, daughter" and earned 8.3 million dollars. On the account of Yandex, 7 million requests addressed to Alla Borisovna.
2. Maria Sharapova
The tennis player managed to earn more than all the Russian "stars" and pop and sports. Her income for the year amounted to 24 million dollars. However, she failed to win the championship of wealthy celebrities of Russia due to low popularity. The name of the first racket of the world in Yandex was searched by only 840 thousand.
1. Stas Mikhailov
The famous chansonnier is rightly called the most popular "star" of Russia. News about the singer on the Russian Internet was searched 12 million times. Stas Mikhailov earned during this time 21 million dollars, in connection with which he promised his parents to donate a hotel in Sochi.
