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Celeb News: Lady Gaga, Beyonce make Billboard Power 100 list for 2012
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Lady Gaga, Beyonce make Billboard Power 100 list for 2012
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Rankings were determined by a combination of key factors including market share, exclusive Billboard chart data/boxscore information, and revenue. A team of 15 top Billboard editors then analyzed the value of these metrics to produce the final results. The list is U.S. based. As well, the Power 100 puts a premium on the top decision makers at each company. So, for example, the strong position of Interscope's Jimmy Iovine's is an argument against a high position for the number-two at that company, Steve Berman, who still makes the list.
The list boasts six artists, each of whom cracked the business ranking for specific reasons. "We couldn't weigh the power of an artist's fanbase against the power an executive has, or this would have simply been an artist list," says Bill Werde, Billboard's editorial director. "Our Moneymakers list is our artist list. But certain artists were able to break through to the Power 100 based purely on their business success or innovations."
Artists on the Power 100 include Jay-Z and Beyonce as a power couple, Taylor Swift, U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Lady Gaga.
1. Irving Azoff
2. Coran Capshaw
3. Lucian Grainge
4. Martin Bandier
5. Doug Morris
6. Michael Rapino
7. Rob Light
8. Len Blavatnik
9. Tim Leiweke
10. Jimmy Iovine
11. Eddie Cue and Robert Kondrk
12. John Hogan
13. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter & Beyonce Knowles
14. Lyor Cohen
15. Randy Phillips
27. U2 and Paul McGuinness
30. Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald
37. Antonio "L.A." Reid
50. Jon Bon Jovi
64. Ryan Seacrest
78. Taylor Swift
84. Lady Gaga
92. Nigel Lythgoe
100. Simon Cowell
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FULL LIST: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...05969352.story
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Why did you leave Taylor out of the title?
But congrats to Bey & Gaga my gworls.
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Without Gaga's Little Monsters, there would be no Beliebers for Justin Bieber or Barbs for Nicki Minaj. That sort of influence with fans has been entirely transformed through Gaga's branding deals.
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"Our Moneymakers list is our artist list. But certain artists were able to break through to the Power 100 based purely on their business success or innovations."
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Congratz Bey + Taylor
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Without Gaga's Little Monsters, there would be no Beliebers for Justin Bieber or Barbs for Nicki Minaj. That sort of influence with fans has been entirely transformed through Gaga's branding deals.
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Interesting to see which popstars themselves made the list, and which popstars' producers made it on their behalf.
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No. 13
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter & Beyoncé Knowles
Artists, Founders
Roc Nation; House of Dereon
Twitter: @S_C and @beyonce
The Power of Love...
Want to talk power? Less than a week after her birth, Jay-Z and Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, made history as the youngest person to appear on a Billboard chart when Jay-Z's "Glory," which features their newborn's cooing (Blue is credited as B.I.C.), hit Hot R&B-Hip Hop Songs. The song marked Jay's 107th entry on Billboard's charts, adding just one more record to the power couple's already record-breaking career. Separately the stats are staggering: Jay-Z holds the record for most No. 1 albums by a solo artist in Billboard history-12-and has sold more than 28 million albums in his 15-year solo career, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (A number that climbs to 33 million if you count his collaborations with Kanye West, R. Kelly and Linkin Park.)
Beyonce, who started out in Destiny's Child before going solo in 2003, has cumulative sales of more than 29 million, according to SoundScan (17 million with Destiny's Child; 12 million solo). She has sent all four of her solo albums to the top of the Billboard 200, and scored nine No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. Beyonce is also a successful actress, with roles in "Austin Powers: Goldmember," "Pink Panther" and Academy Award winner "Dreamgirls," and an in-demand face for branding. Recent multimillion-dollar deals include L'Oreal, Coty and Target. And clothing line House of Dereon has an international presence.
Jay-Z, meanwhile, is one of the most celebrated and successful businessmen to emerge from entertainment. As a record exec he's helped launch the careers of Kanye West, Rihanna and J. Cole. He's served as CEO of Def Jam Records (a job he took largely because it allowed him to assume control of the masters of his earlier recordings with the label) and, in 2008, brokered a deal with Live Nation said to be worth $150 million to create Roc Nation, a management, music and entertainment company with a roster that includes Rihanna, Cole, Willow Smith and Ester Dean. His interests outside of music (Rocawear, Translation Advertising and stakes in 40/40 Club and the New Jersey Nets) have grabbed headlines and fed the bottom line. His recent collaboration with West, Watch the Throne, shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last August and sold out U.S. arenas through the second half of 2011 to earn more than $20 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.
But it's not just about what Jay-Z and Beyonce have done, but who they are: American icons and cultural institutions, globally recognizable superstars who count billionaire Warren Buffett and Will Smith as family friends. And with the birth of Blue Ivy, they've added a new superstar on the team.
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Beliebers came before Monsters though.
Congrats to Bey and Gaga though. It's nice to see artists actually take charge instead of just saying that they do.
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This is a damn good list to be apart of.
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She's a trendsetter
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