Russian stars of show business and sports are always in the spotlight. Their earnings, the level of popularity, mentions in online and paper publications and search engines - everything is taken into account and systematized.
Forbes magazine, after conducting a thorough analysis, released an annual rating of the most famous Russian stars of 2017, the list was based on three factors:
- annual income (from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017);
- mention in the media;
- audience interest (the number of queries about a particular person in Yandex).
We present you the top 10 richest and most popular stars of show business and sports in Russia.
10. Ksenia Sobchak
Activity area: TV.
Income: 2.1 million dollars.
Since last year, the well-known journalist, TV and radio presenter has added five points at once, which allowed her to enter the top ten Russian celebrities according to Forbes. Most recently, in 2016, Xenia and her husband Maxim Vitorgan had a son, Plato. But the new mom doesn't seem to be going to be a desperate housewife. She leads an active social life, interviews famous people (in particular, Alexei Navalny), and there are rumors that Sobchak may become presidential candidate in the 2018 elections... An unnamed interlocutor in the presidential administration told a Vedomosti journalist that the bright, interesting and intelligent Ksenia Sobchak would be the “ideal option” for a candidate for the post of head of the Russian Federation.
9. Anna Netrebko
Activity area: classical music
Income: 7.5 million dollars.
The sweet-voiced opera diva has moved up 20 points in the list of the main Russian stars in a year. She has a number of contracts with the most famous stages in the world: the Vienna Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Bavarian Opera, etc. In August 2017, at the Salzburg Festival, she sang one of her best roles in the opera Aida.
Two years ago, Anna married tenor Yusif Eyvazov and became very prettier in marriage with him. This is noted by Instagram users, discussing the new photos of the singer.
And the name of the star was used by scammers for their own selfish purposes. They posted an ad on a specialized web resource about recruiting people for a new clip of Netrebko. And they took money for the questionnaires that the applicants were asked to send to the specified address. Netrebko's team promptly responded to the fraud, and on her Instagram, Anna published a warning to her fans, and also announced that she had no plans to shoot clips “in her old age” at all.
8.Sergey Bobrovsky
Activity area: hockey
Income: 8.5 million dollars.
A new face in the ranking, he is also the first and only of all Russian hockey players to receive the award as the best goalkeeper of the National Hockey League regular championship - "Vezina Trophy" (in 2013 and 2017).
Bobrovsky took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics as part of the Russian team, in the 2014-2015 World Championships. and was named the best player of the Russian national team in the semifinal match against the US national team, and also became the silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup.
Sergei Bobrovsky is currently the Columbus Blue Jackets goalkeeper and his contract will last until the end of the 2018-19 season.
7. Egor Creed
Activity area: pop music
Income: 4 million dollars.
The most charming and attractive bachelor of the Russian stage has moved one position ahead in the top ten stars of Russian sports, music and television.
Sberbank's advertising campaign is aimed at promoting the youth card as one of the many things that the younger generation of Russians can say, "This is mine, this suits me."
In 2017, Creed released the album "What do they know?" dedicated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
6. Evgeny Malkin
Activity area: hockey
Income: 9.5 million dollars.
The center forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL and Russia has added four points to the 2017 All-Star Top 10.
This year has been very successful for Malkin. Together with his wife Anna Kasterova, the hockey player signed a personalized star for the Champions Alley in Kuntsevo. Next to Malkin's star are the stars of Pierre Richard, Antonio Banderas, Robert de Niro, Mila Jovovich, and many other world celebrities. He also received the prestigious Kharlamov Trophy -2017 award, which the Sovetsky Sport publication presents to the best Russian hockey player of the season.
5. Dima Bilan
Activity area: pop music
Income: 6 million dollars.
The singer and honored artist of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria has improved his "indicators" in the rating by eight points since last year. It was he, the first of the singers representing Russia, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008. Fans are still wondering who the star's heart is occupied, because Bilan is very scrupulous about the secret of his personal life and does not give the yellow press reasons for scandals. Because of this, ill-wishers even suspected the singer of "not such" orientation.
In 2017, Bilan suffered a serious illness - five hernias in the spine clamped a nerve and caused severe pain. Because of them, the artist lost a lot of weight (and this was immediately noted by the fans), but after undergoing treatment he began to gain weight again.
4. Timati
Activity area: pop music
Income: 6.6 million dollars.
You can love rapper Timati, you can hate him. But one cannot be denied: he is a bright personality on the modern pop stage. He was a graduate of Star Factory 4, and now he is engaged in production activities, produces his own clothing line aimed at fans of hip-hop and RNB, owns a burger on Novy Arbat in Moscow, and in 2017 he performed on New Wave ", Where, together with Philip Kirkorov, he performed the composition" The Last Spring ".
For November this year, the rapper has a new show program "Generation" planned, and the first city where its presentation will be held will be Voronezh. The artist's concert is scheduled for November 26 at the Event-Hall of the City Park "Grad".
In last year's list of the brightest stars of sports and show business in Russia, Timati was only 11th.
3. Grigory Leps
Activity area: pop music
Income: 6 million dollars.
The author of the hit "Women Like Me" and the mentor in the show "The Voice" is the only person in the top 10 of the highest paid Russian celebrities in 2017 who has not added, but has decreased one point since last year. However, it is unlikely that this will greatly upset Leps, who is now engaged in an anniversary tour called "#TyChyoSerious". It is timed to coincide with the singer's 55th birthday.
Leps has a special, "growling" timbre of voice. He performs, in his own words, pop songs "with elements of chanson and rock." There are also purely chanson songs in the artist's piggy bank, but at the moment they are "uninteresting" to him.
2. Philip Kirkorov
Activity area: pop music
Income: 7.4 million dollars.
Two points were added over the year by the Bulgarian king of the Russian pop-stage.Five times in a row he was honored with the World Music Awards as the most popular performer in Russia, and eight times he received the Ovation. But times are changing and the young generation of Kirkorovs has already grown up - five-year-old Alla-Victoria and Martin. On the stage of the "New Wave" in Sochi, they made their debut with the song "Moya Bunny", making a splash in the hall. So you don't have to worry about the future of the musical dynasty.
1. Alexander Ovechkin
Activity area: hockey
Income: 14 million dollars.
The leader of the selection of the richest and most famous athletes and show businessmen is the famous Russian hockey player and the future face of the Papa John's pizza chain in Russia. Since 2016, he has climbed four steps up the ladder of fame and fortune. As part of the advertising campaign, which could cost PJ Western several million dollars annually, Ovechkin will appear in clips dedicated to the pizzeria and will take part in photo shoots and webcasts. As for the main occupation, the athlete is doing well here too. He serves as the captain of the Washington Capitals NHL and is training hard on the ice prior to the start of the preseason to remain an effective player.
However, despite the hockey player's early statements that he will go to the 2018 Olympic Games and help the Russian national team, information appeared in the media that Ovechkin will not participate in the Pyeongchang Olympics. This is due to the corresponding ban of the International Ice Hockey Federation, it applies to all NHL players, including the Washington Capitals. Well, now all the complaints are against the American bureaucrats.