Russian stars of show business and sports are always in the spotlight. Their earnings, popularity level, mention in online and paper publications and search engines - everything is taken into account and systematized.
So the Forbes magazine, after a thorough analysis, released the annual rating of the most famous Russian stars of 2017, the list was based on three factors:
- annual income (from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017);
- mention in the media;
- audience interest (the number of requests for a particular person in Yandex).
We present you the top 10 richest and most popular stars of show business and sports in Russia.
10. Ksenia Sobchak
Field of activity: the television.
Income: 2.1 million dollars.
Since last year, the famous journalist, television and radio host added five points at once, which allowed her to enter the top ten Russian celebrities according to Forbes. More recently, in 2016, the son of Plato was born to Xenia and her husband Maxim Vitorgan. But the newly minted mother does not seem to be going to become a desperate housewife. She leads an active public life, interviews famous people (in particular, Alexei Navalny), and there are rumors that Sobchak may become a presidential candidate in the elections in 2018. An unnamed interlocutor in the presidential administration, in an interview with a journalist of Vedomosti, said that a bright, interesting and smart Ksenia Sobchak would be an “ideal option” for a candidate for the post of head of the Russian Federation.
9. Anna Netrebko
Field of activity: classical music
Income: 7.5 million dollars.
For a year, the sweet-voiced opera diva advanced 20 points in the list of major Russian stars. She has a number of contracts with the most famous scenes of the world: the Vienna Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Bavarian Opera, and others. In August 2017, at the Salzburg Festival, she sang one of her best roles in the opera Aida.
Two years ago, Anna married tenor Yusif Eyvazov and was very prettier in marriage with him. This is noted by users of Instagram, discussing new photos of the singer.
And the name of the star was used by fraudsters for their own selfish purposes. They placed an ad on recruiting people to the new Netrebko clip on a specialized web resource. And they took money for profiles that applicants were asked to send to the specified address. Netrebko’s team quickly responded to the fraud, and on Instagram, Anna published a warning to her fans, and also announced that she did not plan to shoot videos “at an old age”.
8. Sergey Bobrovsky
Field of activity: hockey
Income: 8.5 million dollars.
A new face in the ranking, he is the first and only of all Russian hockey players who received the award as the best goalkeeper of the regular championship of the National Hockey League - “Vezina Trophy” (in 2013 and 2017).
Bobrovsky took part in the Winter Olympic Games in 2014 as part of the Russian team, in the 2014-2015 World Championships. and was recognized as the best player in the Russian team in the semifinal match against the US team, and also became the silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup.
Currently, Sergey Bobrovsky is the goalkeeper of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and his contract will last until the end of the 2018-19 season.
7. Egor Creed
Field of activity: pop music
Income: 4 million dollars.
The most charming and attractive bachelor of Russian pop music has advanced one position ahead of the top ten stars of Russian sports, music and television.
Most recently, he took part in an advertising company of Sberbank, and recorded a new single - #THIS.
Sberbank’s advertising campaign is aimed at promoting a youth card as one of many things that the young generation of Russians can say about “It's mine, it suits me.”
In 2017, Creed released the album “What Do They Know?”, Which included three videos: “I Can’t”, “Spend” and “If You Don't Love Me”, and along with Polina Gagarina and Smash recorded the song “Team 2018”, dedicated to the upcoming 2018 World Cup.
6. Evgeni Malkin
Field of activity: hockey
Income: 9.5 million dollars.
The central striker, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL club and the Russian national team, added four points in the star top 10 of 2017.
This year was very successful for Malkin. Together with his wife Anna Kasterova, the hockey player signed a name star for the Champions Alley in Kuntsevo. Near the star of Malkin are the stars of Pierre Richard, Antonio Banderas, Robert de Niro, Mila Jovovich, and many other world celebrities. He also received the prestigious Kharlamov Trophy -2017 award, which the Soviet Sport publication presents to the best Russian hockey player of the season.
5. Dima Bilan
Field of activity: pop music
Income: 6 million dollars.
The singer and honored artist of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria since last year improved his "performance" in the ranking by eight points at once. It was he who, the first of the singers representing Russia, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008. Fans are still wondering who the heart of the star is occupied, because Bilan is very scrupulous about the secret of his personal life and does not give the yellow press reasons for scandals. Because of this, ill-wishers even suspected the singer of a "not" orientation.
In 2017, Bilan suffered a serious illness - five hernias in the spine constricted the nerve and caused severe pain. Because of them, the artist lost a lot of weight (and this was immediately noted by the fans), however, after a course of treatment he began to gain weight again.
4. Timati
Field of activity: pop music
Income: 6.6 million dollars.
You can love rapper Timati, you can hate him. But one cannot be denied: he is a bright personality on the modern pop stage. He was a graduate of Star Factory 4, and now he is engaged in producing activities, he produces his own clothing line targeted at hip-hop and ar-n-bi fans, owns a burger on Novy Arbat in Moscow, and in 2017 he performed on the New Wave ", Where together with Philip Kirkorov performed the song" Last Spring ".
In November of this year, the rapper has planned a new show program "Generation", and the first city where her presentation will be held will be Voronezh. The concert of the artist is scheduled for November 26 in the Event-Hall city-park "Grad".
Timati took only 11th place in last year's list of the brightest stars of sports and show business in Russia.
3. Gregory Leps
Field of activity: pop music
Income: 6 million dollars.
The author of the hit “I like women” and a mentor in the show “Voice” is the only person in the top 10 of the highest paid Russian celebrities in 2017 who has not added, but decreased one point from last year. However, it is unlikely that this will greatly upset Leps, who is now busy with an anniversary tour under the title "#YouWhatSerious." It is dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the singer.
Leps has a special “growling” timbre of voice. He performs, in his own words, pop songs "with elements of chanson and rock." There are purely chanson songs in the artist’s piggy bank, but at the moment they are “uninteresting” to him.
2. Philip Kirkorov
Field of activity: pop music
Income: 7.4 million dollars.
Two points were added during the year by the Bulgarian king of the Russian pop stage. Five times in a row he received the World Music Awards as Russia's most popular performer, and eight times received the Ovation Award. But times are changing and the young generation of the Kirkorovs has grown up - the five-year-old Alla-Victoria and Martin. On the stage of the “New Wave” in Sochi, they debuted with the song “My Bunny”, making a real sensation in the hall. So there is no need to worry about the future of the musical dynasty.
1. Alexander Ovechkin
Field of activity: hockey
Income: 14 million dollars.
The leader of the selection of the richest and most famous athletes and show businessmen was the famous Russian hockey player and the future face of the Papa Jones pizza chain in Russia. Since 2016, he climbed four steps up the stairs of fame and fortune. As part of an advertising campaign that could cost PJ Western several million dollars a year, Ovechkin will star in pizza video clips and take part in photo shoots and webcasts. As for the main lesson, here the athlete is doing well. He acts as the captain of the NHL Washington Capitals club and before the start of the pre-season matches he is already training hard on the ice in order to remain an effective player.
However, contrary to the hockey player’s early statements that he will go to the 2018 Olympic Games and help the Russian team, the media reported that Ovechkin will not participate in the Pyeongchang Olympic Games. This is due to the corresponding ban of the International Hockey Federation, it applies to all NHL players, including those from the Washington Capitals. Well, now all claims to the American bureaucrats.
