Angelina Jolie becomes the most powerful celebrity in the World

The star -- who earned $27 million last year -- knocked Oprah Winfrey out of the top spot, which the talk show host has held for the past two years.

Miss Jolie, who looks after six children with partner Brad Pitt, beat Miss Winfrey to the number one slot despite making just one tenth of the talk show host's earnings.


Winfrey earned a whopping $275 million last year, but Angelina Jolie still got more press.

Madonna came in No. 3 this year (the spot Angelina held in 2008) thanks to her Hard Candy tour and all the media coverage surrounding her split form Guy Ritchie and "affair of the heart" with Alex Rodriguez.

Beyonce Knowles earned $87 million and ranked No. 4, while Tiger Woods came in at No. 5 with $110 million -- making him the highest-paid athlete in the world (despite having to sit out for eight months with a knee injury last year) and the most powerful male celebrity too.

Jennifer Aniston came in at No. 8, earning $25 million -- and beating ex Brad Pitt, who ranked No. 9 (but took home a cool $28 million).

Barack Obama became the first head of state to appear in the list, coming in at No. 49. He appeared in the table as an author, having made $3 million from his book.

Also in the rankings: Ryan Seacrest (No. 44 with $38 million), Miley Cyrus (No. 29) and Taylor Swift (No. 69).