Teen-Friendly Acts Among Most Powerful

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Oct 04, 2001 Source: Katrillion Submitted By: Amber J. (Katrillion) -- They've crunched the numbers, and now the folks at Forbes magazine are declaring that the Backstreet Boys are one notch above *NSYNC. In the magazine's annual list of the year's 100 most powerful celebrities, teen-friendly pop stars made a good showing: Both boy bands, as well as teen queen Britney Spears, made it to the top 10. Britney arrived at No. 4, Backstreet at No. 7 and *NSYNC at No. 8. The only other musical act to break the top 10 were the Beatles, who topped Britney at No. 3 thanks to the success of their recent greatest hits album. Still, none of them could hold a candle to actor Tom Cruise, who clocked in at No. 1. Stars were ranked based on earnings, web hits, press clips, magazine covers and other measurements of fame. Check out Forbes' research on teen pop's royalty: Britney Spears Money rank: 16 Earnings: $38.5 million Web hits: 981,000 Press clips: 19,607 Magazine covers: 5 Backstreet Boys Money rank: 20 Earnings: $35.5 mil Web hits: 619,000 Press clips: 11,666 Magazine covers: 3 *NSYNC Money rank: 14 Earnings: $42 million Web hits: 391,000 Press clips: 12,506 Magazine covers: 5 -- Latoya Hunter Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: snymrik Submitted by: ssbornik Submitted by: barrycmster Submitted by: Dirk Submitted by: Jennifer Submitted by: Mary Submitted by: Greg Guepy Submitted by: James Comment on this item. Next Item: Backstreet Boys help raise Lupus awareness in B.C. Prev Item: Olympic Torchbearers Announced