Meet the 20 highest-paid celebrities in the world, who made a combined $1.7 billion in one year
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With fame comes a big, fat paycheck.
The 20 biggest earners in entertainment and sports - from Beyoncé and Howard Stern to LeBron James and Ellen DeGeneres - raked in more than $1.7 billion between June 1, 2016 to June 1, 2017.
That's according to the most recent Forbes' Celebrity 100 list, which ranked the world's top-earning front-of-camera entertainers by pre-tax income during that 12-month period. Their estimates are based on figures from Nielsen, NPD Bookscan, Pollstar, Box Office Mojo, Songkick, D'Marie and IMDB, and interviews with industry insiders and some of the celebrities themselves.
Below, find out what the biggest names in film, television, music, and sports did last year to become the highest-paid celebrities in the world.
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