For the fourth year in a row, Gaga snatches a spot on Forbes’ yearly “Most Powerful Women” list. This year, she lands at #67 and remains the youngest woman on the list.
With the 2013 release of “ARTPOP,” her third studio album, the Queen Monster’s catwalk to fame continued to rise. She earned an estimated $50 million from her Born This Way Tour — cut short by a hip injury — and last year she landed at No. 2 on FORBES Celebrity 100 list with $80 million in earnings. Her perfume venture and various design collaborations with Polaroid, Armani, H&M, and the artist Jeff Koons have continued to fuel her success and keep her in the public eye. With 41 million Twitter followers and 65 million Facebook fans, she commands the attention of her little monsters with just a click. But wholly-unfounded accusations started by an Internet troll earlier this year about her Born This Way Foundation’s potential misuse of funds dealt another blow to her image, leaving many bandwagon fans ignorantly reminiscing about her early career when she could “Just Dance.”
Her perfume venture and various design collaborations with Polaroid, Armani, H&M, and the artist Jeff Koons have continued to fuel her success and keep her in the public eye.
