Gaga the world's most powerful female celeb
Lady Gaga has been named the most powerful female celebrity in the world by Forbes.
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The singer has beaten Oprah Winfrey to a higher position on the annual World's 100 Most Powerful Women list compiled by the business and finance analysts, but could only reach number 11 in the total list.
Oprah Winfrey Network owner and former chat show host Oprah is placed at number 14, dropping from third place in 2010.
No showbiz stars made the top 10 of the list, which is comprised of politicians and businesswomen, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel at number one and other entrants US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chief Operating officer of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg and Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Gaga topped a celebrity-only version of the list earlier this year, with Forbes giving the reason as "not just because of her $US90 million in earnings, but also because of her 32 million Facebook fans and 10 million Twitter followers".
RELATED VIDEO:Lady Gaga to open the MTV VMAsOther notable figures on the list include Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at number 49, supermodel and environmentalist Giselle Bundchen, who is placed at number 60, and Editor-in-Chief of Vogue magazine Anna Wintour, at number 69.
Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list, top 10:
1. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor2. Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State
3. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
4. Indra Nooyi, Chief Executive, PepsiCo
5. Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook
6. Melinda Gates, Cofounder, Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
7. Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress Party
8. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States
9. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
10. Irene Rosenfeld, CEO, Kraft Foods
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18 Comments
Who the hell is this lady garbage anyway??
Replyso if you have so many idiots following you on facebook, you are powerful...forbes magazine, please!!!How can you even compare Gaga to Opera? What has she contributed to the world? Stupidity?? And that makes her powerful? What a disgrace to forbes magazine....judging from the comments here is even enough to tell that she is nothing!
Replywhy you wanna to go to CHINA babe ??? it nothing to impress overthere My dog wouldnt go to China Stay in with the west the better you are A lot of love from me
Replythat thing is a bloke please.
Replyhow sad
Replyhow sad
ReplyThe most powerful because shes never expressed her opinion on anything...
ReplyLady Gaga entertains many people and many people like her and her music.
ReplyAbout the only influence she has on me is to turn the radio off! Way too fake for my taste. This must be the opinion of the media only, surely?
Replyyes, true the queen got everything
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