Kylie Jenner tops Forbes’ list of world’s highest-paid celebrities in 2020

Here’s another news that Kylie Jenner has topped the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities for the year 2020, followed by her brother in law, rapper Kanye West.

23-year-old Kylie earns $590 million following the massive earnings from the sale of 51 percent of her Kylie cosmetics line to City, according to Forbes.

Rapper Kenya who is her brother-in-law raked in $170 million in the large part due to his Yeezy clothing and a sneaker deal with Adidas.

This list shows the world’s highest-paid celebrities earned a combined $6.1 billion before taxes and fees, a $200 million drop from 2019.

Other too 10 on the Forbes list is comprised largely of athletes, with five of the right earnings their riches through sports salaries.

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Tennis Legend and Roger Federer have taken the third spot overall with $106.3 million in earnings, largely from endorsement deals, including a 10 year $300 million deal with Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo.

Cristiano Ronaldo took fourth place with $105 million, most of which comes from his $64 million annual salaries with Juventus.

Lionel Messi who is his rival came in fifth with $104 million, earning $80 million a year from Barcelona along with other endorsement deals.

Tyler Perry, a filmmaker took sixth place on the list with $97 million, most of his earnings came from his Madea “Film Franchise”. Also opening the 330_acre Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta last year and struck a deal with Viacom to own 25% of streaming service BRT+.

THESE ARE THE TOP 25 HIGHEST PAID CELEBRITIES OF 2020 ACCORDING TO FORBES.

1. Kylie Jenner — $590 million

2. Kanye West — $170 million

3. Roger Federer — $106.3 million

4. Cristiano Ronaldo — $105 million

5. Lionel Messi — $104 million

6. Tyler Perry — $97 million

7. Neymar — $95.5 million

8. Howard Stern — $90 million

9. LeBron James — $88.2 million

10. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — $87.5 million

11. Rush Limbaugh — $85 million

12. Ellen DeGeneres — $84 million

13. Bill Simmons — $82.5 million

14. Elton John — $81 million

15. James Patterson — $80 million

16. Stephen Curry — $74.5 million

17. Ariana Grande — $72 million

18. Ryan Reynolds — $71.5 million

19. Gordon Ramsay — $70 million

20. The Jonas Brothers — $68.5 million

21. The Chainsmokers — $68 million

22. Dr. Phil McGraw — $65.5 million

23. Ed Sheeran — $64 million

24. Kevin Durant — $63.9 million

25. Taylor Swift — $63.5 million