Forbes magazine unveiled rating of the most popular and richest Russian celebrities... As befits such a publication, selecting "stars", the magazine was primarily guided by the size of their earnings in the period from the beginning of July last year to the end of June this year. The public interest in these characters of the show was also taken into account, as well as their popularity from the point of view of the Yandex search engine.
Forbes has published the list of the most important celebrities in Russia for the eighth time. In total, there were 50 "stars" in it, of which 23 are musicians and singers, 13 TV presenters, 6 representatives of the world of theater and cinema, 6 athletes, one ballerina and one model. If you add up their income, the total is $ 219 million.
10. Nikolay Baskov
Nikolai Baskov is nicknamed the holiday man and romantic of the Russian stage. Over the past year, he met his fiancée, information about him in Yandex was searched 2.3 million times. However, he is not alien to the commercial "vein". During this time, Nikolai managed to add another $ 6.4 million to his income item.
9. Dima Bilan
Dima Bilan was viewed on the Internet 6 million times. At the same time, he earned a little less than Baskov - $ 5.2 million. He also distinguished himself for a year by taking second place in the national selection of Eurovision in a duet with Yulia Volkova, singing the song "Back To Her Future".
8. Nikita Mikhalkov
Runet users remembered the famous director 700 thousand times during the year. A representative of the directing dynasty earned $ 2.7 million in cinema in a year. But he did not calm down and announced the filming of the next film masterpiece with the working title "Sunstroke".
7. Ksenia Sobchak
Ksyusha Sobchak, despite the acquired nickname "The mouthpiece of the opposition", and perhaps thanks to him, enjoyed popularity among the Internet audience. Her name was hammered into the Yandex search line 7 million times. She earned 2.4 million dollars in a year.
6. Grigory Leps
The favorite of women and even men was also interested in Russian users of the world network 7 million times. However, Ksyusha Sobchak earned much more than Ksyusha Sobchak - as much as 12 million dollars.
5. Alexander Ovechkin
The first hockey player in Russia turned out to be the richest hockey player countries, earning $ 15 million in a year. However, hockey Russians still love less popular music and information about the athlete in the search engine was searched only 830 thousand times.
4. Philip Kirkorov
The pop king of the Russian stage spent this year with great benefit: he became a father for the second time, found a future wife. In parallel, he earned 8 million. We searched for information about him on the Internet more than 8 million times.
3. Alla Pugacheva
The irreplaceable Prima Donna over the past year once again became a grandmother, recorded a new song "Keep your head down, daughter" and earned 8.3 million dollars. Yandex has 7 million requests addressed to Alla Borisovna.
2. Maria Sharapova
The tennis player managed to earn more than all Russian "stars" and pop and sports. Her income for the year was $ 24 million. However, she failed to win the championship of rich celebrities in Russia due to her low popularity. Only 840 thousand searched for the name of the first racket of the world in Yandex.
1. Stas Mikhailov
The famous chansonnier is rightfully called the most popular "star" in Russia... News about the singer on the Russian-language Internet was searched 12 million times. During this time, Stas Mikhailov earned $ 21 million, in connection with which he promised his parents to present a hotel in Sochi.