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Jay-Z and Beyonce make Forbes Money Maker List

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce have earned spots on the annual Forbes’ Money Makers list alongside U2, AC/DC, Black Eyed Peas and more.

Both Jay and Beyonce landed positions within the Top 10 based on their earnings from June 2009 to June 2010.

1. U2 ($130 million) 2. AC/DC ($114 million) 3. Beyoncé ($87 million) 4. Bruce Springsteen ($70 million) 5. Britney Spears ($64 million) 6. Jay-Z ($63 million) 7. Lady Gaga ($62 million) 8. Madonna ($58 million) 9. Kenny Chesney ($50 million) 10. Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay and Toby Keith ($48 million)

A majority of the couple’s profits came from endorsement deals.

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The list’s highest-earning female was Beyoncé at No. 3. Forbes said the star banked $87 million through major endorsement deals with Nintendo and L’Oreal, as well as her House of Dereon fashion line and world tour. Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z came in at No. 6, earning $63 million from a variety of sources, including his stake in NBA team the New Jersey Nets, his 40/40 nightclub chain, “The Blueprint 3″ album sales, and his investment in the Broadway musical, “Fela!”

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Beyonce sells $3 Million worth of her new Perfume in March

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

After dominating radio waves, the big screen and the fashion world, Beyoncé has laid her stake in the perfume industry, releasing her signature scent, Heat, to the masses.

In just over one month, the perfume, which comes in a sloping crimson-colored bottle with gold accents, has reached sales exceeding $3 million, In March, the singer sold 72,000 bottles of the perfume in just one hour while signing autographs in New York, Women’s Wear Daily reported.

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But Beyoncé is not the only celebrity to venture into the world of beauty and perfumes. Queen Latifah, Kim Kardashian and Halle Berry are also promoting their own fragrances at stores nationwide.

In other Beyoncé news, representatives for the Texas-born star have denied recent Internet rumors that she and husband Jay-Z are pregnant with their first child.

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Trinidad says Beyonce can kiss its A#s

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Residents of the West Indian island of Trinidad called today for pop megastar Beyonce to cancel her February 18 concert on the island because of its huge cost. The islanders said the £1 million ($1.73 million) cost will bleed money out of the budget for Trinidad’s annual carnival, which ends February 16.

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One angry person wrote on social networking site Twitter, “Beyonce can kiss my a**.

“I refuse to give up Carnival to go to a concert to see her perform songs I have seen on YouTube. I love Beyonce but she should never take the spotlight off the Trinidad Carnival.”

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Beyonce tells Papparazzi not to take Pics of her Ass

Monday, July 13th, 2009

On her world tour, the weave queen and high intellectual, Beyonce, ordered papparazi not dare take photographs of her backs

Beyonce has reportedly ordered snappers not to photograph her from behind on her current world tour because she sweats so much.

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The singer is wowing crowds on her I Am … Sasha Fierce global jaunt, but her dance routines are so energetic she is left dripping wet afterward.

So she has demanded photographers only shoot from certain angles to preserve her modesty, according to the New York Daily News.

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A source tells the publication, “Beyonce’s costumes are so tiny and her choreography is so complicated that inevitably she sweats. It looks pretty gross, so no one is allowed to shoot her from that particular angle any more.”

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