Miley Cyrus has literally twerked her way to the top.
Despite a public shunning from her risque MTV Video Music Awards performance with Robin Thicke in August, scandalous stage antics have been credited with earning the pop starlet $76.5million in 2013, according to Parade’s annual salary survey, What People Earn.
Downloads of her single Wrecking Ball shot up 124 percent following the outlandish appearance, allowing the song to sell more than three million copies in the U.S. alone.
The former Disney pin-up's earnings do not include any of the revenue she is set to earn from her international Bangerz tour, which is her fourth concert series.
The tour only kicked in February in America and will move to Europe in May.
While Cyrus' banking is impressive, it's hardly the most money she has been able to make.
In 2011, at the age of 18, she was named #1 on Top 10 Richest Teens in Hollywood, with a net worth of $120 million.
Numerous other celebrities made it onto the magazine's annual list, which will officially be released on Sunday.
Super-producer Tyler Perry made an estimated $78 million for his work with the Oprah Winfrey Network, providing OWN with three television series that he penned himself.
The most successful is soap opera ratings smash The Haves and the Haves Nots.
Meanwhile, on the back on the success of comedy The Heat and action -drama Gravity - among the top 15 highest-grossing in the U.S. in 2013 - Sandra Bullock made an estimated $63 million.
However the actress recently denied reports she was set to be paid $70 million from Gravity alone, saying that was 'news to me'.
Also providing box office gold was Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, who made a reported $58 million.
Beyonce, 32, came close managing to bring home $57 million following the surprise release of her fifth studio album, Beyonce, featuring the single Drunk In Love.
Despite no promotion - fans were not told of the record's existence until it was avaiable, complete with music videos for every track - it became the fast-selling album ever on ITunes following its release on December 13.
She sold one million digital copies in six days and became the first woman ever to have her first five studio albums debut at number one.
Bruno Mars also made the listl bringing a home a cool $38 million.
While Mars was not paid for his Super Bowl performance, sales of his album, Unorthodox Jukebox, jumped 164 percent the following week.
Pepsi and Hyundai also licensed his songs for commercials.
TOP EARNERS OF 2013
- Tyler Perry, 44 - $78 million
- Miley Cyrus, 21 - $76.5 million
- Sandra Bullock, 49 - $63 million
- Justin Timberlake, 33 - $63 million
- Chris Hemsworth, 30 - $58 million
- Beyonce, 32 - $57 million
- E.L. James, 51 - $51.7 million
- Peyton Manning, 38 - $43 million
- Bruno Mars, 28 - $38 million
- Steve Harvey, 57 - $30 million
- Daniel Radcliffe, 24 - $17 million
- Matthew McConaughey, 44 - $19 million
- Michael Strahan, 42 - $9 million
- Russell Wilson, 25 - $1.8 million
- Liam Hemsworth, 24 - $1.75 million
- Joe Biden, 71 - $230,000
- Juan Pablo Galavis, 32 - $150,0
ReplyDeleteCongrats to them but money is not everything.
No wonder Bey started learning how to twerk,make that woman no kill herself o. She's not getting any younger. The young shall grow,she can't be on top forever.
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