Do you want to learn more about the world’s most popular women? Women, like men, are making their way to the top of every industry.
To make you aware of these women, we have compiled a list of top most popular women in the world, along with a glimpse into their professional lives. Indeed, examining their life journey will be enlightening and may help to put things into perspective.
Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria Baston was born on March 15, 1975, in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. She has been active in the industry since 1999 and was widely recognized by her fans in 2001 for her role in The Young and the Restless.
She got international fame and love during and after the success of the TV series Desperate Housewives.
Her role impressed and inspired women all over the world to move forward and crave happiness and self-realization. She received the Nobel Prize for active charity work.
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962, Los Angeles)
She is a widely known American actress and model. Her bright and rather short life is like a comet that even now illuminates the world.
Her beauty and grace became iconic. Sometimes it is just enough to be beautiful to influence the whole world and upcoming generations.
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. She rose to popularity ever since she was active in the industry in 2005 as she won the fourth season of American Idol.
Furthermore, her debut single, which is known as Inside Your Heaven, broke all the records and topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Not only this, her second album Carnival Ride which was released in 2007, was even a bigger hit and won 2 Grammy Awards.
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in the fantasy comedy North.
Johansson is considered one of Hollywood’s modern sex symbols and has frequently appeared in published lists of the sexiest women in the world.
As of May 2017, she is the highest-grossing actress of all time in North America, with her films making over $3.6 billion. In 2016, she was the highest-grossing actress, with a $1.2 billion total for the year.
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Johnson is an American singer and actress. Simpson signed a recording contract with Columbia Records when she was sixteen and released her debut studio album in 1999.
Simpson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Aside from her musical pursuits, she launched The Jessica Simpson Collection in 2005, a fashion line of clothing and other items.
The brand has gone on to earn over $1 billion in revenue and is regarded as one of the most successful celebrities founded brands ever.
Jenifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Anniston was born on 11 February 1969 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She has been active in the entertainment industry for the last 34 years, which is commendable and explains her popularity excellently.
In 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, and as of 2017, her net worth is estimated to be US$200 million.
She has also been included in magazines’ lists of the world’s most beautiful women. Divorced from actor Brad Pitt, to whom she was married for five years, Aniston has been married to actor Justin Theroux since 2015.n 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood as of 2017, her net worth is estimated to be US$200 million.
She has also been included in magazines’ lists of the world’s most beautiful women. Divorced from actor Brad Pitt, to whom she was married for five years, Aniston has been married to actor Justin Theroux since 2015.
Fergie
Fergie Duhamel was born on March 27, 1975, in Los Angeles County, California, U.S. She has been active in the industry since 1984 when she was barely ten years old. However, she got commercial success through her solo album The Dutchess.
She continued success with The Black Eyed Peas and they released the album The Beginning (2010), which featured three singles, including two number one songs.
As Ferguson’s five solo singles and six singles with The Black Eyed Peas have reached two million downloads in the United States, Ferguson was the artist with the most two-million sellers by the beginning of 2011. Her sophomore solo effort, Double Dutchess, was released on September 22, 2017.
Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba is an American actress and businesswoman. She has won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress in the Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.
In January 2012, Alba co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company that sells non-toxic household products, and owns 15 to 20 per cent of the company.
Kate Middleton
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Following his father Charles, Prince of Wales, William is second in line to succeed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, as monarch of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms, making Catherine a likely future queen consort.
Catherine’s impact on British and American fashion has been called the “Kate Middleton effect” in the media, and in 2012 and 2013, she was selected as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine.
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
She is married to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School and spent her early legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her husband.
She subsequently worked as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago and the Vice President for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Barack and Michelle married in 1992 and have two daughters.
As First Lady, Obama became a role model for women, an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, physical activity and healthy eating, and a fashion icon.
Ellie Goulding
Elena Jane Goulding was born on December 30, 1986, in Hereford, England. She has been active in the music industry since 2009 and got great success in 2010 for her album Lights which was ranked no. 1 in the U.K. Album Charts
Goulding’s second studio album, Halcyon, was released in October 2012. “Anything Could Happen” preceded the album as the lead single.
Goulding released her third studio album, titled Delirium, on 6 November 2015, with “On My Mind” as the album’s lead single. In December 2015, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for her single “Love Me like You Do”
Hilary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. She is an American public speaker, writer, and politician. She has worked alongside so many women empowerment issues and actively helps women in need
Clinton made a second presidential run in 2016. She received the most votes and primary delegates in the 2016 Democratic primaries and formally accepted her party’s nomination for President of the United States on July 28, 2016, with vice presidential running mate Senator Tim Kaine.
She became the first female candidate to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. Despite winning the national popular vote, Clinton lost the Electoral vote and the presidency to her Republican opponent Donald Trump. Following her loss, in 2017 she stated that she decided to focus on being a self-described “activist citizen.
Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry was born on August 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.Initially, she began her career as a model and ended up as the first runner up in the Miss USA contest. Furthermore, she gained recognition through a leading role in Boomerang, which was released in 1992
In addition to her Academy Award win, Berry garnered high-profile roles in the 2000s such as Storm in the X-Men film series (beginning in 2000), the action crime thriller Swordfish (2001), and the spy film Die Another Day (2002), where she played Bond Girl Jinx.
She then appeared in the X-Men sequels, X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In the 2010s, she appeared in movies such as the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime thriller The Call (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
Berry was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, and singer-songwriter Eric Benét. She has a daughter by model Gabriel Aubry and a son by actor Olivier Martinez.
Kesha
Kesha Rose Sebert is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to producer Dr.
Luke’s label Kemosabe Records. In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to producer Dr Luke’s label Kemosabe Records. Her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on American rapper Flo Rida’s number-one single “Right Round”.
Kesha’s music and image propelled her to immediate success, with her debut album Animal premiering at the top of the charts in several countries. She achieved 3 more number-one singles, “Tik Tok” and “We R Who We R” as a solo artist, and “Timber” as a featured artist.
At the same time, she continued to write songs for other artists, becoming respected as a songwriter. Warrior, her second studio album, was released in 2012, and spawned her eighth consecutive top-ten single “Die Young”. “Tik Tok”, at one point, was the best-selling digital single in history, selling over 14 million units internationally.
Kesha has received several awards and nominations, including her winning for MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act in 2010. As of November 2013, she has reportedly sold over 33 million records in the United States and 60 million records worldwide.
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff was born on 28 September 1987 in Houston, Texas, U.S. She rose to popularity because she acted as a leading character in the most popular show of its time Lizzie McGuire.
The series proved to be a hit, leading to a film adaptation of the series being released. Duff began working on numerous projects with the Disney Channel, including the film Cadet Kelly (2002).
She later began work on an album, releasing the Christmas themed Santa Claus Lane (2002) through Walt Disney Records. Upon signing with Hollywood Records, Duff began working on her second studio album, Metamorphosis (2003).
The album achieved critical and commercial success, topping the U.S. Billboard 200 and selling over three million copies in the nation.
It also found success in both Canada and Japan. Duff’s success in both acting and music led to her becoming a household name, with merchandise such as dolls, clothing, and fragrances being released.
Duff has received much media attention since the beginning of her career, with focuses including her romantic relationships, friendships, and her public image.
Her romances with Aaron Carter and Joel Madden were often reported in the media. In 2010, she married former professional hockey player Mike Comrie, with whom she has a son. The two of them finalized their divorce six years later.
She has been described by later Disney actresses as an inspiration, with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez claiming they looked up to Duff and emulated her career. Duff has sold an estimated 15 million records since her debut in 2002.
Kate Moss
Katherine Ann Moss was born on 16 January 1974 in Croydon, Greater London, England. She has been active in the industry since 1988; thus, her being famous is not surprising. Moreover, she is not only a Model but also a fashion designer by profession
Moss has had her own clothing range and has been involved in musical projects. She has won accolades for modelling.
In 2007, TIME named her one of the world’s 100 most influential people. She has inspired cultural depictions including a £1.5m ($2.8m) 18-carat gold statue of her, sculpted in 2008 for a British Museum exhibition.
She received media scrutiny for her party lifestyle and drug use. Drug allegations beginning in late 2005 led to her being dropped from fashion campaigns.
She was cleared of charges and resumed modelling. In 2012, she came second on the Forbes top-earning models list, with estimated earnings of $9.2 million in one year.
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue was born on 28 May 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She has been experimental throughout her career by trying different genres
Appearing in the series for two years, Minogue’s character married Scott Robinson (Jason Donovan) in an episode viewed by nearly 20 million people in the United Kingdom making it one of the most-watched Australian TV episodes ever.
Since then, Minogue has been a recording artist and has achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the entertainment industry.
Minogue has been recognised with several honorific nicknames including “Princess of Pop” and “Goddess of Pop”. She is recognised as the highest-selling Australian artist of all time by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
As of 2015, Minogue has had worldwide record sales of more than 80 million. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world tours and received a Mo Award for “Australian Entertainer of the Year” for her live performances.
Minogue was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to Music. She was appointed by the French government as a Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture.
Minogue was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University for her work in raising awareness of breast cancer.
In November 2011, on the 25th anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, she was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her as the 18th most successful dance artist of all time.
Heidi Clum
Heidi Klum was born on 1 June 1973 in Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany. She is the first-ever German model who became Victoria’s Secret Angel
In May 2011, Forbes magazine estimated Klum’s total earnings for that year as US$20 million. She is ranked second on Forbes‘ list of the “World’s Top-Earning Models”, behind Gisele Bündchen.
Forbes noted that since ending her 13-year run as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, Klum has become more of a businesswoman than a model. In 2008, she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship.
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born on December 14, 1988, in Salinas, California, U.S. She is popularly known for her role in The High School Musical series as Gabriella Montez
The success of the first film led to Hudgens acquiring a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008). In addition to High School Musical, Hudgens has also appeared in various films and television series for the Disney Channel.
Since the release of her studio albums and the High School Musical franchise, Hudgens has focused on her acting career. She has appeared in the films Bandslam (2009), Beastly (2011), Sucker Punch (2011), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), Spring Breakers (2013), and Machete Kills (2013). She has also played the title role in the Broadway musical Gigi in 2015, and the role of Rizzo in Grease: Live in 2016.
Jessie J
Jessica Ellen Cornish was born on 27 March 1988 in Redbridge, London, England. She has been active in the industry since 2001, but she rose to fame when her single album known as Do it Like a Dude was released in 2010
She studied at the BRIT School before signing with Gut Records and striking a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Citing various influences, Jessie J is recognized for an unconventional musical and performance style that mixes soul vocals with contemporary R&B, pop, electropop, and hip-hop beats. Jessie J has garnered various awards and nominations for her music, including the 2011 Critics’ Choice Brit Award and the BBC’s Sound of 2011.
Jessie J has supported various charitable causes and has appeared on the UK charity telethons BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief. She has served as a coach and mentor on the television shows The Voice UK and The Voice Australia.
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly was born on 21 November 1985 in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. She has been in the business since 2007, but she gained real success with her single album Call Me Maybe was released. Furthermore, the song became the best-selling single of the year, and it successfully secured a top list in 18 countries.
In 2016 Jepsen performed in the television special Grease: Live, and lent her voice to the animated film Ballerina. Jepsen has received multiple awards, including three Juno Awards, a Billboard Music Award, an Allan Slaight Award, and nominations for Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, MTV Video Music Award, Polaris Music Prize and People’s Choice Awards. As of May 2015, she has sold over 20 million records worldwide.
Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on 15 April 1990 in Paris, France. She has been enlisted as the world’s highest-paid actress by Forbes and was also listed in the 100 most influential people in the world
She rose to prominence after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, having acted only in school plays previously. Watson appeared in all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, earning worldwide fame, critical accolades, and around $60 million.
From 2011 to 2014, Watson split her time between working on film projects and continuing her education, studying at Brown University and Worcester College, Oxford and graduating from Brown with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in May 2014.
Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme. As a fashion consultant, she helped create a line of clothing for People Tree.
She was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2014, winning for British Artist of the Year. That same year, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate gender equality.
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born on 2 July 1986 in New York City, the U.S. Only at the age of 3 she was signed to Ford Models, and at the age of 10, she appeared in a soap opera known as Another World
At age 11, Lohan made her motion picture debut in Disney’s commercially and critically successful 1997 remake of The Parent Trap. Her next major motion picture, Disney’s 2003 remake of Freaky Friday, was also a critical and commercial success.
With the release of Mean Girls (2004), another critical and commercial success, and Disney’s Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), another commercial success, Lohan became a teen idol sensation, a household name and a frequent focus of paparazzi and tabloids.
However, Lohan’s next starring role in the romantic comedy Just My Luck (2006), received poor reviews and was only a modest commercial success.
Following Just My Luck, Lohan focused on smaller, more mature roles in independent movies, receiving positive comments on her work, including A Prairie Home Companion (2006), Bobby (2006) and Chapter 27 (2007).
After recording several songs for her movie soundtracks, Lohan signed with Casablanca Records. Lohan’s debut studio album, titled Speak, was released in December 2004 and became the first high-seller from Casablanca in several years, selling 1 million copies in the United States alone and peaking at number four on the Billboard 200.
Though the album received mostly lukewarm reviews, it was certified platinum and sold over 4 million copies worldwide. Lohan’s second album, titled A Little More Personal (Raw), was released in December 2005 and featured darker material than her debut had. The album received mixed reviews, and it was certified gold.
Alicia Keys
Also known as Alicia Augello Cook, she was born on January 25, 1981, in New York City, U.S. She was an early bloomer and was interested in music ever since she was 12 years old. Furthermore, by the age of 15, she signed her first contract with Columbia Records
Keys’ debut album, Songs in A Minor was released in 2001, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “Fallin'”, and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002.
Her sophomore album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003, spawning successful singles “You Don’t Know My Name”, “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Diary”, and selling 8 million copies worldwide. The duet song “My Boo” with Usher scored her a second number-one single in 2004.
The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, becoming the first woman to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one.
Keys has won numerous awards such as 15 Grammy Awards and 17 NAACP Image Awards and has sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide.
Keys made her film debut in Smokin’ Aces and has also appeared in The Nanny Diaries and The Secret Life of Bees.
Considered a pop icon, Billboard magazine named her the top R&B artist of the 2000s decade and placed her number 10 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. VH1 included her on their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list, while Time named her in their 100 lists of most influential people in 2005 and 2017.
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Jaymes Stewart was born on 9 April 1990 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She became popular ever since she appeared as Bella Swan in the Twilight series. The movie was released in 2008, and its last part was released in 2012, which was enough for Kristen to be successful in her career
Stewart was listed as the highest-earning female actress in the Vanity Fair “Hollywood Top Earners List of 2010,” with an estimated earning of $28.5 million. In 2011, she was named number one on Forbes‘ list of “Hollywood’s Best Actors for the Buck. Forbes also named her the highest-paid actress in 2012, with total earnings of $34.5 million. She is the “face” of Chanel and Balenciaga fashion brands.
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1969, in Huntington, New York, U.S. She released three albums from 1993 to 1995, namely, Music Box, Merry Christmas, and Daydream. These three albums by her were the most popular ones because of which she became famous
The album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbia Records‘ highest-selling act. Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995–1996 with “One Sweet Day,” which remains the longest-running number-one song in US chart history.
Following a contentious divorce from Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and traversed towards hip hop with the release of Butterfly (1997). In 1998, she was honoured as the world’s best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000.
Throughout her career, Carey has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. According to the RIAA, she is the third-best-selling female artist in the United States, with 63.5 million certified albums.
With the release of “Touch My Body” (2008), Carey gained her 18th number-one single in the United States, more than any other solo artist. In 2012, the singer was ranked second on VH1’s list of the “100 Greatest Women in Music.”
Aside from her commercial accomplishments, Carey has won 5 Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, 11 American Music Awards, and 14 Billboard Music Awards and has been consistently credited with inspiring a generation of singers, referred to as the “songbird supreme” by the Guinness World Records, she has a five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style and signature use of the whistle register.
Megan Fox
Megan Denise Fox was born on 16 May 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. She has been active in the industry since 2001. However, she received global recognition through her role in the famous movie Transformers, which was released in 2007
This woman has seriously come a long way, as in her school days, her classmates used to bully her to the point of throwing stones at her. She married Brian Austin Green in 2010. However, the couple separated in 2020
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne was born on 27 September 1984 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Avril’s first studio album, Let Go, released in 2002, was the best-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist.
Lavigne is considered a key musician in the development of pop-punk music since she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music.
Since her professional debut, Lavigne has sold more than 40 million albums and over 50 million singles worldwide, making her the 2nd-best-selling Canadian female artist of all time, behind Celine Dion.
The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne’s third album, was released in April 2007, becoming her third number 1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first US Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single, “Girlfriend”. Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide, including “Complicated”, “Sk8er Boi”, “I’m with You”, “My Happy Ending”, “Nobody’s Home”, and “Girlfriend”.
Lavigne is one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the US, with over 12 million copies certified by the RIAA. Her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, was released in March 2011. Goodbye Lullaby gave Lavigne her fourth top 10 albums on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and her third number 1 album in both Japan and Australia.
Furthermore, her second album, Under My Skin was the first one to reach the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S. Furthermore; the singer married twice; her first husband was Deryck Whibley, and the second husband was Chad Kroeger. Rumour has it that currently, she is dating Mod Sun
Christina Aguilera
Christina Maria Aguilera was born on 18 December 1980, in New York City, U.S. She is a multi-talented artist who specialized in singing, songwriting and acting. Before singing records in 1998, she appeared in several television shows.
After recording “Reflection”, the theme for Disney’s 1998 film Mulan, Aguilera signed with RCA Records. She rose to prominence with her 1999 self-titled debut album that spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Genie in a Bottle”, “What a Girl Wants”, and “Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)”.
The following year, Aguilera released two studio albums; the Spanish-language album Mi Reflejo and the holiday album My Kind of Christmas.
Aguilera has been recognized as a pop icon and earned the title “Pop Princess” in her early years. Her work has earned her five Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She has sold over 39.9 million records in the United States as of 2014 and 100 million records worldwide as of 2015. In 2009, she ranked at number 58 on Rolling Stone‘s list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, thereby becoming the youngest and the only artist under 30 to be named.
Billboard recognized her as the 20th most successful artist of the 2000s, and Time listed Aguilera among the top 100 Most Influential People in the World of 2013.
Aside from her work in the entertainment industry, Aguilera is involved in charitable activities through human rights, world issues, and her work as a UN ambassador for the World Food Programme.
Demi Lovato
Lovato’s real name is Demetria Devonne Lovato. She was born on 20 August 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. She is a successful actress, songwriter, and singer. Furthermore, in 2002 she appeared in a show known as Barney &Friends alongside Miley Cyrus.
The success of the film and its soundtrack resulted in a recording contract with Hollywood Records. Her debut album, Don’t Forget (2008), debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200.
The following year, Lovato was cast as the titular character of the television series Sonny with a Chance and she released her sophomore album, Here We Go Again, which became her first one to top the Billboard 200 chart.
Musically, Lovato is considered a pop, pop-rock, and R&B artist.[8][9] Lovato has received a considerable number of accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, 13 Teen Choice Awards, five People’s Choice Awards, an ALMA Award, and a Latin American Music Award.
Outside the entertainment industry, Lovato has been involved with several social and environmental causes since the launch of her career.
In May 2013, she was cited for her dedication as a mentor to teens and young adults with mental health challenges at a National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Washington, D.C.
She has also become an advocate for the LGBT community and women’s rights. In 2014, she was announced as the Grand Marshal for LA Pride week, and that same year she became the face of the Human Rights Campaign’s Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign.
In April 2016, Lovato was honoured with the GLAAD Vanguard Award for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for LGBT people.
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton was born on February 17, 1981. In New York City, U.S., Paris belongs to a wealthy family as she is the granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels.
Her lifestyle and rumoured short-lived relationships made her a feature of entertainment news and tabloid magazines, and Hilton was proclaimed “New York’s leading It girl” in 2001 In 2003, a sex tape with Hilton and her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as 1 Night in Paris, was leaked to the public.
Released only three weeks before the premiere of the reality television series The Simple Life, in which she starred alongside her long-time friend Nicole Richie, the sex tape became a media sensation.
Critics and admirers have said that Hilton is famous for being famous exemplifying the celebutante: a celebrity not through talent or work, but through inherited wealth and lifestyle.
She has parlayed her media fame into perfumes and a fashion line with her endorsement; her fragrances have earned $1.5 billion.
There are currently three Paris Hilton apartment complexes and 44 Paris Hilton stores worldwide, with products including perfumes, handbags, watches and footwear. Hilton earns over $10 million a year from product sales.
Hilton’s perfume products alone have brought in over $2.5 billion in revenue, the second-largest celebrity fragrance of all time behind Hollywood actress Liz Taylor, and, as of 2005, was paid about $300,000 for appearances in clubs and events.
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She is widely liked by people all around the globe and is mostly critically acclaimed by the media for her work. Furthermore, she began her professional career in 1993 by making a debut in Cyborg 2.
Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin’ to Get Out (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, Hackers (1995).
She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).
In addition to her film career, Jolie is noted for her humanitarian efforts, for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an honorary damehood of the Order of St Michael and St Georgebb (DCMG), among other honours.
She promotes various causes, including conservation, education, and women’s rights, and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
As a public figure, Jolie has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry.
For a number of years, she was cited as the world’s most beautiful woman by various media outlets, and her personal life is the subject of wide publicity.
Kim (Kimberly) Kardashian-West
Talking about popularity and none of the Kardashian appearing on the list is not at all possible. Kim was born on October 21, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. In this list, she is the only one who has more than 200 million followers on Instagram.
Kardashian first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton but received wider notice after a 2003 sex tape with her former boyfriend Ray J was leaked in 2007.
Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success soon led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. Kardashian’s personal life soon became subject to widespread media attention.
Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 2015’s 100 most influential people, while Vogue described her in 2016 as a “pop culture phenomenon.
Critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous. She was reported to be the highest-paid reality television personality of 2015, with her total earnings exceeding US$53 million
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus was born on 23 November 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. Not many people are aware that her parents named her Miley after her nickname Smiley as she used to smile a lot during her childhood.
Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also starred in the show. She subsequently signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records, and her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus (2007) was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) having shipped over three million units. She released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008.
With Bangerz, Cyrus achieved her third number-one album on the U.S. Billboard 200, and fifth overall including Hannah Montana soundtrack albums. She has logged eight top 10 entries on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with: “See You Again”, “7 Things”, “The Climb”, “Party in the U.S.A.”, “Can’t Be Tamed”, “We Can’t Stop”, “Malibu” and the chart-topping “Wrecking Ball”.
Cyrus has earned numerous awards and nominations, as Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009. She was ranked number thirteen on Forbes‘ Celebrity 100 in 2010, and in 2013 was declared “Artist of the Year” by MTV. She has been included on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2008 and 2014.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj’s real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, born on December 8, 1982, in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad, and Tobago. Her first album Pink Friday which was released in 2010, secured a number one spot on US Billboard 200
Minaj was the first female artist included on MTV’s Annual Hottest MC List, with a New York Times editor saying that some consider her to be “the most influential female rapper of all time” In 2016, Minaj was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
Her rapping is distinctive for its fast flow and the use of alter egos and accents, primarily British cockney. Early in her career, Minaj was known for her colourful costumes and wigs. She has the most Billboard Hot 100 entries for a female artist in the chart’s history while being ninth overall.
Minaj has received ten Grammy nominations throughout her career and has won six American Music Awards, eleven BET Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, and was the recipient of Billboard‘s Women in Music 2011 Rising Star award.
She has endorsed Adidas, MAC Cosmetics and Pepsi. She is the best-selling female rapper of all time, having sold 20 million singles as a lead artist, 60 million singles as a featured artist, and over five million albums worldwide.
Shakira
Shakira’s real name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. She was born on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is mainly a singer and a songwriter but a fantastic dancer. The media has titled her the Queen of Latin Music
Shakira’s first studio album, Magia and Peligro, failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos (1996), and her fourth album, Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (1998).
Shakira has won many awards, including five MTV Video Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, 28 Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has sold between 70 and 125 million records worldwide (depending on the source), making her the best selling South American singer and one of the best selling Latin artists of all time.
She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation. In 2014, she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born on 25 October 1984 in Santa Barbara, California, the U.S. Though she was active in the industry since 2000 but rose to popularity later in 2008 with her album known as One of the Boys
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful.
She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Perry has received many awards, including four Guinness World Records, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award, and has been included in the Forbes list of “Top-Earning Women In Music” (2011–2016).
Her estimated net worth as of 2016 is $125 million. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold 100 million records globally throughout her career. In the film, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012 and voiced Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs and its sequel in 2013.
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969, in New York City, U.S. She has acted in several films and has also launched singing albums alongside. Jennifer is the most influential Latin actress; she also became the first Latin actress who charged $1 Million for a movie
In 1991, Lopez appeared as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color, where she remained a regular until she decided to pursue an acting career in 1993.
For her first leading role in the 1997 Selena biopic of the same name, Lopez received a Golden Globe nomination and became the first Latin actress to earn over US$1 million for a film.
She went on to star in the adventure horror Anaconda (1997) and crime comedy Out of Sight (1998), later establishing herself as the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood. Lopez ventured into the music industry in 1999 with her debut studio album On the 6, preceded by the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “If You Had My Love”.
With a cumulative film gross of over US$2.89 billion and global record sales exceeding 80 million, she is regarded as the most influential Hispanic performer in the United States, as well as its highest paid Latin entertainer.
Time listed her as one of the 25 most influential Hispanic Americans, and in 2012, Forbes ranked her as the most powerful celebrity in the world, as well as the 38th most powerful woman in the world.
For her contributions to the music industry, Lopez has received a landmark star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Billboard Icon Award among other honours. Her other ventures include clothing lines, fragrances, a production company, and a charitable foundation.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter was born on September 4, 1981, in Huston, Texas. She is a multitalented soul and is excellent at singing, acting, songwriting, and directing. She has been actively participating in dancing and singing competitions ever since she was a child. In her singing career, she has worked with great singers like Jay-Z and Sean Paul.
Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups in history. Their hiatus saw Beyoncé’s theatrical film debut in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) and the release of her debut album, Dangerously in Love (2003).
The album established her as a solo artist worldwide, earned five Grammy Awards, and featured the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”.
Throughout her career, she has sold an estimated 100 million records as a solo artist, and a further 60 million records with the group Destiny’s Child, making her one of the best-selling music artists in history.
She has won 22 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award’s history. She is also the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, with 24 wins.
The Recording Industry Association of America recognized Beyoncé as the Top Certified Artist in America during the 2000s (decade). In 2009, Billboard named her the Top Radio Songs Artist of the Decade, the Top Female Artist of the 2000s (decade) and awarded her their Millennium Award in 2011.
In 2014, she became the highest-paid black musician in history and was listed among Time’s 100 most influential people in the world for the second year in a row. Forbes listed her as the most powerful female in entertainment in 2015, and in 2016 she occupied the sixth place for Person of the Year.
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, U.S. She was raised in Michigan but later moved to New York City to pursue her passion for dancing; now, she is often called the Queen of Pop
She gained popularity for her solo album titled after her name Madonna. Later, all the following albums that were released received immense love from the audience, and everyone knew that there was no stopping this lady now. Currently, her Net Worth is estimated to be around $850 Million
She is also the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time, earning the U.S. $1.4 billion from her concert tickets. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility, Madonna topped VH1’s countdown of 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Additionally, Rolling Stone listed her among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Akins was born on 5 May 1988 in London, England. She is an English songwriter and singer. Her debut album was known as 19, and one of the songs called Hometown Glory was written by her when she was just 16; the album was a hit
The album contains her first song, “Hometown Glory”, written when she was 16, which is based on her home suburb of West Norwood in London.
An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
In 2011, 2012 and 2016, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2016. With sales of more than 100 million records, Adele is one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez was born on July 22, 1992, in Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S. Marie is a well-known artist and specialized in the field of singing, acting, songwriting. She was widely recognized because of her show created by Disney, known as Wizards of Waverly Place; Gomez played a leading role in that show.
She rose to fame playing the lead role of Alex Russo in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place. She also starred in films such as Ramona and Beezus (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), and Spring Breakers (2013).
Outside entertainment, Gomez released her own clothing line through Kmart in 2010 and a self-titled fragrance in 2013. She has worked with various charitable organizations for years and became a UNICEF ambassador at the age of seventeen.
As of September 2017, Gomez is the most followed Instagram user in the world. Gomez has earned a number of awards throughout her career, including an ALMA Award, a Billboard Women in Music award, an MTV Video Music Award, an American Music Award, a People’s Choice Award, and fifteen Teen Choice Awards.
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981, in McComb, Mississippi, U.S. She is an actress, singer, dancer, and songwriter as well. She has been active in the entertainment industry since 1992, and most of her work was critically acclaimed as an American singer, dancer, and actress.
Spears’s first and second studio albums, …Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!… I Did It Again (2000), became an international success, with the former becoming the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks “.
Baby One More Time” and “Oops!… I Did It Again” broke international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney, and played the starring role in the film Crossroads (2002).
She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003), which yielded the worldwide success of the single “Toxic”.
Rolling Stone recognized her instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time, while VH1 ranked her eleventh on their “100 Greatest Women in Music” list in 2012, and Billboard named her the sexiest woman in music.
Forbes reported that Spears was the highest-paid female musician of 2012, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. She got immense success through her second album known as Fearless, which was released in 2008 is an American singer-songwriter.
One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which has received widespread media coverage.
As a songwriter, Swift has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was included in Rolling Stone‘s 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015.
She is also the recipient of 10 Grammy Awards, five Guinness World Records, one Emmy Award, 21 Billboard Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, eight Academy of Country Music Awards, and one Brit Award.
Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.8 million in the US—and 130 million single downloads.
She has appeared in Time‘s 100 most influential people in the world (2010 and 2015), Forbes‘ top-earning women in music (2011–2015), Forbes‘ 100 most powerful women (2015), and Forbes Celebrity 100 (2016). She was the youngest woman to be included in the third of these and ranked first in Celebrity 100, and was also one of the finalists for Time Person of the Year in 2014.
Lady Gaga
Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, born on 28 March 1986 in New York City, U.S. She got recognition for her talent in 2008 with her debut studio album known as The Fame. Furthermore, the singer might have had a solid career throughout, but her personal life was a mess as she was at odds with her family from her teenage days
However, later she resolved all the issues with her mom, and now they both share a good bond. Today she has a humongous Net Worth of around $320 Million
Her achievements include several Guinness World Records, three Brit Awards, six Grammy Awards, and awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Gaga has been declared Billboard‘s Artist of the Year and has been included among Forbes‘s power and earnings rankings.
She was ranked number four on VH1’s Greatest Women in Music in 2012, finished second on Time‘s 2011 readers’ poll of the most influential people of the past ten years, and was named Billboard‘s Woman of the Year in 2015.
She is known for her philanthropic work and social activism, including LGBT rights, and for her non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on promoting youth empowerment and combating bullying.
Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
Cher was born on May 20, 1946, in El Centro, California, US. She is an American actress, singer and has a wide presence on Television, and the media often refer to her as the Goddess of Pop
She has an enormous fan following as she has been in the entertainment industry for over six decades now. Furthermore, in her career, there was never a dull moment as she always used to experiment with her looks which makes her different from all of her contemporaries
She is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances during her five-decade-long career.
Cher has won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a special CFDA Fashion Award, among several other honours.
She has sold 100 million records worldwide to date, becoming one of the best-selling music artists in music history.
She is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each decade from the 1960s to the 2010s.
Outside of her music and acting, she is noted for her political views, philanthropic endeavours, and social activism, including LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Rihanna
Not many people know that her real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. She was born on February 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados. She has a humongous fan following of over 92.4 Million on Instagram.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress, in 2003 she recorded demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers and signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president, hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z.
Furthermore, the singer started her journey in 2005 and got popularity with her first two studio albums, known as Music of the Sun, released in 2005, and A Girl Like Me, released in 2006. Since then, she never looked back and has a Net Worth of $300 Million
Oprah Winfrey
Her real name is Oprah Gail Winfrey, born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The first spot goes to her and she certainly deserves it as she was born to a teenage mother living under poverty conditions
Thus, despite coming from a poor family, she has managed to become a strong and powerful woman who is not only a television host but has also produced several shows. She is also an actress, author, and philanthropist.
Dubbed the “Queen of All Media”, she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is North America’s first multi-billionaire black person.
Several assessments rank her as the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard.
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