Jay Z and Beyonce are Forbes’ highest-paid celebrity couple
Rapper-entrepreneur Jay Z and pop singer Beyoncé have been announced as the 2012 highest-paid celebrity couple, according to Forbes.
The star couple who welcomed their first child Blue Ivy Carter in January 2012 moved up the list from second place – earning a combined total of $78m between May 1, 2011 and May 1, 2012.
The couple assumed the ‘throne’ knocking off last year’s top couple Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady . A big part of that success is attributed to platinum albums from Bey (‘ 4 ’) and Jay Z’s collaboration with Kanye West (‘ Watch the Throne ’).
Supermodel Gisele and her American footballer husband Tom Brady now come in second with $72m, British footballer David Beckham and wife Victoria with$54m in third, Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with $45 million in fourth and in fifth position - Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith with Combined earnings of $40m.
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