Industrial development of the entertainment business has grown significantly in the last year. The emergence of new artists who direct attention to this industry can not be cracked along with the development era. In response to these conditions, the leading business site, Forbes successfully released the 10 most influential artists in the world in the last year.
For the first position is occupied by the “Queen of Talk Show”, Oprah Winfrey. Oprah is indeed a very powerful figure in the world entertainment industry. Thanks for the talk show, Oprah Winfrey Show, immediately transformed her as a top Hollywood actress. In addition, the talk shows that have been aged 24 years are considered to have provided much inspiration for viewers who now have reached millions of people around the world.
After such success of the talk show, she also expanded its business scope into the field of print media in the form of a magazine called O Magazine and other media such as radio and o site oprah.com. So, it was not surprised by her success was delivering her self as one of the richest artist in Hollywood today. According to Forbes survey, Oprah paid recorded worth 315 million dollars a year.
In second position is occupied by a singer, Beyonce Knowles, 29-year-old singer was indeed a top solo artist of the world. With the glamorous looks and also the good quality of singing, a former member of Destiny’s Child singer was rated as the most successful afro American for now.
According to Forbes, the rate shows owned by the singer is worth 87 million dollars. Like Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce also expanded its business into other fields, especially relating to fashion. She even opened two stores in identical fashion with her appearance; the House of Deréon and Sasha Fierce Clothing Line.
Third rank of an influential artist is occupied by a powerful film director James Cameron. Cameron starred in several films of his works such as The Terminator, Aliens, and Titanic until the most recent Avatar that obtained a lot of Oscar nomination. Contribution produced by Cameron is still a leader in creating films that characterized the box office and bring big profits. For his latest film, Avatar, has recorded a profit worth 2.7 billion dollars.
In the top 10 was not the only movie star, singer and movie director. Athletes like Tiger Woods also successfully entrenched in a position to fifth. 35-year-old golfer is an athlete most expensive in the world for now. In addition to the title as a master of golf, he was successful as a sporting icon and some products such as consumer products companies that have partnership with Nike, Accenture, AT & T, Pepsi, Electronic Arts and the Upper Deck. Even Nike alone will prepare apparels and exclusive facilities for Woods worth 650 million dollars.
For the eighth and ninth positions are occupied by the actress and actor for the most expensive in Hollywood today. In position 8 is occupied Sandra Bullock, the actress who soared in the film The Proposal and The Blind Side, the core recorded as the highest paid actress with a nominal value of 56 million dollars. Meanwhile in the next position is occupied by Johnny Depp 9. A versatile actor and has starred in 50 films are listed have paid 75 million dollars worth.