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*International singing and songwriting sensation Akon always knows a good thing when he sees it. In 2004, he took the music industry by storm with a string of chart-toppers like “Locked Up,” “Ghetto,” and “Lonely.” He then became renowned for breaking incredible musical talent like Lady Gaga, T-Pain and, South Korea’s sizzling girl group, Wonder Girls. The [...]
*Dr. Dre has out-earned Sean “Diddy” Combs and Shawn “Jay Z Carter to land atop Forbes magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, with earnings of $110 million in the past year. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The financial haul, made between May, 2011, and May, 2012, was largely from sales of his Beats By Dre headphones. [...]
*(Via CNN) – Forbes magazine has announced its inaugural list of Africa’s top 40 richest people, highlighting Nigerian magnate Aliko Dangote as the continent’s richest man. Forbes said its decision to launch the 40 Richest People in Africa is a “testament to the growing global importance of the continent.” “Fortunes are being created everywhere from [...]
*While the United States continues to have more billionaires than any other country in the world, China, Russia and Brazil are making rapid gains. Indeed, China’s super-wealthy are growing the fastest followed by those in Russia. This is according to the latest Forbes magazine list of the “World’s Billionaires 2011″ released this past Wednesday. Of [...]
*Oprah Winfrey has reclaimed her title as world’s most powerful celebrity in a poll conducted by Forbes magazine. With 315 million dollars in earnings, Winfrey, 56, who next year is set to launch her own television channel, dethrones Angelina Jolie as the top power player with the actress slipping from No. 1 to 18. This [...]
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