17 Highest Paid Celebrities of Previous Year

The fate keeps no calender like death so happens in the world of fame. It becomes a celebration when fame comes with a fortune. Some famous people make big and some lose big the same way. Here is our list of those famous people who got massive deals. Let’s see how well the celebrities really got paid last year.

Katy Perry

 The beautiful Katy Perry got the world awestruck with her Super Bowl halftime performance show and she had seen great cash flow to our account until the very end. Beside her concert film did so that her earnings reached to $135 Million according to Forbes.

One Direction

Zayn Malik’s departure seem to have proved not less that a boon for One Direction team. Even their very first track was very well received. However, the previous year their gross earning was around $130 million.

The veteran radio king and America’s Got Talent judge whose all job is to just sit into his chair and watch the folk perform has crooned $95 million for just that. How could he have not been on the list then.

James Patterson

One of the most prolific fiction writer of modern world with record breaking e-book sales for the series Alex Cross and also holding record on Guinness World Records for being the first of a kind that sold over 1 million e-books. Besides, his several other novels to be made into movies grossed $89 million.

Robert Downey Jr.

Our beloved Iron Man and Marvel’s most important superhero on the basis of his appearance in every other Superhero flick helped him amass the record breaking wealth of $80 million last year.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift the popular pop culture singer has seen some enviable commercial successes specially her previous album 1989 grossed her immense wealth and she on all and still going strong counts took home $80 million.

Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese footballer is a domestic name in every family that loves football. The Portuguese national team captain and active player of Real Madrid along with several endorsement deals like Emporio Armani helped him get $79.5 million.

Ellen DeGeneres

The sunny and sunshine Ellen DeGeneres getting bigger and better every year especially her show that is getting more and more popular. With starting herown  record label and also the great talk show helped her gross $75 million.

Rush Limbaugh

  The veteran radio host though considered controversial too, children’s author and politically correct way-farer is good at money making. He took home $79 million last year.

Lionel Messi

The Argentinian National Team Captain and player of FC Barcelona earns as big as any other sportsman. He managed to pull in easily $74 million.

Roger Federer

His prize moneys, salaries and endorsement deals with Nike and Rolex, helped him manage to take home $67 million last year.

LeBron James

The Cleveland Cavaluers Captain got plenty of gold garnered as sports being not the only grindstone that churns out bucks for him but there are certain business enterprises. When he is off the game he is busying himself in Beats By Dre ads, taking roles in well-received comedy films, as well as producing sitcoms. All at once gather him wealth of $65 million.

Lady Gaga

 Lady Gaga continuously keep spending on philanthropy and social acitivities that has the louder name behind Born This Way Foundation. Her tours, singles and endorsement mounted to $59 million.

Beyoncé Knowles

Queen Bey made to this list for charting albums with 40 singles and many endorsement deals and also successful tours. All that mounted to $54.3 million mighty figure.

Kevin Durant

The NBA’s six-time all star and small forward Durant with his salary and endorsement deals rake $53 million.